{"id":3224,"date":"2018-04-25T19:49:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T19:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tumblingcoach.com\/blog\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T15:00:43","slug":"tumbling-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tumblingcoach.com\/blog\/tumbling-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Give Tumbling Homework Without Ruining Your Athlete’s Technique ??"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The conservative group believes there should be no outside tumbling whatsoever<\/span>. In their mind, if someone wants to attempt any sort of flipping, it must be done in a well equipped facility under the watchful eye of a coach.<\/p>\n

The care-free group on the other hand, isn’t really fussed about it — as long as their kids achieve the required skills and don’t kill themselves in the process, all is well.<\/p>\n

I most definitely belonged to group #1.<\/p>\n

And to some respects, I still do… because the last thing I need is for little Suzy to start throwing back handsprings on the playground when she just learned it two days ago.<\/p>\n

Or for crazy Cody to huck fulls on his backyard trampoline when he can barely do a layout to save his life.<\/p>\n

But when you’re mostly working with competitive cheerleaders that spend well under<\/strong> 5 hours per week on tumbling, yet are expected to have the same skills which take gymnasts and power tumblers 10-15 hours per week to get, something’s gotta give.<\/p>\n

Actually it’s more like, something’s gotta be added<\/span>. And what exactly are we adding?<\/p>\n

Training volume!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bottom line is that if an athlete wants to learn a skill such as a layout full, but they’re only training one hour a week, it’s going to take multiple years to achieve mastery. And that’s if every<\/span> training session goes perfectly<\/strong>… which we know never happens.<\/p>\n

So to close this time gap in a way that is safe, effective and actually makes sense, I realized that giving out some tumbling “homework” was essential.<\/p>\n

Over the years I’ve played around with lots of options as to what I should prescribe as homework.\u00a0Some of it worked, and some of it didn’t. For example, when I gave tasks that were too technical or complicated, it would undo all the technique work we did in class.<\/p>\n

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But if I played it too safe<\/strong> and all I gave was conditioning, then it would bore them to death, and it wouldn’t get done.<\/p>\n

Eventually, I found the right balance and settled on 4 categories of tumbling homework which yielded the best results:<\/p>\n

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  1. Body Shapes<\/li>\n
  2. Fundamental Movements<\/li>\n
  3. Conditioning<\/li>\n
  4. Perfecting Prerequisites **<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Disclaimer: The advice you’re about to read is for entertainment purposes only. I take no responsibility if you or your athlete practice tumbling at home and get hurt. You should always consult your local qualified coach or training professional before attempting to applying any training advice you read on the internet.<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\n

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    Category #1: Tumbling Shapes<\/h2>\n

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    For example:<\/strong> if an athlete can’t hold a perfect bridge statically (without moving), how can we expect them to have perfect shoulder flexion during the back handspring, or a back walkover? Quality bridges (along with other shapes) produce quality handsprings. So many coaches know this but don’t implement it enough.<\/p>\n

    And while it’s very beneficial for your athletes to know all 12 shapes, be sure to ask them to work only the ones necessary at home.<\/p>\n

    So if a back handspring was the skill you wanted to give homework on, you would ask them to work the following shapes:<\/p>\n