Women’s Artistic – Level 1

Course Description
Attaining a Women’s Artistic Level 1 certification will enable you to serve as an assistant coach in this particular discipline. This certification will allow you to enhance your skills in providing support to athletes across different age groups and on various equipment. As an assistant coach, you will have the opportunity to assist coaches at Level 2 or higher in this discipline. Additionally, you will be responsible for a group of up to 8 athletes under the supervision of the senior coach.

As a Level 1, you do not possess the certification to independently conduct classes.

Duration
Our Women’s Artistic Level 1 course is a full-day in-person program that involves ongoing assessment throughout the duration of the course.

Pre-Requisites
Course Attendees Must:

• Be at least 14 years old
• Hold either Club Coach or Freelance Coach membership.
• Provide a minimum of one gymnast per club.

• Introduction to Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
• Establishing Safe Practices
• Preparing athletes for sessions
• Proficiency award scheme and competition
• Coaching skills
• Progressive practice and readiness to progress
• Introduction to biomechanics
• Introduction to Equipment

Floor Skills:

• Developing key skills
• Bridge
• Straddle stand
• V-sit
• Straddle v-sit
• ½ lever
• Tucked Russian lever
• Tucked top planche
• Side splits
• Single leg balances – Y balance and arabesque
• Headstand tucked and stretched
• Rolls
• Forwards roll
• Backwards roll
• Roll to straddle stand
• Piked rolls
• Handstand
• Handstand forwards roll
• Cartwheel
• Cartwheel ¼ turn in
• Round off (in prep for the R/O flic)
• Hurdle step
• Handstand bridge to stand
• Forwards and backwards walkovers
• Jumps
• Straight jump
• Tuck jump
• Star and straddle shaped jumps
• Straight jump with ½ and 1/1 turn
• Using the trampette and spring board for teaching jumps
• Learning how to fall

Vault Skills:

• Run up
• Take off hurdle step and jump from the board
• Landing drills
• Squat vault
• Handspring to flatback

High Bar / A Bar Skills:

• Grasping the bar
• Straight hang
• Back hang
• Learning to swing
• Swing on high bar
• Work in gloves and loops
• Swing and ½ turn
• Dismounting from the high bar
• Upward circle
• Cast to land on the floor
• Cast to backwards hip circle
• Cast towards handstand