Jack Kelly’s Back to Basics Articles

Jack Kelly’s back to basics articles

Jack Kelly caused a renaissance in British trampolining. He brought a refreshing approach to developing skills through rigorous attention to form and development steps.  Before taking up a role with BG he had spent many sessions at our club. We have taken on board his approach as the foundation stone of our own coaching practices.

British Gymnastics published 28 articles in this series; we reproduce them here with Jack’s permission.  Simply click on the links below to access individual articles to follow the series through. These articles were the building blocks of Jack’s book ‘Over & Above’ available on Amazon and, probably, elsewhere – it is well worth a read of this book.

• Take-off 1 and Take-off 2
• Use of arms in bouncing
• Arm-setting 1 and Arm-setting 2
• The Tiger Woods Approach – practice and drills
• Bouncing technique:
  • Top Tips,
  • Going for Top,
  • Top or Turn and
  • Linking back to front rotation
• Coaching techniques:
  • Routine plans,
  • Myths & Misconceptions,
  • Tension,
  • Get with the beat,
  • Coaching like a coach,
  • Time management,
  • Don’t believe all you read,
  • You read it and
  • Progressive coaching
• Landing technique 1 and Landing technique 2
• Lost Moves 1 and Lost Moves 2
• Twisting:
  • The twist is the easy bit,
  • A twist in the tale and
  • Let’s twist again
• Fitness Training 1 and Fitness training 2