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Acrobatic Gymnastics in Olympics

coach Rick — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:33:36 +0000

… sort of.

Britain’s Got Talent winners Spelbound limber up for the Olympics – as it was revealed they are being lined up to star in the opening ceremony. …

Oldest member Alex Uttley, 25, said: “Being part of the Olympics has always been one of our dreams and it is very close to coming true.”

Mirror

Watch their first audition on YouTube.

Nice to see Simon blown away.

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Australian Gymnastics Championships

coach Rick — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:02:42 +0000

May 21st – June 12th, 2012.

Gymnastics fans are in for a treat this year, with the 2012 MG, WG, RG, TRP & ACR National Championships all combined into one massive event at Sydney Olympic Park.

Having qualified a full team at the 2011 Artistic World Championships, Australia will look to select a full women’s team to compete at the Games. …

GA – 2012 National Championships to Play a Big Role in Olympic Selection

Anyone else heard the rumour that Peggy Liddick was considering NCAA coaching opportunities after this cycle?

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Diamodov to 1-arm handstand

coach Rick — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:01:10 +0000

From Anna Ivaseva’s YouTube channel. An impressive Russian Pair.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

She’s exquisite. I like best the “Diamodov” to 1-arm handstand at 2min 30sec.

(via Matt Sparks on Facebook)

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Acrobatic Gymnastics – Duo Osmose

coach Rick — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:57:39 +0000

French Artistic Olympian Ludivine Furnon and her new partner, fiance Martin Charrat.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (NOT safe for work)

Thanks Dana. Thanks 21najafast.

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Acrobatic Gymnastics – Duo MainTenanT

coach Rick — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:01:43 +0000

I’ve linked to Duo MainTenanT before. But several friends have recently linked to this particular performance.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That’s Nicolas Besnard and Shenea Booth. Previously he worked with Ludivine Furnon.

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FIG Academy program

coach Rick — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:03:49 +0000

FIG:

The FIG Academies, a worldwide education programme for coaches in the federation’s six competitive disciplines that was launched in 2002, celebrated the 10th year of its existence in 2011. …

• 118 Academies overall
• in October, overall participation reached 3,000 coaches
• three levels of coach education (for now)

• FIG Technical Committee must have L3 by 2012

• L3 candidates who meet special pre-requisites and achieve exceptional examination results will be awarded with an FIG Coaches’ Brevet.

A total of twenty-five Academies are planned in 2012 …

details

It was Bruno Grandi who hand picked former MTC Chair Hardy Fink for the job of FIG Director of Education and Academy Programmes. Obviously a good choice.

Right now at an Artistic Academy in Tokyo coaches are being “coached” by Fink, Keith Russell and Valeri Liukin. I think they might learn something.

… The Academy Programme for Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics has been supplemented this year with a comprehensive Age Group Development, Competition and Testing Programme that was introduced to 17 countries in 2011 to which will be added as many as 25 more during 2012. …

Philippines MAG adopted the new Age Group rules this season reporting good feedback from coaches.

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Acrobatic Gymnastics + Ballet.

coach Rick — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:01:50 +0000

LE PLUS GRAND CABARET DU MONDE – Guang Dong – Pas de deux

Over 2 1/2 million views.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via coach Laura Vincent on Facebook

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spotting belts for Acrobatic Gymnastics?

coach Rick — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:59:04 +0000

Jessica is looking to put up a rig.

But she’s not sure if they need a “standard” spotting belt, or something special.

Should they have a twist belt? … Or are standard padded belts good enough?

Leave a comment if you have advice.

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BC Gymnastics Congress

coach Rick — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:02:38 +0000

by site editor Rick McCharles

Last weekend was my second time presenting at the annual BC Gymnastics Congress.

One reason the major BC event of the year is so consistently good and popular is that they bring in new speakers. The line-up this year was excellent. Here are photos of just a few:

Greg Jackson

Steve Arkell

Steve stayed on to coach at a Training camp hosted by Flicka.

Jay Nunns

see a few more photos

Rumour – Alberta is planning, for the first time, a big Congress in 2012.

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Acro Worlds to Florida

coach Rick — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:21:54 +0000

Great news for Acrobatic Gymnastics in North America.

USA Gymnastics and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) announced today that the 2012 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, along with the World Age-Group Competition, will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex’s HP Field House at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla. More than 600 gymnasts total are expected to participate in the World Championships, scheduled for April 16-18, and the World Age-Group Competition, set for April 20-22.

“USA Gymnastics is honored to host this prestigious event for the first time in the United States,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics …

FIG – USA Gymnastics to host 2012 ACRO worlds

photo via ACROBATIC GYMNASTICS IN ONTARIO

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