Gymnastics: Current Issues in Gymnast Training

Lack of Experienced Qualified Coaches

The consensus on the top problems in youth sports and gymnastics would at least include the following list. In gymnastics, the lack of qualified coaches is perhaps the biggest problem. The sport is growing at a rapid rate and there were not enough coaches (of any experience level) before.

No Place for Coaches to Learn

There are many reasons for this and a number of deficiencies in the coaching pool. The largest problems is that there is no place for anyone who is interested to go to learn how to coach correctly. There is no college, University, trade school or even central source of information where you can go to learn how to coach and the higher the level you aspire to coach, the less information and resources there are.

Bad Coaching Habits and Practicesare Passed On

Coaches in this country learned how to coach either from how they were coached themselves or by mimicking another coach in the gym. A once annual coaches