With fall here, the competitive season is almost here...

This month we want to Congratulate, Debbie Rodriguez who was honored at Region 1 Congress in September in Santa Clara, CA with the Award of:

2006 Optional Coach of the Year

To honor Debbie we've made her Balance Beam DVD the featured product of the month. Learn more about Beam Stability with this DVD or with her article in the members plus section of GymSmarts.

Remember, if you want to have access to all of our articles, consider joining our MembersPlus Program.  It is growing each month with new articles, and access to all back articles.  The current price for the MembersPlus Program is $60, we have extended the Congress special for another month, after that the price for a year membership will be going up to $75 annually.

Don't forget that members also receive a 5% discount on all DVDs, just sign-up for MembersPlus, click on the coupon and start saving!

Tom & Reiko Beach

 

 

	Pilates for Young Athletes by Barbara Davie In this DVD Barbara takes you through a 33-minute Pilates workout. PILATES for ATHLETES will make you a better and more capable athlete. Included is a section from Barbara explaining how to maximize your Pilates workout.  A dynamic way to strengthen your body's core to maximize performance.    $29.95
	Stalters & Endo Shoots for High Bar & Uneven Bars by Dave Juszczyk Learn the concepts and drills necessary to perform these difficult skills.  Stalters and Endo Shoots are the most exciting and dynamic in-bar skills on Uneven Bars and High Bar. The video includes: training video of drills and exercises and footage of world championship gymnasts performing these skills.  $29.95

Balance Beam ~ It's About Stability
by Debbie Rodriguez

 
Using her background as a Physical Therapist, combining that with her gymnastics experience as international competitor and her many coaching successes, she explains exactly how she works with girls to increase their stability and confidence on the beam. In this DVD, Debbie Rodriquez gives her unique training techniques and philosophy that have helped gymnasts of all levels improve and enjoy more success and satisfaction working on the beam. You will see her working with some of her young hotshot gymnasts performing several drills and exercises and critiques how they are performing these skills. These skills can be performed on any line, low beam or high beam and will help gymnasts of all levels.  $29.95

From: Dan Connelly

THE STRAP BAR:  The main purpose of the strap bar is to help you learn skills without the fear of losing your grip and flying off the bar.  This allows you to do many more repetitions, and in turn you are able to focus much more on the body positions without any fear of having to re grasp the bar or worry about coming off.