One of the rare-in-America nonprofit gymnastics clubs is currently seeking an Executive Director.
… The Executive Director reports directly to the Board of Directors, and is responsible for the organization’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives. Oversee and Administer the day to day business activities of Gymnastics Olympica. Serve as the point of contact for all business relating to both recreational classes and competitive gym team. …
This is a full time position based in Van Nuys, California. Gymnastics Olympica offers a positive and flexible work environment, and health benefits.
Applications will be accepted until April 1, 2010. …
Sheri Struck, Gymnastics Olympica
Board of Directors
7735 Haskell Ave.
Van Nuys, CA 91406
email gymnasticsolympica AT gmail.com
With the recent success of Bridget Sloan, Coach Marvin Sharp has made a name for himself in the world of elite gymnastics. Marvin talks about how he got started in coaching gymnastics and why he ultimately decided to open his own gym.
Marvin is the Head Coach of Sharp’s Gymnastics in Indiana and the personal coach to 2008 Olympians Bridget Sloan and Samantha Peszek. Marvin has been coaching Bridget for 13 years and in October of 2009, he coached Bridget to an individual World All-Around title.
This new state-of-the-art facility is four times larger than our previous home and will provide participants with an incredible gymnastics experience. …
A good article from coaching legend Mas Watanabe on his GymSmarts Community blog:
The other day I was watching the workout of our level 5 and 7 teams during my break.
The level 5’s were working on vault and they were doing the front handspring drill. The drill was to develop good blocking action by using the under arm swing when they punch the board. I was impressed because the entire group was doing the same under arm swing and all the girls were reaching their hands to the table very quickly. Most of the girls were getting a quick turn over of the body from the board and getting a fairly good blocking action.
Of course their handspring vaults weren’t even close to perfect, but the consistent emphasis of good technique was very evident.
Then I looked over to the bars, there were level 7 girls doing back giants, but some of them were still working on their three-quarter giant.
Here too, I was very pleased to see that all the girls were trying to use a proper tap swing to make the giant. Some of their body positions were not good yet, but the tapping action was there. Also, the girls who were struggling with the three-quarter giant were also using the tapping action to kick stronger and lift the swing higher.
I could tell that they will eventually learn a good back giant if they continuously try that way.
Educating all the staff so they teach the specific technique on key skills is not so easy. Many of the younger coaches do not have much coaching experience. …
I’ve heard informally of quite a few cases. Some are mentioned on this thread:
Flipper missed 2.5 weeks of gym and school with H1N1. She had seemed to recover by the end of the first week, but was very sick again on Monday – and is still not at 100%. …
Girls wearing masks to prevent the H1N1 influenza virus are seen at the venue of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, Mie prefecture, central Japan September 11, 2009.
I was surprised and impressed to see a Google ad for a program in my area called The Little Gym®. (Not many gymnastics programs are using Google ads.)
The excellent website tells of 300 locations in 21 countries.
Click through if you might be interested.
In order to open a The Little Gym location, a candidate must have a net worth (assets minus liabilities) of at least $250,000. Additionally, the candidate must have $75,000 in liquid assets in order to be considered. …
The new iPod Nano is also one of the world’s smallest video cameras. We think it could be a game changer. As it turns out, it could also create a new kind of privacy problem. A fitness chain in Minnesota has banned the new Nano from locker rooms in an effort to protect members from the possibility of photos or videos being taken with it. …
Recall coach John Valdez, who coached Justin Spring at the Beijing Olympics?
Jon Valdez, a former gymnastics coach in Illinois, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of unauthorized videotaping. Valdez set up a camera to film a gymnast removing his clothes.
Valdez was captured on a camera positioning his video cam in an open locker in Kenney Gym. Valdez’s camera taped a male gymnast stripping and appearing nude in the locker room. The victim was unaware he was being filmed. This incident happened on September 25, 2008.
Valdez pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 24 months probation.
… installing new hand sanitation stations. All people are required to sanitise their hands prior to entering the building (front door station) and athletes are required to use the stations when they enter and exit the gym.
I also encourage all athletes to wash their hands WITH soap before entering the gym, at break, and after gymnastics. After all, you just put your hands on a beam where EVERYONE has placed their feet….
