Featuring Coach Mary Lee Tracy

What you'll learn
Students will gain the knowledge necessary to develop comprehensive strength, conditioning and flexibility training programs for athletes.
Students will understand how to develop training programs that will have a variety of activities.
The student will understand possible exercise programs designed to improve fitness and flexibility through the use of various exercise modes.
The student will understand essential parts of developing healthy, resilient high-performing gymnasts.

Requirements
There is no experience necessary to begin this course.

Description
A proper strength, conditioning and flexibility regimen is an essential part of developing healthy, resilient high-performing gymnasts. In this 87-minute video, Coach Mary Lee Tracy shares numerous training tips and drills that she acquired during her stellar career as a coach and gym owner. Among the topics covered are: cardio warmups and variations, leg conditioning and circuits for power, core workouts, upper body circuits and conditioning for handstands, leg tightening exercises, static flexibility drills, beam flexibility circuit, active flexibility drills on the floor and Tumbl Trak, creative flexibility drills and several drills for conditioning the hips, shoulders and ankles. This comprehensive video is an invaluable resource for coaches and gymnasts looking to elevate their training program to a new level!About the Coach: Mary Lee Tracy started Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy in 1988 and has since coached 27 National team members and several Olympians. She has over 40 years of experience coaching and owning a gym club with Level 3- Elite and Xcel Team programs. Tracy was named USA Gymnastics' Women's Coach of the Year three consecutive years (1994-96) and has been the Region 5 Coach of the Year on numerous occasions. Also, over 50 of her athletes received NCAA Scholarships. Mary Lee Tracy was a 2008 inductee into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Cardio Warmup

Lecture 3 Cardio Warmup Variation with Laser Beams

Lecture 4 Leg Conditioning Part 1

Lecture 5 10 Minutes Power Leg Circuit

Lecture 6 Core Part 1

Lecture 7 Core on the Balance Beam

Lecture 8 Upper Body Circuit

Lecture 9 Upper Body Conditioning for Handstands

Lecture 10 Leg Tightening

Lecture 11 Static Flexibility Drills

Lecture 12 Beam Flexibility Circuit

Lecture 13 Active Flexibility Drills

Lecture 14 Active Flexibility Drills on the Tumbl Trak

Lecture 15 Creative Flexibility Drills

Lecture 16 Drills for Conditioning the Hips

Lecture 17 Active Flexibility Drills for the Shoulders

Lecture 18 Active Flexibility Drills for the Ankles

Lecture 19 Closing Comments

The course would be beneficial to any gymnastics coach or gymnast serious about strength, conditioning and flexibility.