Coach Ellen

Coach Ellen is an exercise physiologist who has owned and operated a gym in Texas for over 21 years. She has a double major in Kinesiology and Community Health from Stephen F. Austin State University, and is a published author through pale horse publishing. She is has been an advanced team coach in the sport of gymnastics since 1989 and is certified in skill evaluation, rookie coaching, sequential gymnastics and preschool through USA Gymnastics. She has been a professional member of USA Gymnastics for over 14 years and is listed as a lifetime member of Who's Who Among America's Executives and Professionals. She was awarded the Business Woman of the Year Award in 1998 by the Business and Professional Women's Club and believes in helping people to build healthy, happy lives through sports, health and fitness education.

In the Spotlight

Shaping for Gymnastics

What is shaping and how is it important in the sport of gymnastics? This article steps into the world of shaping for gymnastics and what you as a coach or parent need to know. Proper shaping techniques, how it relates to core strength and how it helps to advance through gymnastics levels are issues that are addressed in this article.

In the Spotlight

Steps to a Good Cartwheel

Discover the steps to a great cartwheel and how learning the concept of laterality can help with cognitive skills like reading also.

In the Spotlight

What to Look for When Choosing a Gymnastics Gym

This article gives you questions to consider when choosing a gymnastics gym, helps you to know what to ask and how to make an educated choice on choosing a gym for your child.

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  Gymnastics

  Handstand...The Crucial Gymnastics Skill

  12 years ago

  When developing a handstand, it is important to follow proper progressions and strength training for safety and advancement. This article helps give you insight into the correct way to develop the crucial skill of the handstand.

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  Gymnastics

  Secrets To Avoid or Rehabilitate Ankle Injuries In Gymnastics

  12 years ago

  How to avoid or rehabilitate ankle injury in sports. High level athletes need to know how to prevent and respond to ankle injuries to avoid further damage and should under go a specific program for strengthening. Tips and exercise to do this can be found in this article.

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  Eating for Peak Gymnastics Performance

  12 years ago

  As an athlete in a very physically and mentally demanding sport, eating and drinking habits will play an important role in how you perform in the gym during training, and outside of the gym at competitions.

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  Sports and Recreation

  Shaping for Gymnastics

  12 years ago

  What is shaping and how is it important in the sport of gymnastics? This article steps into the world of shaping for gymnastics and what you as a coach or parent need to know. Proper shaping techniques, how it relates to core strength and how it helps to advance through gymnastics levels are...

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  Gymnastics

  Secrets to Control Your Fear and Become the Ideal Gymnast

  12 years ago

  Most competitive gymnasts and many developmental gymnasts will tell you that the biggest obstacle they face in gymnastics is fear. They have done all the drills and strength training they need to master a skill, but when told by their coach that it's time to do it without a spotter, they lock up...

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  Gymnastics

  Teaching a Positive Nature to Children in Youth Sports

  13 years ago

  At any given time, there are more than 50 million children that participate in youth sports on a regular basis. This population is the building blocks of our future generation. Why is it that so many children want to be involved in sports, and how can we make it a positive, life changing experience...

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  Gymnastics

  Steps to a Good Cartwheel

  11 years ago

  Discover the steps to a great cartwheel and how learning the concept of laterality can help with cognitive skills like reading also.

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  Gymnastics

  What to Look for When Choosing a Gymnastics Gym

  13 years ago

  This article gives you questions to consider when choosing a gymnastics gym, helps you to know what to ask and how to make an educated choice on choosing a gym for your child.