![]() ![]() Some of the ideas I mention literally have weekend courses because of their complexity. I also wanted to share some of the ways I have put these ideas into our pre-hab/strength programming for coaches and gymnasts to try out.ĭiagonal Reflexive Stability Drill With DowelĪs a quick note before I go further, I want to point out that the concept of core training is quite the beast of a topic to try to unravel. I wanted to follow that up and write about where my brain has been the last few months for core training in gymnasts. Last week’s article about how a gymnast’s core problem can look like hamstring tightness got the most attention out of anything I have ever published. I have spent a lot of time processing the information and brewing up ideas about these ideas may change the way some people think about core training in gymnastics. In the last 6 months I have read an incredible amount of literature and books discussing what the core does for our every day lives, sports, and ways to train for safe movement. ![]() Granted this type of strength is really important for gymnastics, there is so much more information to the core relating to injury prevention and skill performance. Every current or former gymnast reading this can vividly relate to the amazing but awful feeling of the seal stretch after what felt like 2 hours of hollow rocks. In every gym you step foot into you’re bound to hear someone talking about tight cores, squeezing the belly hollow, and “doing abs” for conditioning. ![]() The concept of the core is something that pops up in almost every gymnastics discussion, due to its role in skill work. ![]()
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