Gymnastics Beam Equipment Progressions for Gymnasts
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All skills should be mastered on a line on the floor and progress eventually to the high beam. Depending on the equipment available in the gym, there are a number of intermediate equipment progression levels. They include: 1. Tape line on floor. 2. Foam floor beam on mat. 3. Heavily padded low beam. 4. Regulation low beam with mats stacked even with beam. 5. Regulation low beam. 6. Padded medium beam. 7. Regulation medium beam. 8. High beam with beam platform or stacked mats. 9. Padded high beam. 10. Regulation high beam with platform mats. 11. Regulation high beam. Master Each Stage before Moving to Next Level For safety and personal confidence, the best system is to gain complete mastery at each step of equipment progression. There are some coaches who do not like to include padded beams, especially padded high beams in their progression series, because it returns a crutch that has already been overcome at a lower level. This seems to be generally sound advice ex …
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