Does anyone have an opinion on whether the squat jumps at the beginning are OK for the knees? It seems as if that is a lot of pressure on the knee joint, esp. if the gymnast does not have very strong quads and hamstrings.
As a gymnastics coach I feel that as long as they stay in the squat position it is ok for the knees. My gymnasts do this type of squatted plyo drills about once a week.
This woman gives me the creeps. She treats these girls like monkeys. She doesn't see these these girls as human beings but rather as biologic machines to be worked to the max. I would never send my kids to a coach like this, one who was never an elite gymnast herself and who has so little respect for children as people. Shawn Johnson's coach's philosophy? "Love." Ms. Biggs would never say that.
Wow. Tammy is awesome. In these videos she's teaching other coaches. So she not talking to the gymnasts like they're monkeys , she's using them as examples. I've taken classes from her and brought my gymnasts to her dance clinics and she treated them like any other coach would, with care. All my girls loved her. She coaches the national team and has helped create the usag compulsory routines. She knows her stuff.
is one of those girls taylor Keeker?
danainlo 3 years ago
Does anyone have an opinion on whether the squat jumps at the beginning are OK for the knees? It seems as if that is a lot of pressure on the knee joint, esp. if the gymnast does not have very strong quads and hamstrings.
Gyminy 3 years ago
As a gymnastics coach I feel that as long as they stay in the squat position it is ok for the knees. My gymnasts do this type of squatted plyo drills about once a week.
coachalexsis 2 years ago
This woman gives me the creeps. She treats these girls like monkeys. She doesn't see these these girls as human beings but rather as biologic machines to be worked to the max. I would never send my kids to a coach like this, one who was never an elite gymnast herself and who has so little respect for children as people. Shawn Johnson's coach's philosophy? "Love." Ms. Biggs would never say that.
salmonroses 3 years ago
Wow. Tammy is awesome. In these videos she's teaching other coaches. So she not talking to the gymnasts like they're monkeys , she's using them as examples. I've taken classes from her and brought my gymnasts to her dance clinics and she treated them like any other coach would, with care. All my girls loved her. She coaches the national team and has helped create the usag compulsory routines. She knows her stuff.
lilgirllmh 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this video...I love Tammy Biggs!
kbgymnast08 3 years ago