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Basic Training on Beam
Since balance beam is probably the easiest event to fall off of, it makes
sense that extra and special training be devoted to minimizing the potential
for falling and to teach gymnasts how to perform no-fall beam routines.
Learn the Basics of Balance
It is no mistake that this event is called balance beam. Gymnasts
need to learn the basics of balancing on beam on both their feet and hands.
Build Solid Balance Habits
Learning to balance is a matter of repetition of correct balancing actions
until they become correct habits that will can utilized on all beam skills.
Practice Balance Skills Regularly
There are basic beam training drills, called Beam
Complexes that can correctly build these balancing habits if they
are correctly and seriously practiced on a regular basis.
Train First or Train Later, But Train Balance
While it would seem logical that these skills be built in to habits before
more advanced skills were even attempted, they can be successfully trained
in conjunction with a beam skills program.
Beam Success and Consistency
The origins of use of this type of training in the United States derive
from Nadia Comaneche’s perfect 10.0 scores in the Montreal Olympics.
American coaches and other coaches from around the world realized they
needed to figure out what the Romanians were doing to make them so successful
and so consistent on beam.
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