Pathway Technical Symposium 2019

Did you miss our pathway technical symposium on Sunday 29 November? Don't worry, you can now catch up on all the sessions here!

The symposium which was supported by our men's and women's artistic pathway development coaches, contains a tailored programme so that sessions were both useful and interesting to gymnastics coaches of all disciplines.

You can catch up on all the highlights at our discounted price £10 as we want as many people to take part as possible - all you need to do is supply your own drinks and snacks!

The content is tailored to those coaches and clubs working with pathway gymnasts aged 6-12 years old – so if you have found our Bitesize Brilliant Basics series useful, then the symposium is for you!

Pathway Technical Symposium 2019

Course Overview

Approximate completion time: 240 minutes.
Suitable for: Coaches.

Keynote: Scott Hann MBE
Building a positive club culture
The symposium opens with national technical advisor, Scott Hann MBE who is well known as the coach of Britain’s most decorated gymnast multi Olympic medallist Max Whitlock MBE. Scott has been director of coaching at South Essex gymnastics club for over 10 years where he has been the driving force in the growth of the club, developing an environment that allows coaching and gymnastics talent to flourish. His keynote will focus on the important areas of club culture that clubs and coaches can shape to create a safe and positive environment to support the growth of gymnasts, coaches, and clubs.

Session 1: Pathway development coaches
Exploring brilliant basics for men’s and women’s artistic
You will have seen our bitesize brilliant basic series on social media, or our brilliant basics resource as part of the return to training guidance. The women’s artistic and men’s artistic resources have been developed by our pathway development coaches with support from our national technical leads. In this breakout, our pathway development coaches share with you how these resources can support your training and the plans to develop these resources further.

Session 2: Paul Coyle
Physical preparation brilliant basics – squat & landings strategies
Paul Coyle is the physical preparation lead for Scottish Gymnastics and has been working with our performance and pathway programmes across the different disciplines. Over his 14 years as a strength and conditioning coach he has previously worked with Commonwealth, world and Olympic champions and has also led nationally on multiple sports. You will have seen Paul over the last six months through our #TuesdayTutorial videos showing ideas on at home conditioning.

Session 3: Stephen Tonge, Matt Jackson, Pauline Smith
Introduction to judging for coaches: dedications, errors & recommendations
Understanding the code of points and routine requirements for different grades and levels can be difficult to get your head around as a coach. In this breakout we have Stephen Tonge for men’s artistic and Pauline Smith for women’s artistic each leading a session on a basic introduction to judging for coaches. This will look at the common errors in grades; breaking down deductions on each apparatus and what can coaches do to limit deductions through looking at brilliant basics; as well as recommendations on routine construction.

Session 4: Jamie Czop
Introduction to biomechanics and how you are already using it in your everyday coaching
Pathway development coach, Jamie Czop, looks at how you are already using biomechanics in your everyday coaching and introduces the key concepts that will support great understanding in this area and technical development using an applied gymnastics examples.

Session 5: Katie Richards
Sports psychology exploring the theme of motivation
Katie is a BASEs accredited sports & exercise scientist with a specialism in sport psychology support and she has a background in gymnastics as a gymnast and coach. In this session Katie will be exploring the theme of motivation and how coaches can support gymnasts in their development.