The Skill Specific Awards  – Lists of Drills for 16 basic Gymnastics Skills

A perfect guide for gymnastics coaches, P.E teachers and participants to achieve the following skills in a fun and safe environment.  This 16 page download contains lists of drills (with video demos) providing the ultimate library of ideas to teach and learn the following skills:

Forward Roll, Backward Roll, Cartwheel, Headstand, Handstand, Round off, Handstand Forward Roll, Backward Roll to Handstand, Backward Walkover, Forward Walkover, Back Handspring, Front Handspring, Free Walkover, Back Somersault, Front Somersault, Free Walkover

Each Skill is broken into the following sections:

The Skill Explained with the coaching points
The Drills Hub – A list of different exercises to complete before performing the skill.  A useful set of drills and preparation exercises which are required to develop the gymnast through the stages of skill acquisition in a safe way to optimise results.
Drills Tick sheet – To mark which drills have been mastered adequately.
Skill Variations (e.g. forward roll to straddle or pike)
QR code for the video demonstration of the whole skill, the slow motion video detailing the coaching points, the drills hub and the skill variations

The Skill Specific Awards can be used in conjunction with our General and Advanced Awards for when a gymnast may not be ready to pass their Level or want to just focus on learning or improving a specific skill they have chosen. Instead the coach can select a skill from the level they are working towards, use the drills tick sheet to help them achieve the skill and award them with a SKILL SPECIFIC certificate and medal.  The Certificate has a blank space on it for coaches and teachers to write the name of the skill that the gymnast has been working on.

Here’s a customer review following a recent download purchase:

“As someone with expertise in teaching and learning, I can see the care and thoughtfulness that has gone into the Scaffold approach to the sheet, the sequencing of drills, the availability of the videos and their alignment with the sheet and the little bonus of the skill variations.  Just really well crafted all round”  Emily Tannert

These Skills Specific Drills sheets will be updated every couple of years with additional content to further enhance the quality of the content.  We will notify all existing customers of new releases.