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May 14th, 2013 — Gymnastics, recreation
Kelly Manjak’s new Gym in Toronto has been open a few months.
I’ll be visiting right after Nationals. You could too. 
We’re opening our house to the public on Sunday, May 26th from 12 to 5 pm in support of Right to Play.
Meet Kyle Shewfelt and come play for the day! Check out this video to see what we’re all about.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
May 6th, 2013 — camps, coach education, Gymnastics, product endorsements, recreation
Tumbl Trak’s 1-day clinics celebrating their 25th Anniversary are now registering. Focus will be on best practice for precompetitive and advanced recreation girls coaches.
Click through for details on the one closest to you.
Saturday, June 22 M & M Gymnastics – New Berlin, WI
Click here to register now!
Thursday, June 27 Leading Edge Gymnastics – Everett, WA
Click here to register now!
July 2013
Saturday, July 13 Twistars Gymnastics – Dewitt, MI
Click here to register now!
Sat., July 20 High Performance Training Camp – Coeur D’Alene, ID
Click here to register now!
John Smith at HPTC Idaho 2012
Saturday, July 27 Atlanta Gymnastics Center – Atlanta, GA
Click here to register now!
Sunday, July 28 Arizona Sunrays – Phoenix, AZ
Click here to register now!
As a Tumbl Trak Ambassador, I’ll be clinician at the three in bold.
There will be FUN. More reps, less stress.
(via Tumbl Talk)
May 5th, 2013 — Gymnastics, recreation
April 24th, 2013 — camps, coach education, recreation
The first of the Tumbl Trak Choose Your Habits clinics goes May 23, 2013.
It’s targeted at advanced recreation and pre-comp coaches.
9:15 – 10:00 Handstand Essentials
10:00 – 10:45 Tumbling10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:45 Vaulting
11:45 – 12:30 Bars12:30- 1:30 Lunch provided by Tumbl Trak (yes, there is such a thing as a FREE lunch!)
1:30 – 2:15 Beam
2:15- 2:45 Strength & Conditioning2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Alternative Programs
3:45 – 4:15 Q & A Community Forum4:15 – 4:30 Closing Comments and Conclusion
It’s free, if you can make it. But register online ASAP as numbers are limited.
… In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Tumbl Trak will be hosting several FREE Recreational Coaches Clinics during the summer of 2013! …
March 12th, 2013 — pits, product endorsements, recreation, safety
I believe Gymtastics in Calgary is the first Canadian club to replace their pit foam with Rounders.
Rounders™ are the only pit foam available with a flame retardant cover. A unique conical shape.
Club Founder Dar Fedyna is well pleased with the investment.
Cost is perhaps double regular pit cubes. But the lifespan of Rounders should be 2-3 times regular cubes.
For a higher initial cost you have a much cleaner gym. With lower risk of allergic reaction to dust.
Ideal for Recreation programs.
Downside?
The cubes are slippery. Kids get buried deeper than in regular foam. Adults have trouble climbing out. … I learned that by jumping in myself.
You might want to ready a throw rope for self-rescuing Adult Rec gymnasts.
I’m convinced.
Any future gym of mine will not have regular (filthy) foam cubes. It’s Rounders or resi-pit.
related – Darlene “The Bean” Fedyna is the Rec guru behind Gymtastics Gym Tools. She’ll be presenting for the first time at USA Congress 2013. I’ll be at those sessions, for sure.
March 2nd, 2013 — Gymnastics, recreation, safety, school
Tumbl Trak, one of the co-sponsors, sent me to assist at a 2-day fitness event in January. We taught “gymnastics” to students at Blue Heron Middle School in Washington State.
Carrie Spender put together a highlights photo montage.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Note the equipment, mostly round, soft and safe. Safety was highest priority.
related – special needs gymnastics – Fitness Wheel
(via Rec Gymnastics)
December 5th, 2012 — recreation
December 2nd, 2012 — ethics, Gymnastics, recreation
Dar wants underprivileged kids to do Gymnastics.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
She’s the Rec guru behind GymtasticsGymTools.
(via Rec Gymnastics)
November 19th, 2012 — Gymnastics, recreation
Thanks to P.A. Aerials for having me guest coach last week. I replaced Mike Amouri while he was away on vacation.
They have an astonishingly excellent facility for a remote town of 35,000 people.
I led two sessions for their Rec / Preschool coaches:
• Have More FUN in the Gym
• Detailed Class Planning
How about this? Three dedicated safety strap bars, including this one — an SA men’s rail in the low bar slot of an SA set of Bars.
November 12th, 2012 — psychology, recreation
No hips were broken in the making of this video.
This short documentary features a group of seniors called the “U of Agers” who meet twice a week at the University of Alberta to do gymnastics. The U of Agers are just “ordinary” people trying to do “extraordinary” things …
Click PLAY or watch it on National Film Board. (24min)
October 22nd, 2012 — Gymnastics, recreation
I postulate that totalitarian States like China will increasingly see entrepreneurs opening for profit gymnastics clubs.
Chinese Gymnastics Blog in 2010 estimated 10,000 girls training Artistic gymnastics:
… In contrast, there are 5.2 million (76% female) 6 year and older gymnastics participants in the States according to the statistics published on USA gymnastics website.
… fewer and fewer families are willing to send their daughters to train for sports when these young girls could study computers or play piano instead. The number of kids training for gymnastics is even considerable less than many other sports, like table tennis and badminton, which also operate under the same “whole country” regime …
On the potential solutions to the unpopularity of the sports, … the idea of “happy gymnastics” training method. Li Ning , the former champions and one of most successful athlete-turned entrepreneur in China, is undoubtedly the pioneer in promoting “happy gymnastic”. Li Ning built two private gymnastics schools in Guandong province, which are different from the state-funded sports school. Recently Li Ning is planning to take over another successful gymnastics-oriented elementary school in Shanghai and convert it to Li Ning Gymnastics school No. 3.
All those efforts, along with other attempts to build club-style gymnastics system (like the one in the States), will help Chinese gymnastics to establish a more diversified training system. …
I couldn’t quickly find a link to Li Ning’s clubs. Leave a comment if you’ve seen them online.
October 20th, 2012 — books & manuals, coach education, recreation
At the recent Alberta Gymnastics Congress I got my first chance to see this document. It’s a Rec instructor training program for ages 13-14.
Gymnastics Canada has updated their (old) Development Leader (Dev’L) program, rebranding it the “Pre-CIT program”.
details via Rec Gymnastics
September 7th, 2012 — club governance, Olympics, recreation
United Sports Academy is a member club using one of the USA Gymnastics TV Campaign ads. (PDF)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
For the first time USAG is offering two TV commercials that can be customized for member gym clubs.
Cost is as low as $100. Click through the PDF link if you want to know more.
They can be used on club websites and social media. Or presented on local TV stations.
Great idea.
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