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London Test Meet bloggers
February 2nd, 2012 — Blogs
GymnasticsPlanet.co.uk – Rings
January 28th, 2012 — Blogs, Gymnastics, rings
A new Men’s Artistic Gymnastics blog from Adam Paterson (Dynamo School of Gymnastics) and Lee Woolls (City of Birmingham Gymnastics Club).
The latest news, gossip from the World of Gymnastics!
Here’s a sample video tutorial from Lee. Teaching Ring swing. (using straps or — as Lee would call them — ”loops”)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (12min)
The goal is to swing to invert cross position as efficiently as possible. The kids need learn to keep the shoulders low.
See the interesting trench pit at 7min 30sec.
Great stuff. Exactly what Edouard Iarov, former Men’s National Coach of Canada, recommends. Delay the gymnasts going for handstand until they are able to keep arms relatively straight.
This site is must follow for all serious MAG coaches. Both coaches are on twitter.
on Google Privacy
January 27th, 2012 — Blogs, ethics, product endorsements, safety
You may have been contacted by Google:
We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read. …
These changes will take effect on March 1, 2012.
Some are freaking out.
That’s dopey. Not much is changing. Here’s a much more measured assessment:
Read Write Web – Tech World Overreacts to Google’s New Privacy Policy – How Does It Affect You?
… You know what you can do? Stop sharing things you don’t want tracked. …
Before and after March 1st best advice is not to do anything online you’ll regret in future. Somebody, somewhere could be tracking it. And it probably won’t be Google. They’re one of the least evil players.
If you want to dig into this deeper, the best authority is Jeff Jarvis. He’s the author of:
• What Would Google Do?
• Public Parts
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related – Student-Athlete Privacy
On Gymnastike, Anne commented on some NCAA schools using a 3rd party service called Varsity Monitor to follow their team online.
They flag “questionable conduct“.
That’s a bit scary. But I suspect Universities are mainly worried about what their high profile basketball and football players say. Gymnasts are probably the least of their worries.
Trampoline Pundit
January 26th, 2012 — Blogs, Power Tumbling, Trampoline
For the second day in a row I’ve subscribed to a new Trampoline blog.
It’s by LEIGH HENNESSY ROBSON, Owner and Coach of the Acadiana Center for Trampoline Techniques in Lafayette, LA.
Leigh is a film maker and Communications professional. It shows.
Check a recent post on the American women.
gymnastics Twitterverse
January 25th, 2012 — Blogs, humour
In the era of smart phones, Twitter has caught on with gymnasts, especially from the USA, Canada and Great Britain.
Couch Gymnast posted a few to humourous effect, including this one from Danell Leyva (who’s flooding my Twitter client. Slow down, dude.)
flipping out TNT
January 25th, 2012 — Blogs, Olympics, Power Tumbling, Trampoline
Have you seen the new Trampoline and Tumbling blog – flipping out TNT?
Jenny links to videos from the Trampoline Olympic Test Meet, noting that the Men’s videos are better.
Women’s Prelims
Men’s Tramp
Click PLAY or watch Dong Dong’s optional on YouTube.
Polish Gymnastics site
January 12th, 2012 — Blogs
working, shirking in London
January 9th, 2012 — Blogs, humour
Here you can see Blythe Lawrence LIVE blogging podium training. She actually has to KNOW what’s going on. Me and the chicken, … not so much. 
photo Tandoori Poulet on Facebook
It was Blythe’s birthday last night. Celebrating.
Gimnasia Latina – Spanish language blog
January 9th, 2012 — Blogs, Gymnastics, Olympics
#FIGTest12 Gimnasia Latina, based out of Buenos Aires, is here at the London Test Meet.
For now they publish only in Spanish. But I get every post sent to me Google translated into English. Here’s a sample:
The Spanish team gymnastics arrived yesterday in London to participate on Tuesday, in the pre-Olympic tournament that will distribute the final berths for the 2012 London event, marked on the calendar of these athletes for four years. …
… Jesus Carballo emphasizes the preparation of all hard selected. “This tournament is novel. So far, after the World Cup, the gymnasts down the intensity of your workouts, but this year has maintained a high level of demand “, which even led them to train hard during Christmas. …
(Google translated)
… You can get the general idea of what was posted originally in Spanish, but the translation is far from perfect.
It’s nice to see such a professional site dedicated to the Spanish language.
On a sad note, Manuel Carballo withdrew from the competition with a knee injury dismounting PB.
Gymnastics Coaching on Facebook
January 9th, 2012 — Blogs, product warnings
Facebook has blundered over and over again in how they’ve managed “Fan pages”, later called “Business pages”.
Sigh … 
But once again I’ve got the Gymnastics Coaching Facebook page operational. You can LIKE that page here. Until Facebook breaks it again.
That’s trampolinist Karen Cockburn in the graphic.
Couch Gymnast Awards – Part 2
January 9th, 2012 — Blogs, Gymnastics
Brigid McCarthy:
Coach of the Year
I love the way he uses social network to communicate with everyone. I think he’s a great coach and a great teacher.
Other categories:
Comeback of the Year
Most Unfortunate Injury of the Year
Team Player of the Year
Junior Gymnast of the Year
Best gymnast from a ‘Non-gymnastics’ Nation.
see the “winners” on Couch Gymnast – Couch Gymnast Awards Part Two
London 2012 Test Event
January 2nd, 2012 — Blogs
Confirmed. I’ll be in London with a media credential for all disciplines. The next best thing to the Olympics.
Full Twist will be there, too. Here’s Katie’s pre-event post:
Participants & Medal Ceremony Information
Overall competition schedule
Work Plan & Break Down of Subdivisions
TV, Live & Online Coverage
All you need to know: London 2012 Test Event
Gymternet – best of 2011
January 1st, 2012 — Blogs, Gymnastics, Magazines, product endorsements
by site editor Rick McCharles
Gymnastics Coaching is an aggregator . We try to link to the best of the best published online in English. The most interesting ideas, photos and videos.
Artistic Gymnastics – best of 2011 categories:
INDEPENDENT SITES (blogs, coaches, etc.)
OFFICIAL SITES (magazines, organizations, FIG, NOCs, etc.)
PHOTO & VIDEO SITES
Artistic Gymnastics, especially WAG, dominates the Gymternet over all other acrobatic disciplines. That’s OK since we want every child to start with Artistic & Trampoline before specializing.
Artistic Gymnastics is the Foundation.
_____ INDEPENDENT SITES:
The very best have not changed much since a year ago:
Blythe Lawrence (USA) – Gymnastics Examiner | Facebook | @GymExaminer
Read Blythe’s 2011: The gymnastics year in review
Brigid McCarthy (Australia) and friends – The Couch Gymnast | Facebook | @TheCouchGymnast
Albert Minguillón i Colomer, Nora Schuler & Elizabeth Long (Europe) – THE ALL AROUND | Facebook | @THEALLAROUND
Katie (Ireland) – Full Twist | Facebook | @full_twist
• GymNiceTic (all FIG disciplines)
Those sites post prolifically. Each is quite unique. Please subscribe, follow and/or like those as well as others listed here that don’t post quite so often. (A much longer list of sites we follow is listed in the right hand navigation of every page on this site.)
In November Tony Retrosi launched a must read site for every WAG Coach: Gym Momentum | Facebook | @gym_momentum
The excellent Gymnastics Minute videos were Tony’s idea, originally. Sadly we’ve seen few new videos from publisher GymSmarts, long the #1 production house for coaching videos.
John Geddert has been posting online for a few years. But in 2011 he became the elite coach who communicates online the most. I get something from John every day:
The Gymnastics Coach | Facebook | @JohnGGeddert
Other great sites NEW in 2011 include:
• Bekah’s “Get a Grip” Gymblog | @GetAGripGymblog
• E Panel | @TheEpanel
• Triple Twist Gym Blog | Facebook | @TripleTwistBlog
The following sites publish less frequently, but I never miss a post:
• Andy Thornton – American Gymnast | Facebook | @americangymnast (company tweets)
• Ron Noe – Stick It Media (MAG) | @StickItMedia
• Kristal Sergent Boulden – Double Front | Facebook | @Double_Front | Tumblr
• Bronwyn & Clara Stoi!
• JAO Coaching Gymnastics in the New Millenium
• Tsuk the Pain | @TsukthePain | Tumblr
• Between the Olympics | @BTOgymblog
Some of my favourite sites have been posting less frequently, of late, including Aunt Joyce, About.com Gymnastics and Valentin Uzunov’s The Gym Press | @thegympress.
Trending — sites dedicated to individual nations:
Romania:
• Cris – Gymfever
• Alina – Tare! magazine
• Mihai – FanGymnastics (Romanian)
• Bea – Gymnastics No Ceiling
• Carmen – Romanian Gymnastics Fans on Facebook
• Rewriting Russian Gymnastics
• Jennifer Isbister’s Gymn.ca (Canada) … perhaps the original dedicated National site
Recent Couch Gymnast graphic
_____ OFFICIAL SITES:
I link a lot to IG. Dwight Normile, Amanda Turner, John Crumlish & team – International Gymnast magazine online News | Facebook | @intlgymnast
Last year and again this year I was astonished at the quality of communications out of USA Gymnastics and FIG. Those organizations have media people equal the best bloggers. In the past information from both was whitewashed — no bad news. But both have gotten increasingly open, over time.
• USAG Headlines | Facebook | @USAGym
• FIG News | Facebook | @officialfig
I’ve long criticized Inside Gymnastics magazine. But the IG2 posts were better this year, I thought. Especially during LIVE events. And especially on Facebook.
Inside Gymnastics News | Facebook | @InsideGym
Universal Sports Tumble Mumble is an interesting kind of page. Interspersed between news articles from Reuters and AP are blog posts from Blythe Lawrence, Andy Thornton and others.
_____ PHOTO & VIDEO SITES:
Anne Phillips and team are the leaders:
• Gymnastike | Facebook | @gymnastike
The best thing that ever happened for gymnastics coaches is YouTube. Thank Google for buying that company and letting us share with the world for free. In 2011 I still link to YouTube over Vimeo and others as YouTube streams quickest over a weak WiFi signal.
Some of my favourites this past year:
• American Gymnast Gymnastics on Demand videos on the JoeLangley YouTube channel (1150+ coaching tutorials)
• gymdrills.com videos $
• Tony Retrosi – Gym Momentum YouTube Channel
• Mary Lee Tracy – USAmlt YouTube Channel
• Coach Sommers – Gymnastic Bodies videos (MAG strength)
• John Geddert – GymnasticsCoachUSA YouTube channel and DVDs $.
• Gymnastics Minute YouTube channel. And GymSmarts for DVDs $.
• MostepanovaFan YouTube channel
• RedNasvw YouTube channel, especially his MAG Code of Points videos
Inside Gymnastics has the photographer I link to most. That’s the terrific Grace Chiu. She uses Facebook perfectly, posting a few of her best shots in order to promote sales from GraceClick.ca.
There are a number of equally wonderful photographers around the world. But many are over-protective. Almost nobody sees their work. Foremost of those is the great Eileen Langsley.
Did I MISS one of your favourite sites? … or links to their content?
… Leave a comment and I’ll update this list in a week or so. I could name many more.
