Product Details

• Format: Color, Full length, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: SportVideos.com
• DVD Release Date: March 6, 2006
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EUM4JG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,739 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This is volume one of a comprehensive four-part gymnastics program featuring Amanda Borden. In this DVD, Amanda takes her team through a wide variety of progressive drills for the uneven parallel bars. Among the topics covered are: body positions, casting, glides and glide kips, front hip circle, shoot throughs, squat ons, underswings, tap swings, flyaways, clear hip circles, baby giants, full giant circles, straddle backs and pirouettes. An excellent resource for coaches, parents, and gymnasts. 47 minutes. 2006.

About the Coach: Amanda Borden spent six years on the US women’s National Team. She has competed in several World Championships, was a Pan-American double Gold Medalist and the 1995 USAG Sportswoman of the Year. In 1996, Amanda was the captain of the United States Olympic Gold Medal women’s gymnastics team. In 2004, she opened the Gold Medal Gymnastics Academy in Tempe, Arizona.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice, June 6, 2008

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Sergiano - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gold Medal Gymnastics Drills: Bars (DVD)

I have bought complete set of Gold Gymnastic Drills (first bought Beam and Floor, then decided to buy Bars and Vault too). All videos are great and helpful for coaching beginner gymnasts. There are many nice tips and pointers for drills and conditioning, every drill is explained progressively, step-by-step, moving from simpler forms to complete complex forms (you just have to watch and listen good, and definitely re-play every video in slow motion and/or several times).

These DVDs show limited set of drills, but Amanda Borden explains them quite well - better than many others.

DVD 1 chapters - Bars:
01 - Body Position
02 - Casting
03 - Glides - Glide Kips
04 - Front Hip Circle
05 - Shoot Throughs
06 - Squat On
07 - Underswings
08 - Tap Swing
09 - Flyaway
10 - Clear Hip Circle
11 - Baby Giant
12 - Full Giant Circle
13 - Straddle Back
14 - Pirouettes

DVD 2 chapters - Beam:
01 - Beam Complex
02 - Balance Fundamentals
03 - Handstands
04 - Jump Drills
05 - Leap Drills
06 - Turn Drills
07 - Cartwheel
08 - Level 6 Skills
09 - Beam Tumbling
10 - Back Handspring
11 - Connected Series
12 - Dismount Series

DVD 3 chapters - Floor:
01 - Floor Complex
02 - Back Extension Roll
03 - Front Limber
04 - Round Offs
05 - Back Handspring
06 - Flipping
07 - Tumbling Drills
08 - Twisting
09 - Front Tumbling

DVD 4 chapters - Vault:
01 - Plyometric Drills
02 - Speed Drills
03 - Running Drills
04 - Hurdles
05 - Board Position
06 - Heel Drive
07 - Blocking
08 - Tsukahara Vault
09 - Yerchenko Vault

I would recommend these DVDs for coaches and young gymnasts.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I am a Coach, December 7, 2009

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mom of 3 plus love to coach (kentucky) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gold Medal Gymnastics Drills: Bars (DVD)

I coach lev 1-3 and I love coaching bars..I was really expecting the basics to a lot of drills and skills. this is more for higher level coaches..but again i want someone to tell me this is good form, this is bad form, this is right this is wrong...I love detail in what I learn and then want to teach...maybe I expect to much not sure...some coaches will get lots from this just not what I am looking for..plus I bought her whole dvd set which wasnt cheap so far not much to learn from and take to the gym.....