Gymnastics on Air with Coach Kate Sarisska

Kate Sarisska is the head coach of Dutch gymnastics team?BATO Haarlem, and a former gymnast who performed at the Olympics in Moscow in 1980. Kate grew up in Czechoslovakia where from an early age she knew she would be a gymnast. At the age of 5, when Sarisska saw Věra ?áslavská perform, she told her parents “That will be me when I grow up”. This motivation did not leave her and she ended up competing at four world cups and in the Olympics.

Kate's fun and creative coaching style have not been unnoticed. On her Instagram alone, she has gathered over 60.000 fans of the sport who love to get inspired by her. Her innovative ways of using equipment and fun drills give a new perfective on how to teach certain moves. If you're already using AirTrack Factory equipment, it's a great place to learn new ways to utilize it. So, if you're into gymnastics, make sure to give her a follow!

In this video, Kate talks about the history of gymnastics and the future of air. Kate mentions how double flips are more easily taught to the kids, how their fear barrier is lowered, and that with a little practice on the AirFloor, the step to just the gymnastics floor is most often easily made.

She loves that with the AirTracks, her gymnasts can train for much longer and perform more repetitions without their developing bodies taking a beating. She mentions she and her trainers can focus on technique a lot more- since they’re able to train for much longer.

Sarriska’s favorite piece of equipment is their never-ending connectable 8 x 2-meter AirFloors, that combined with their existing gymnastics floor creates an extra bouncy tumbling setup.?

Apart from the AirFloors, Kate uses the AirIncline to create a quick and easy ramp, AirBox parts for bounces, stretches, and warming up.

"When you learn a single flip, you'll move to double flips or add a twist. It's never ending. But each time you learn something new, that's.. Indescribable. It's the best feeling in the world.”

Kate Sarisska

In the video below, we transform an old dusty foam pit into a brand new AirBag with lifting bag at BATO Haarlem, the home base of Kate Sarisska. This enables the gymnasts at BATO Haarlem to make more turns, save precious energy and to gradually build up their skills.

The AirBag G is our hygienic and customizable foam pit alternative. We completely customize the AirBag G regardless of shape or size. Therefore, we can fit the AirBag G into an existing foam pit!

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