Head Coach
Jeff Schroeder
| Years at current position |
2 |
| Career record |
7:3 |
Previous Experience
Assistant Coach at Pine Island
Community Education
PHILOSOPHY OF A GYMNASTICS COACH
I believe that any girl should be have the opportunity
to participate in the sport of gymnastics. It is a
fiercely competitive individual sport that develops
mental toughness and self-confidence as much as it
develops athletic skills.
While any girl should have the opportunity to become
part of a competitive team, the fact is that gymnastics
is a largely individual competitive sport cannot be
ignored. Placement in the gymnastic team lineup is
a result of consistent personal performance at a high
level and is not a reward for longevity. Every gymnast
should be given an equal opportunity to become a competitive
team member but she must also be aware that in order
to do so requires a great deal of personal commitment
to training.
I believe in the team concept even though gymnastics
is basically an individual sport. Teammates can peer
coach each other and help each other through the slumps
and hard times that occur in any season. Team character
can be a self-defining process for all team members.
I will encourage gymnasts to set personal goals that,
I turn, will make them more accountable for their
choices and their commitment. It is my responsibility
as a coach to help them realize their goals.
I believe that a coach’s responsibility to a gymnast
rests upon a safe and reasonable progression through
the skill levels that exist in gymnastics. A coach
should never ask a gymnast to perform a skill that
is neither safe nor reasonable for her to attempt.
However, a coach should always expect a gymnast to
perform at the skill level that she is capable of
performing at and both encourage and require her to
progress to the next level of performance.
As a coach I expect to make this philosophy evident
to my gymnasts by being clear when outlining my expectation
and by being both fair and consistent in the enforcement
of my expectations for both the individual gymnasts
and the teams.
Jeff Schroeder
Assistant Coach
Chris Templeton
