Toms News

We were very excited to see many of you at congress this June, and meet many more new friends.

For those of you who were there, or maybe missed the congress, we have some of Tammy Biggs and Cheryl Jarrett’s powerpoint presentations of their sessions at www.GymsmartsCommunity.com.  If you want notes from Beth Gardner’s session, find them on her Blog at www.GymsmartsCommunity.com/bethgardner. This is  where you can get articles and interviews and communicate with your favorite coaches, and GymSmarts will continue to bring you DVDs from these top coaches and others each month. 

We have also added blogs for a few more of our coaches:

  Donna Culp, Tom Forster, Tammy Biggs, Cheryl Jarrett, Dave Adlard and Coach Rik Feeney.  Look for their articles and posts soon at GymSmarts Community! Please leave a comment to them so they know what you all would like to know about!

This month’s new releases:

Tammy Biggs - Developing Great Round-offs  Great leaps and jumps make any floor or beam routine stand out from the crowd.  Tammy covers how to make your leaps and jumps exceptional.

Dave Adlard - Cool Games & Fun Warm-ups - One of the most popular sessions at National Congress; these two DVDs features many games and fun activities for warm-up, conditioning, skill development and more, with choices for all age groups.

Our plans for this summer are to be at only Region 1 and Region 7 this year.

See you next month!

Tom & Reiko Beach

Developing Great Round-offs  DVD by Tammy Biggs The Round-off is one of the earliest skills gymnasts learn. It also is the most common skill used on Floor Exercise, Vaulting (Yurchenko Vault), and Beam. To perform this skill efficiently and correctly at a high level takes years of refinement and practice. In this DVD, Tammy Biggs breaks down the round-off and gives several drills to make your round-off great.   (More info) $29.95

Cool Games & Fun Warm-ups  DVD by Dave Adlard For Recreational Gymnastics Classes. These two DVDs features games and fun activities for warm-up, conditioning, skill development and more, with choices for all age groups. (More info). $54.95

 
Impact - Safe Landings
DVD
by Charles Minster

The Kidskills IMPACT Safe Landings DVD
assist participants to improve general coordination and motor control, balance, spatial awareness, safe landings and recovery skills. The IMPACT skills will reduce the risk of injury and will benefit juniors, amateurs and elite athletes. (More info). $29.95

As the excitement grows as each country looks to choose their 2008 Olympic team members, we here at GymSmarts hope that you and your gyms are prepared for the “bump” in gymnastics, by having trained instructors.  To assist you, and get you up to date information, we have launched www.GymsmartsCommunity.com where you can get articles and interviews and communicate with your favorite coaches, and GymSmarts will continue to bring you DVDs from top coaches each month.

This month’s new releases:

Tammy Biggs - Developing Leaps and Jumps for Gymnastics  Great leaps and jumps make any floor or beam routine stand out from the crowd.  Tammy covers how to make your leaps and jumps exceptional.

And in the Olympic Spirit:

Mike Ferralli’s Tumble X - Over 3.5 hours of material, including interviews, highlights and bloopers with 5 OLYMPIANS.

Hope to see you at National Congress - Philadelphia June 19.  We will be there - booth 535!

See you next month!

Tom & Reiko Beach

	Developing Leaps and Jumps for Gymnastics  DVD by Tammy Biggs Great Leaps and Jumps make Balance Beam and Floor Exercise routines stand out at any competition.  In this DVD, Tammy Biggs explains how to make your leaps and jumps exceptional.  .  (More info) $29.95
	Tumble X  DVD by Mike Ferralli The DVD covers standing back handsprings to round-off back handspring double full and double back, Arabians and combination front tumbling. Includes an in-depth spotting section teaching how to spot each skill safely and effectively with a Coaching Techniques Section with Mike Ferralli and 2000 US Olympian, Jamie Dantzscher.. (More info). $35.00

Welcome to Gymsmartscommunity.com. This will be the place to come to get information about coaching gymnastics, skills and learn from some of the best coaches.