Gymnastics Lessons Vol. 2 – Pommel Horse
Improve your pommel horse skills with this comprehensive 52-minute video course. Coach Rustam Sharipov, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, presents a detailed and progressive method to help gymnasts build a successful foundation. Whether you’re a coach or a gymnast at any level, this must-have resource covers important fundamentals, safety concepts, spotting techniques, biomechanics principles, and what judges look for during competition. Enhance your knowledge and skills with a wide variety of drills and techniques taught by an experienced coach.
What you’ll learn
- Students will have a better understanding of the important fundamentals, concepts, progressions and drills for the pommel horse event.
- Students will know about important safety concepts and spotting techniques to assist gymnastics.
- Students will understand certain biomechanics principles in relation to body position.
- Students will have a general knowledge of what the judges are looking for during competition.
In this comprehensive 52-minute video, Coach Rustam Sharipov presents a wide variety of skills and drills for the pommel horse event. Each segment is taught in a detailed, progressive method to help gymnasts build a successful foundation. Among the topics covered are: support position and basic scissor work, circles on the mushroom, bucket circles on the mushroom, pommel horse progressions and skills, spindles, flair circles, loops and travels, dismounts, a demo of a short routine and conditioning. This program is a must-have resource for coaches or gymnasts at any level of competition.
About the coach:
Rustam Sharipov is a two-time Olympic gold medalist from the Ukraine. In 1992, Sharipov represented the Unified team which won the team gold medal. Sharipov represented Ukraine in 1996 winning a gold medal on the parallel bars and a bronze in the team event. Rustam also competed in numerous International and World Championships until retiring from competitive gymnastics in 2000. Sharipov moved to the United States and began his illustrious coaching career. He has coached at many successful programs, the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, OK (2000-01), Houston Gymnastics Academy in Houston, TX (2001-05), Assistant Coach, University of Oklahoma in Norman. OK 2005-2011 and the Head Coach at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH 2011-Present.
Who this course is for:
- Gymnastics coaches and gymnasts at any level would benefit from taking this course.
