First You Need To Land Skills
 However, if that skill happens to be something like a Tzukahara vault, double pike or some other skill with an element of danger, misapplied advice could cause the gymnast to concentrate on something other than what the coach has told them (like block and lift) and cause them to fail to complete the skill and risk injury.

Parental Support Not Pressure
 Also, parents should realize that all necessary competition performance pressure is supplied by the coaches.  Extra performance requirements or requests by parents may upset that balance. Basically parents should refrain from any gymnastics coaching.

Hey! You Get to Be the Good Cop
 What should parents do?  Primarily, the best thing parents can do is to provide love, emotional and financial support.  A parent’s job at meets and after practices is to share their gymnast’s successes and provide moral support for any difficulties.

Raise Funds to Better Your Gym and Program
 Supporting the fundraising efforts of the team is another important function for parents.  Parents should realize that the more funds that are raised the better the program for their gymnast and all the other gymnasts.

Strength and Flexibility Help May Be Okay at Lower Levels
 The only a few things parents might even possibly be able to help their gymnasts with that are related to the sport.   Strength and flexibility training are not so difficult or different from strength training for other sports that it would be beyond the understanding or abilities of parents to help.  While hopefully all the necessary strength training is being provided by your gymnastics program, especially at the lower levels or if your gymnast does not have practice or strength training everyday, you can help give them an edge by helping them in those areas.

Beam Basic Training Okay
 And since there can never be too much beam training, so a program like our Secrets to Staying on Beam, can also be done at home and parents can help with that.

Enjoy Their Gymnastics
 There are always going to be some bad days in the sport and your gymnasts will need some support.  There are also going to be some wonderful celebrations of the real successes your gymnast is sure to have in the sport.  Supporting your gymnast emotionally usually means just listening to them, celebrating their successes or commiserating with them over their problems. 

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