If you’ve been following my work for some time, then you know the importance I place on shapes, progressions and drills.

Without spending time on those 3 element, an athlete simply cannot achieve high caliber skills that are safe and done with excellent technique.

With that said, after an athlete has learned shapes, the next “step” is often skipped -- which are the Fundamental Movements! Many coaches go right to drills (and if you recall from my Tumbling Training Pyramid, that's not the way to go).

Without mastering these movements, the drills and set ups that you use won’t turn out the way you want. Let me know if this sounds familiar: You set up a drill or station that you saw online, but soon realized your athletes couldn’t execute them the way they’re supposed to.

That’s because 90% of the time, the underlying fundamental movement hasn’t been mastered.

Let’s take a peek at a real-life example. Take a look at the 1/2 BHS Shoulder pop drill by Clicking Here

You'll see that it’s one thing to have that station set up and do the drill. But in order for it to be EFFECTIVE and IMPROVE the athlete, they need to already have solid execution of the following movements:

▪ Athletic Jump

▪ Arm Hyperflexion

▪ Handstand Shoulder Pop

Think about it; if she had a WEAK jump, she would not be able to initiate this drill. If she had a slow arm hyperflexion, she would not be able to hit her handstand position during the mid-phase of the BHS. And if she had a soft handstand pop, the block and rebound off the shoulders that is required would fail.... thus rendering the drill basically useless and a waste of time.

I hope you see why these movements are SO important... and why they should be worked on before we talk about Drills & Skills.

In my many years of coaching, I’ve settled on 12 such movements that I think are THE MOST important. I’ve done this to stay consistent with my system which also has 12 shapes (if you have my shaping poster, then you’ll be very happy to “plug and play” these movements into your training or coaching).

So if you’d like to learn more about all 12 Fundamental Movements, I’ll be doing a “deep dive” presentation on Dec 13th @ 12pm EST (9am PST) where I’ll go over them, how to coach them, the common problems to watch out for, how to incorporate them into your classes along with a LIVE Q&A session!

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Best of all, anyone who signs up by December 10th (this Friday) gets 20% off when they use the code: earlytumbler at checkout AND will have access to the video replay so you can re-watch it again and again!

So even if you can’t make the LIVE clinic, be sure to register early so you can enjoy the savings!

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I will see you at the clinic!

Coach Sahil M.
Certified Gymnastics Coach
Co-Owner of CheerCore
Author; The Cheer Diet

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