Gymnastics Tips and Techniques Vol. 2 - The Balance Beam
Featuring Coach Mary Lee Tracy
Description
About the Program: Learn balance beam skills and drills from one of the world's top coaches. This comprehensive video provides personal lessons from Coach Mary Lee Tracy, owner of Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy in Fairfield, Ohio. Among the topics covered are: Beam Jumps, Acro Skills, Progressions, Advancing the Dismount and Into and out of Choreography. Tracy offers a variety of teaching styles making this video is a must-have resource for coaches or gymnasts at any level of competition.
About the Coach: Mary Lee Tracy started Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy in 1988 and has since coached 27 National team members and several Olympians. Tracy was named USA Gymnastics’ Women’s Coach of the Year three consecutive years (1994-96) and has been the Region 5 Coach and Elite Coach of the Year on numerous occasions. Mary Lee Tracy was a 2008 inductee into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Tracy was a Cincinnati Ben Gals cheerleader for the NFL team the Cincinnati Bengals. She also has 10 USA Gymnastics Service Awards, The Great River Girl Scouts Award for Women of Distinction 2000-2005, Businessperson of the Year 1999 and 2002, and the Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy was #1 Ranked USA National Training Center for three years straight.
What You Will Learn!
- Students will have a better understanding of the important fundamentals, concepts and drills in the gymnastics for the balance beam event.
- Improve on your acro skills
- Learn Choreography
- Become better at dismounts
Who Should Attend!
- Coaches and gymnasts at any level would benefit from taking this course.