The event is the last opportunity for men to qualify for the 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Boston, Mass., Aug. 16-19, as well as an opportunity to tune-up for nationals. …
Van Wicklen posts top all-around score at 2018 Men’s Qualifier
Miss Val interview
Always informative and entertaining. Recorded at #GymCon2018.
Subscribe to Nick Ruddock’s Gymnastics Growth Show podcast on iTunes and have every episode downloaded automatically. It’s free.
Disney’s stunt double robot
wall angle markings for turns to handstand
Paint like this is an ongoing reminder for coaches and gymnasts.
Phoenix Gymnastics, Vancouver.
love / hate line drills
The best reason to use line drills in your training plan is to get a lot done in a short period of time. All gymnasts are working.
For compulsories, they are an excellent way to ensure you are getting many reps of simple skills.
Click PLAY or watch a sample on Instagram.
On the other hand … I’ve seen Gyms where kids get sick of line drills. Sometimes quality suffers with less able gymnasts.
A good compromise is to use line drills occasionally.
the Athlete Task Force is a thing
Kerry Perry … announced five members of the organization’s newly created Athlete Task Force: Shenea Booth, acrobatic gymnastics; Ivana Hong, women’s gymnastics; Jazzy Kerber, rhythmic gymnastics; Steven Legendre, men’s gymnastics; and Leigh Hennessy Robson, trampoline and tumbling.
Spencer is not convinced.
Cuban Gymnast Erick Lopez interview
Erick Lopez is the athlete with the largest number of medals from the Pan American Games (18) …
It would be easy for someone with his track record to blow his own trumpet, but Erick Lopez has always been a humble and simple man …
I suffered the prejudices of being Black, Latin and Cuban, like previous generations at the World Championships. …
(via GymCastic)
Olympian still coaching Gymnastics at 83
Watch a touching and inspirational BBC interview with Gwynedd Lingard, who competed as a gymnast in the 1952 and 1960 Olympic Games, still coaches six classes a week at Penarth Gymnastics Club.
Gymnastics Coaching Jobs Facebook page
An excellent place to post full-time jobs.
It’s a closed group meaning you must ask to join. Normally only coaches, Gym owners and managers are accepted.
Gymnastics Coaching Jobs on Facebook
1988 Olympian Svetlana Baitova interviewed
An Olympic gold medalist speaks. It’s a fascinating read.
Q: Do you often dream about gymnastics?
A: I used to, but I rarely do now. I’ve never dreamed about my favorite bars, only about my hated vault. …
Q: how much money were you paid for your Olympic gold in 1988?
A: I received 8,000 rubles and an apartment. It was a decent amount for that time, you could buy the most coveted car of the time – Lada Sputnik. …
… On that national team, any single one of us could win the all-around. And the same was the case with the men’s team. I think that those were the strongest USSR teams in the history. This was true not just in Seoul but also in Barcelona in 1992. …
SVETLANA BAITOVA: VICTORY IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SURVIVE THAN DEFEAT
Click PLAY or watch her Vault on YouTube. The second is Yurchenko Double Twist.
