tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports …
April 13th, 2013 — Gymnastics, Power Tumbling, Rhythmic, Trampoline
Canadian Championships 2013
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
… Over 1000 gymnasts, coaches and officials will come together in unison and compete for National titles. All four disciplines will hold their championships together under one roof. …
I’ll be there, a Team Saskatchewan coach, assisting the Men’s team, mostly in the training gym.
April 8th, 2013 — camps, Power Tumbling, Trampoline
“Camp Wakeshma”
July 21-27, 2013
Located on the shores of Corey Lake, a large all-sport lake in southwest Michigan, athlete participants can count on twice-a-day training …
… USA Gymnastics Trampoline and Tumbling has fostered a unique partnership with Camp Wakeshma, a very old and established Michigan summer camp. … for T&T athletes ages 10 – 16 …
April 7th, 2013 — Cheer, Power Tumbling, Tricking
Aaron Cook is the 2012 American Jr Champion in Power Tumbling.
He trains at AGT Flipcity. Head Coach Pete Roberts.
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Thanks Valentin.
April 6th, 2013 — Circus, Power Tumbling, Trampoline
Coach Matthew Sparks:
Chen Bo‘s Miller+ on the La Nouba PowerTrack — in Orlando, FL.
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March 16th, 2013 — Gymnastics, humour, parkour (free running), Power Tumbling, stuntman
More hilarity from Damien Walters and Tim Shieff, this time joined by tumbling champion Greg Townley.
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Give the guys a shout on twitter – @DamienWalters, @TimothyShieff & @GregTownley1
Check out their channels at:
https://www.youtube.com/damienwalters
https://www.youtube.com/99timshi
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March 10th, 2013 — Blogs & Social Media, Power Tumbling, Trampoline
GymCastic is not the only acrobatic audiocast. It’s the only one currently available on iTunes.
Leigh Hennessy Robson is posting audio news for Trampoline Sport. She hopes to get them into iTunes … soon.
For now you have to listen via her website.
Here’s the next episode of the podcast TrampCast; the latest project of Trampoline Pundit. This one features stories about “The Ultimate,” Eurotramp’s newest competition trampoline; upcoming competitions; and Guest Pundit posts from our friends at Trampoline and Tumbling Express.
March 7th, 2013 — Gymnastics, Power Tumbling, Rhythmic, Trampoline
… The biggest stars in Canadian gymnastics will be coming to town for the 2013 national championships from May 21-26. …
Ottawa hosted a highly successful provincial men’s and women’s artistic championships last season at the CE Centre, which will again act as the venue for men’s and women’s artistic, plus trampoline and tumbling, while Carleton University will welcome the rhythmic event, and host participants in its residences. …
There’s a very early DRAFT of the competition schedule (PDF) on Gymnastics Canada.
For the first time in a few years, I’m not on the organizing committee.
March 6th, 2013 — biomechanics, floor (men), floor (women), Gymnastics, Power Tumbling
GymCastic episode 23 included a discussion on backward handspring technique.
They recommended longer back handspring for power.
I advocate beginners do backward handsprings as long as possible. Straight arms. Correct hand position. Accelerating.
Manjak, famously, requires 10 sets of 5 backward handsprings a day on Tumbl Trak or Rod Floor.
But you’ll see technique change as gymnasts improve.
Longer is not necessarily stronger.
For example, here are two 2004 Olympic Floor finalists. Both superb tumblers.
Kate Richardson – distance hands-to-feet on backward handspring
Kyle Shewfelt – distance hands-to-feet on backward handspring
It was Iarov who pointed out the obvious to us at one clinic.
Kate used a classic LONG backward handspring. Kyle’s is about as short as they get. Yet both work.
Iarov prefered the short back spring for a number of reasons: less risk of Achilles injury, less risk of out of bounds, greater chance of connecting acrobatic elements. And Kyle can leave the floor more vertically. Less rotation needed to complete the skill.
To have a backspring that short, however, you need be incredibly fast and fast twitch. It’s not for everyone.
Biomechanically, I like long first half of backward handspring, short second half.
Those principles you could call simpletonisms. For triple twist you’ll use a longer second half backward handspring than for double layout.
… If you want to discuss this issue in detail, talk to a Power Tumbling coach. You’ll need a lot of time (and beer money) to talk all the nuances of backward handspring distance.
It’s complicated.
February 22nd, 2013 — Power Tumbling
February 22nd, 2013 — Olympics, Power Tumbling, Trampoline
When I was a young coach in the 1970s, Boris Verkhovsky happened to immigrate to my city. In fact, his family moved in just a few blocks from my house in Calgary.
Introduced by a Tumbling Master of Sport from the Soviet Union, it wasn’t long before Power Tumbling was an important part of the Gymnastics scene in Alberta.
Boris organized us to construct the first “ski” floors. Springy, but incredibly narrow.
I love Trampoline and Tumbling, especially Power Tumbling. It’s an ideal compliment to an Artistic Gymnastics Club.
Here’s a runway extension we added to our tumbling trampoline a few years ago.
The sport has changed a lot since I was a trampolinist.
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In 2013 I’m seeing a trend to grow the sport. 
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The 3rd Kalon Ludvigson Invitational is already an International Event with 37 teams from 8 states and 5 nations.
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USA Gymnastics Trampoline and Tumbling will identify 10 gymnastics clubs in 2013-14 to participate in the pilot program as Trampoline Development Centers …
Here are some examples of the support that USA Gym TDCs will receive:
Three onsite comprehensive visits by TDC Coordinator Joy Umenhofer over a three-month period
Clinics to educate club staff on scheduling
Coaching and teaching trampoline
Basic skills, conditioning and flexibility
Progressions
Available talent identification development programs
Interactive coach and athlete training sessions
Marketing materials
Operational guidelines and curriculum support
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Trampoline will make its debut appearance at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George BC in February 2015. As part of the lead up to the Games, funding has been provided by the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation to help develop the athletes and coaches in the next two years.
The first event is being hosted by the Grande Prairie Gymniks … Long time Provincial and National Team coach, Brett MacAulay, will be travelling up to Grande Prairie for a Coaches Clinic to 10 local coaches, introducing them to the sport of competitive trampoline.
Kat Driscoll
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January 30th, 2013 — Power Tumbling
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Kristof Willerton impressing at Basingstoke, U.K.
January 20th, 2013 — Acrobatic Gymnastics, Aerobic Gymnastics, dance, Power Tumbling, Rhythmic, rollerskating, Trampoline, water acrobatics
The World Games of 2013 will take place in the city of Cali, Colombia from July 25 to August 4.
32 official sports and 4 invitational sports include:
Acrobatic gymnastics
Aerobic gymnastics
Artistic roller skating
Dancesport
Rhythmic gymnastics
Trampoline & Tumbling
Sport climbing
Waterskiing
Click PLAY or watch a Gymnastics sports preview on YouTube.
December 23rd, 2012 — Power Tumbling
More than half a million views.
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