Mastering Men'S Gymnastics - Intermediate Level

featuring Coach Mark Williams

What you'll learn

The students will learn techniques and progressions for floor exercise.

The students will learn fundamentals and drills for the mushroom top and pommel horse.

The students will learn intermediate level skills and drills for the rings event.

The students will learn intermediate level skills and drills for the vault event.

The students will learn techniques and progressions for the parallel bars.

The students will learn techniques and progressions for the horizontal bar.

Requirements

Students should be proficient with the gymnastics skills that are presented in the beginning level of this course. This course (intermediate level) will build upon those fundamentals. Many of the events in men's gymnastics require specific equipment.

Description

This comprehensive video encompasses all aspects of gymnastic training at the intermediate level. The program helps gymnasts develop beyond the beginning compulsory skills to build routines through the rules of the FIG (International Gymnastics Federation) Code of Points. Topics covered include: techniques and progressions for floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and the horizontal bar. University of Oklahoma Head Men's Gymnastics Coach Mark Williams provides detailed information that will assist gymnastics coaches and instructors at any level. He emphasizes the requirements for each event that will enable gymnasts to build a foundation of intermediate skills to construct optional routines.Mark Williams has become a household name in the world of gymnastics. The Oklahoma Sooner head coach has had success at every level of the sport and was recently inducted as one of the members of the 2015 class into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, just another testament to the outstanding coaching he has done with the national team and the OU men’s gymnastics squad. Williams has established OU as the nation’s elite program with nine national titles in the past 16 years, claiming crowns in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017 and most recently in 2018. Mark Williams has also made an impact on the international level, most recently serving as the head coach for Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Floor Exercise

Lecture 3 Pommel Horse

Lecture 4 Still Rings

Lecture 5 Vault

Lecture 6 Parallel Bars

Lecture 7 Horizontal Bar

Lecture 8 Closing Comments

Gymnastics coaches and gymnasts at the intermediate level would benefit from taking this course.