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Bar Skill Learning Progressions
Be Flexible
Our goal is not to be so inflexible that we stop a gymnast’s progress completely
if they cannot master a particular skill on a progression list. That
skill can be temporarily bypassed to work on others that don’t require
it as a definite and specific prerequisite. It is important to determine
and correct the deficiencies that prevented that skill from being done.
As soon as they are fixed, the gymnast can return to the skill and master
it and move on.
Variety Increases Learning and Interest
It is always a good practice when creating lesson plans to introduce variety
into your workout plans in order to maintain interest. Using even
a slightly different order of steps forces the gymnast out of any rigid
patterns they may be developing and increase positive learning stress.
Pass the Stress Test
Positive learning stress is the stress associated with change in the learning
process and the more different approaches to learning the gymnast is exposed
to, the more solid and consistent they are and the better able to deal
with a variety of competition situations.
Step by Step – Slowly, Slowly
It is not a good idea to skip skills entirely, either because a gymnast
is particularly talented or seems to be able to skip certain progressions
or parts of progressions. This may cause consistency problems later
or lead to gaps in gymnastics skills, which will affect future skill learning.
Those skills may be needed for some future progression.
Maintain a Training System
As with all of the sport there are always other skills and drill variations
that may have to be left out. Remember to keep within an overall systematic
training process, however, and not jump from new idea to new idea without
any cohesive pattern.
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