Team Game: Beam Dice

 The one where we shake it up.

This weekend is our first meet for some levels. We are a gym who dabbles in USAG and AAU so our USAG ladies will be competing their first meet of the season! This means A LOT of routines which can sometimes make the season feel longer than it needs to. At least on floor I can send them over to work on the Tumbl Trak or trampoline. Win-win. Beam on the other hand, something about saying "okay, go work on upgrades" leads to a lot more standing around then I care for. 

Not every beam workout, sometimes they watch routines or sometimes they work leap/jumps but we use beam dice! There are 2 pit block dice, one with numbers on them like a traditional dice and another with skills.

The second dice has specific and open ended options listed below. You could really make them whatever you want! Yes every level can do it. Series doesn't strictly have to be level 6-10 as even level 4 could work their cartwheel cartwheel connection. Nothing is a confidence booster like knowing you can do 2 cartwheels in a row so 1 feels extremely easy! They roll the dice 3-5 times depending on how much time we have and they must roll different skills. The cannot roll 3 series and then stack on 5 more series. Must be different.

Series

Single Skill

Leap/Jump Combo

Full Set Routine

Dismounts

Turns

Again, I keep it open ended sometimes where they are allowed to work skills outside of their routines giving them the opportunity to get creative! Other days, we specifically work routine skills only. I also find that the universe helps out and the girls who need full routines the most, roll it the most 😁

Have a great weekend!

Jaclyn