Is it possible for one coach to successfully coach MA and WA gymnastics at the highest level at the same time. Personally i think that they are worlds apart and therefore i do not see it being possible.
The reason that i ask is that at the Gymnastics Test Event in London i knew of a conversation that took place between a Technical Director (of a country we shall not name) and one of our National staff. The TD was looking for a candidate to coach MA and WA but only had enough funding for 1 position and was asking whether it was viable to employ 1 person to do both.
Even if somebody took on the challenge surely it would be a case of spreading yourself too thinly. I can’t think of a single mens coach that could successfully teach beam and choreography and i suppose it could be the case for a WA coach to try and teach pommel.
Only the brave need apply i think!
Any thoughts???
well you cant generally say a mens coach is not able to coach girls…
For me as man Coach it is not that difficult to coach our girls, if their coach is ill. Because there is not that much differnce from Floor to beam, Ok cheografy is a problem..
Vault is the same, unevenbars is also similar..
The Problem is the other way.. a girls coach normaly has no idea of Pommel, Rings or parallel bars.
Mike if i had posed this question 12 months ago i would have agreed with you. At my club we now have a very talented Head WA coach and her girls are amazing. Until i saw the work that she did with them i would have said that i was able to coach women too. Now there is no way on this earth that i am a good enough coach to teach womens. The spins, leaps, choreography, flexibility, etc etc is just way beyond me.
As a cover coach i can teach the girls all day long but as a long term coach who is going to produce world class gymnastics then no way.
Hi
Yeah I am a qualified MAG Coach but I am a women and I also can coach some of WAG but I think you are right to coach WAG and MAG for one person is insane –
So I guess if the funding is not there then they should just employed one coach –
MAG or WAG
Good Luck
What about Arkaev? Sure, he perhaps did not actively coach the Choreography, or dance principles – however, the mark of a great Head Coach and/or Technical Director is to collaborate with a great staff that believe in one common goal and work cohesively to produce.
Currently, I am researching your question Lee and delving into both MAG and WAG – Tell JoJo its challenging
That was the point to the comment buddy. 1 person cannot do both. Arkaev had teams of people to implement his program and regime.
With the right team the sky’s the limit…. But i don’t believe you can do both. Men’s coaches always push aside chereo and beam, these are what GB lack and if spent more time on we could challenge the other countries…. Untill you have tried it i don’t think you can comment!
Good luck Nick! x
For me, it would be possible for a MAG coach to teach men all-around and women on tumble, bars and vault. In these 3 disciplines, the principals are similar, although the preferred techniques would obviously be different. However, for the choreography part of floor and beam in its entirety, I think a specialist choreographer would be needed. Just think of the amount of clubs you know that have a girls coach that only works with a group on beam, ballet and floor choreo – if WAG coaches so often use a choreographer for these areas then I think it would be impossible for a single coach to take MAG and WAG including choreo.
Ok, but wait a second…Why then, do some of the top Women’s coaches in the world, and their Technical Directors, actively pursue a professional Choreographer to get their routines done – The entire Chinese Team = Adriana Pop, The entire USA Team in 1996 = Geza Poszar (a male by the way), and even Tweddle and Downie = Adriana Pop, the current USA National Team = Antonia Markova…
If it were the case that a Women’s Technical Director also had the sole responsibility of choreography then perhaps it would be a stretch – it may also depend on the actual country that was enquiring…If it were a lesser known country, I think it could be done!
I think this question is a no brainer really. Having been a boys and girls coach, from personal experience, my short answer is that its not possible to teach high level WAG and MAG at the same time. First reason would be,there isn’t even enough hours in the day?
Technically its not that hard, however even if you knew how to technically coach it, your level of organization would have to be insane! Plus the technical development of girls and boys is different, so is not always going to easy to mix the two in a practice. However i feel that if i had boys and girls together for most part vault, floor, and bars can be taught together if! you have the neccesary equipment availability and low enough number ( like lets say no more than 6 athlete, pref in a even ratio).
However THE most difficult part i think will be having to be sensitive to the coaching styles needed for each athlete, and between boys and girls.
But i think one coach can most definitely coach boys and girls in mixed groups for most part effectively, but it will be hard.
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