Articles For Coaches
9 Coaching Sound Bites That Will Help Tumblers Remember Their Corrections!
Tired of asking your athlete to “set” for the millionth time? Try these PROVEN coaching sound bites to make both your lives easier!
Why Tumbling Can Be So DAMN Hard Sometimes & How To Get Over It
No two people learn tumbling at the same pace. What’s hard for one athlete may be easy for another. Here are 3 tips to make sure you’re always progressing!
3 Fundamentos de Gimnasia Que Todo Cheerleader Debe Dominar
Mientras me siento aquà escribo esto. La estructura más alta actualmente en el mundo es el Burj Khalifa. Se erige con unos impresionantes 2.722 pies de altura (830 metros aprox.) y demoró 22 millones de horas hombre para construirla. Tiene tantas ventanas que le toma...
Fixing Bent Arms In A Back Handspring – When You Should And When You Shouldn’t!
One of the most popular “problems” that I get emails about are handsprings with bent arms and how to fix them. But as you’ll see, the answer is not always so simple!
Should Athletes Master The Standing Tuck Before Learning Layouts?
When it comes to the standing tuck, it seems that many coaches and athletes misunderstand where this skill fits in the order of things. So today I discuss when and how it should be worked in relation to more advanced tumbling skills.
Tips & Drills On Keeping Legs Together While Tumbling
Every inch that your legs are apart during tumbling, you lose power. So I talk with my friends at Perfect A Flip on some of the tips and tricks they use to help athletes solve this problem
Interview With Debbie Love On How To Develop World-Class Tumblers
The only thing I love more than coaching (and Nutella on my toast) is learning something new from other experts and coaches when it comes to tumbling. That is why I recently interviewed someone who's been coaching athletes longer than I've been alive. Her name is...
The Complete Guide To Whip-Backs (For Cheer, Gymnastics & PowerTumbling)
There are a lot of tumbling skills that can look elegant and pretty when performed correctly. But above all, I'd say that whip backs take the cake as the prettiest. But only when done right. See, whips are finicky little buggers because they can go from looking...
Why Perfection Before Progression™ is the ULTIMATE Tumbling Formula For Success
Perfection and then Progression: See how these 2 words have produced the BEST cheerleaders and gymnasts in the world.
3 Valuable Lessons I’ve Learnt From The Best Tumblers On Earth
As you can imagine, I get my fair share of questions every week. As of this morning, my inbox is showing 232 unread messages (hopefully by tonight, I aim to cut that number in half!) So why am I telling you this? Because while I make it my mission to reply...
The Complete Guide To Learning A Standing Back Tuck (Backflip)
Back when I was a teenager (many moons ago), whenever someone found out I did gymnastics, the very first question they inevitably asked me was:Â "Cool! So can you like, do a backflip?" "Of course"Â was usually my answer, knowing full well that their follow up would be a...
How To Recover From Cheer & Tumbling Injuries As Quickly As Possible
o the average person, witnessing a high-level tumbling pass has got to be one of the coolest things they can experience live. And honestly, who can blame them? To 99.9% of the population, a skill like the back tuck can be one of the most impressive...
The Unbeatable Formula For Conquering Mental Blocks In Tumbling
It's frustrating isn't it? At one point you were fearless; getting new tumbling skills almost every other week, and it seemed that nothing could stop you. And then one day it happened - you went to do a tumbling pass you've done a hundred times before, but your brain...
7 Phrases Every Cheerleader & Gymnast Should Eliminate From Their Vocabulary
Margaret T. once said “Watch your words for they become actions.” Here are 7 phrases you should get rid of if you want to be a GREAT athlete!
11 Tumbling Hacks That Work So Well, It Almost Feels Like Cheating
Tumbling is a sport of patience. This is especially true for those that are new, and have just begun their journey in the art of going upside down. I think the reason it tests one's patience is because you can never accurately predict the day you'll accomplish a new...
3 Reasons Why Your Conditioning Program Is Making Your Tumbling Worse
ne of my favorite quotes in this past year, has been this: “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” - Rikki Rogers (Tweet This) It's the very reason why your coaches push you...
How To Stay Motivated When Your Tumbling Just Isn’t Improving
It sucks doesn't it? The idea of having to walk into the gym yet another day, for yet another hour, to train something you just don't seem to be getting better at. Personally, I know that feeling all too well. And worst of all, that feeling leads to other (useless)...
57 Inspirational Quotes For Cheerleaders And Tumblers
I'm a huge fan of quotes. The right ones can contain vast amounts of knowledge and wisdom in just a few sentences and I find that fascinating. I'm always on the lookout for inspirationals ones I can relate to, and I write out a few of my own to motivate athletes....
5 Odd Methods To Overcome A Tumbling Mental Block
Let's face it, mental blocks are very real and something you may have to deal with at some point in your tumbling career. Personally, I hope you never get them and tumble fearlessly forever. However, after coaching so many athletes over the years, I've come to realize...
4 Scientific Reasons Why Tumblers Should Be Drinking Coffee
There are two groups of people in this world; those that like coffee, and those that aren't people. Seriously, if water wasn't absolutely essential for my survival and wellbeing, coffee would top the list as my most consumed beverage. Yes, even over beer (as a grown...