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No Gripz Dabritz
Gymnastics Coaching - 19 hours ago
Another video featuring Georgia Dabriz from Utah. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Of course there have been World and Olympic champions who did not wear grips. But it’s quite unusual in NCAA Gymnastics 2012. Thanks Greg.

Arkansas v Florida
Gymnastics Coaching - 1 days ago
Friday 7:00 ET / 4:00 PT – [1] Arkansas, [24] Maryland @ [8] Florida I’m looking forward to the red hot Razorbacks taking it to the carefully slow-starting Gators. Put your money on Arkansas. WAG NCAA meets this weekend. Or check Gymnastike’s NCAA Weekend Gymnastics Guide.

MAG 7.0 – 7.4 Vaults
Gymnastics Coaching - 1 days ago
The newest Code video from RedNasvw. Subscribe. Men’s Vault is by far the apparatus with the most difficult in Artistic Gymnastics. No woman has ever competed any of these. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. FIG landing mats are not safe for this level of trick. We need something more like the Double-mini landing [...]

how Carly got engaged
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 days ago
… “Mark tricked me into thinking we were going to look at a house that his parents were buying, and when we pulled up closer to the area, he wanted to get out and look around,” Patterson said. “When we got out of the car we turned a corner and I saw rose petals and [...]

Yeessooo! merchandise
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 days ago
Get yer Danell Leyva merch at Winter Cup. Yeessooo! merchandise on Facebook

coach in Denmark
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 days ago
VIG Gymnastics in Aarhus, Denmark is seeking head coaches for men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics. MAG chief Anatoly Babko will retire after this season. details (PDF) See more European coaching jobs on GYMmedia. Thanks Helge Vammen.

USAG Italian holiday
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 days ago
From Romania, Marta Karolyi hates sending American gymnasts to Europe. Except for the annual Jesolo Trophy Invitational. Couch Gymnast: … The US have confirmed a delegation of 31 people … Again, Team America will send so many strong girls that it will be impossible not to dominate. Russia and Romania will be there to contest. [...]

balls on the beam
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 days ago
A really, REALLY bad idea. I can’t embed this wipe-out. Click through to YouTube, if you dare. Thanks George. I think.

Canadian L3 coaching courses
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 days ago
My courses upcoming for Artistic NCCP Canada: • L3 Practical – SUN, May 27th, Regina (after Nationals) • L3 Practical – FRI, June 22nd, Red Deer, AB • L3 Technical – June 22-28th, Red Deer, AB All 3 are MAG and WAG. Ken Soehn will be expert guest coach at L3 Tech Red Deer presenting Trampoline [...]

Winning Balance – Shawn Johnson
Gymnastics Coaching - 3 days ago
“Winning Balance: What I’ve Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams” … The writer is Nancy French, who co-authored Bristol Palin’s book, “Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far.” … Amazon Scheduled June 5, 2012 in the build up to her attempt to qualify for a second Olympics. On the same [...]

Tsukahara 1969 Muscle Beach
Gymnastics Coaching - 3 days ago
Chris Castner posted this pic of Mitsuo Tsukahara: … We were working out at Muscle Beach when a bus dropped off members of the touring Japanese Mens’ and Womens’ Olympic Gymnastics Teams…to see this world-famous location. … No warm up…he didn’t even unbutton his coat or loosen his tie! (Note the Olympics logo on his [...]

compliment sandwich
Gymnastics Coaching - 4 days ago
Do you use the compliment sandwich when coaching? … begin your criticism with a compliment follow up with your criticism/insult and then end with a compliment or something favorable … There’s a time and a place for that kind of diplomacy. Best is straight talk / honest feedback between athlete and coach. But only after [...]

new Mostepanova montage
Gymnastics Coaching - 4 days ago
When old timers complain about ‘lack of artistry’ in modern gymnastics, they harken back to the great Soviet girls. nastia2012: Olga did not have a fairy tale career, and is remembered for many things that were out of her control, including age falsification, the 1984 boycott, and the “injuries” that kept her and Irina Baraksanova [...]

2011 Gymnastics – BIG THINGS TO COME
Gymnastics Coaching - 31 Dec 2011
Funny. Bobble head gymnasts. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. That’s from Chris: Special thanks to all the athletes, their families, coaches, bloggers, fellow editors and gymnastics fans for a great year and all the support. Couldn’t have made all the progress with editing that i have this year with out all of you! [...]

girls tricked into buying pink stuff
Gymnastics Coaching - 31 Dec 2011
Riley poses a good question … Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

technology still too boring for girls?
Gymnastics Coaching - 28 Dec 2011
What did your female gymnasts get for Christmas? I’m guessing many opened iPads, Kindles and smart phones. It’s true that women are still disinterested in careers in I.T., but that girls and women are keener on social media than males. It seems inevitable that women will one day dominate the internet. Most of the most [...]

Shawn Johnson ‘Fitness for Life’ Act
Gymnastics Coaching - 9 Dec 2011
Rather than making fat illegal, some new legislation in Iowa seeks to combat childhood obesity with the help of gadgets. Since 2004, the University of Northern Iowa and the Grundy Center (Iowa) School District have partnered together to improve physical education classes by emphasizing the use of technology. … The Shawn Johnson Fitness for Life [...]

Sands on ‘placebo effect’
Gymnastics Coaching - 10 Nov 2011
I was honoured that Dr. Bill Sands took the time to state his opinion on the placebo effect. That was in the comments on this post — Doc Ali on mental toughness Bill Sands: There is some argument as to whether or not placebo effects are real. … … I do not think there is a [...]




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