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Coaching James Part 1: Round off BackHandspring, Matrix Imagery, Movement Patterns Programming

Monday, August 14th, 2006

From: Mack
Mailed-By: gmail.com

To: magicsooty
Date: Aug 5, 2006 10:17 AM
Subject: Round off …..later

I’ll email you the round off tip tonight if it applies.
Tell me what happens when you do your round off rebound?
when you do Ro BH?
when you do RO BH Tuck?
What do they look like?
What have your coaches told you, what have they done?
Read […]

Program Patterns of Movement for Success: How Doing Round-off Backhandspring Rebound first before doing two backhandsprings in a row can help you succeed and prevent problems.

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

There was a time at work when we had an accident with a Cheerleader; she was supposed to do round-off to two backhandsprings. She told the coach, with confidence, “I’m doing two backhandsprings; can you spot the second one?”
The coach, let’s call him David, stepped backward and was looking for the second backhandspring. She […]

“Look between your hands”: Mack’s “Default Settings” for teaching the backhandpsring

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

June 14, 2006
Look between your hands: My “Default Settings” for backhandpsrings
Yesterday, I got into a conversation on tumble trak with an ex gymnast/ex college cheerleader and currently a cheer coach. I noticed immediately that she keeps her head in on her tumbling pass on tumble trak during her backhandsprings. I asked her where […]

Video: Mack’s Hollow Layout Drill

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

June 09, 2006
Video: Mack’s Hollow Layout Drill
The most common technique for doing the lay-out is to bring arms up on rebound and then bring it down in front of the hips keeping arms straight, fingers extended. And it’s how I teach it.
When you bring your arms down fast when in the air, at […]

Half- Rudi: Coach Mack’s Preferred Double Full Method

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

May 31, 2006
Half- Rudi: Coach Mack’s Preferred Double Full Method
For Cheerleaders:
Ok, so you have your full and now you want to step it up to a double full and impress your friends. What do you do? Just “pull harder” like everyone else says?
Well, there is a method….many methods, approaches, drills, and progressions that […]

Twist and Point! Mack’s Preferred Full Twist Method

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

May 20, 2006
Twist and Point!
Starbucks on Saturday afternoon:
My boy (Coach) Anthony was working on “Chinese Taps” on pipe (high bar) so he can get deeper insights into coaching and teaching highly complex dismounting skills like:
* Double Layouts
* “Full Out” Double layouts
* “Full In, Full out” Double layouts
* “Double-Double”- Double Twisting Double Layout (full and another […]

To move Forward, Take a Step Back: How I got Roy to do a round-off Backhandspring Tuck while others failed

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

May 12, 2006
To Move Forward, Take a Step Back: How I got Roy to do a Round off Back-hanspring Tuck while others failed.
I had a student at a previous cheerleading gym I used to work for; let’s call him Roy. Roy was, I think 8 or 9 years old.
Roy was working his round off […]

Tumbling Drill/Progression: Use Barani to finish the Full-Twist

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Here’s a follow up for the previous private email to the cheer gym owner:
**************
Just to clarify:
In the last email we discussed:>…
The reason she likes to twist LEFT for someone who does a round off with a “Right Leg Lunge- Right hand down first” is because the right- leg- lunge -round-off is actually a left-twisting movement. […]

Tumbling: “Which Way Should I go?” ; Twisting Directions

Monday, July 10th, 2006

April 07, 2006
Cheer Tumbling: “Which way should I go?” Twisting Direction
The following is an email I sent to a cheer gym owner about how I would teach the twisting direction according to the cheerleaders round off direction. Names have been deleted or changed to protect the guilty…I mean the innocent:
Dear @##@%%%,
I just wanted to give […]

Front Tuck; “Punch Front”

Monday, July 10th, 2006

April 01, 2006
Punch Front
Many coaches today have been teaching front tucks bo bring the feet directly underneath them on take off….on the punch, even when it’s coming from a fast run.
What the?
I say get your feet in front to get that linear momentum going upwards/vertical and arms up on the punch…..no Russian set.