Year: 2010

It’s About Artistic Gymnastics has some good ones.

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The Jurassic Classic competition is no more.

In 2011 it will morph into something completely different.

2004 Olympic Floor Champion Kyle Shewfelt announces his Gymnastics FESTIVAL March 25-27, 2011 at the University of Calgary in Canada.

Kyle expects to have thousands of participants in a FUN weekend.

Artistic, Trampoline Sports, Rhythmic, Cheer and Gymnastrada are scheduled. It’s all in support of the RIGHT TO PLAY charity.

Click PLAY or watch a promo from Kyle on Gymnastike.

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To get on the mailing list, send a request to KyleShewfeltInvite@gmail.com.

I’m expecting the limited number of spaces available during a 3 day event to fill quickly.

Kyle Shewfelt, Gold medalist in Athens, led a full day at our Level 3 Coaching Course this week hosted by the Calgary Gymnastics Centre.

Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube.

There are no secrets.

Condition. Pay attention to detail, technique and form. Take pride in your gymnastics. Have some personal style. And creativity.

His best advice for young gymnasts is to do series of round-off backward handsprings every practice. For over 15 years he did 10 sets of 5 back handsprings on a soft surface like a TumblTrak or Rod Floor.

The Australian Gymnastics Blog linked to a T.V. promo for the Commonwealth Games, a very IMPORTANT competition for that nation.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Commonwealth Games 2010 are hosted in Delhi, India October 4-14th.

The World Championships in Rotterdam go October 12-24th.

Nations that are able, like Australia, will likely send a “B” team to Commonwealth Games, an “A” team to World Championships. It’s nearly impossible to compete both … though some athletes from some nations will try, I reckon.

UPDATE – Australia might try to send some gymnasts to both.

This will be the weakest Commonwealth Games in many years, in any case.

Don Eckert posted this challenge from Level 10 Championships:

These are the many of the best dismount from nationals in Dallas TX 2010. I got many but not all and would like to hear from you on the best.

Click PLAY or watch the contenders on YouTube.

Leave a comment on the YouTube page if you can decide which dismount was “best”. They are tagged with numbers on screen.

Awesome.

… “I will be at Classics and definitely shooting for VISA Championships in August. I know a lot of people are hearing mixed things about our Olympic Team, who is coming back, who is not, but I’m for sure training,” Sacramone told UniversalSports.com. …

She’s training Beam and Vault. And must qualify at CoverGirl Classic in July in order to get to VISA Championships.

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She’s got something to prove.

… “The beam was the easiest thing to get back. Vault was a little bit more difficult because I had shoulder surgery, so getting the strength back to support myself was a little bit hard. I’m working on floor, but I don’t know if that’s going to happen this year. Maybe next year, we’ll see.” …

“Right now it’s one year at a time. Staying healthy, staying happy, and loving my training is most important to me right now. I already went through the hardships and now it’s more fun for me because I have nothing to lose.”

(via Gymnastics Examiner and Full-in Full-out)

Another excellent and interesting Spanny Tampson montage on Big Fake Smile.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Dream On …

JO Nationals Flashback: Training Day

… let’s take this opportunity to take a look back at the most exciting meet of the club gymnastics season, the level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals.

Here’s an inside look at the training day from this year’s JO’s in Dallas. …

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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Shout out to Cara, a former gymnast and coach from my home gym.

She’s featured in this month’s Natural Muscle magazine.

link (opens one of those virtual magazine pages)

You might be interested in the current Gymnastics Canada planning document. … LTAD, for all participants, all programs, all ages, all ability levels. That’s over 200,000 participants!

Eight Stages:

1. Active Start
2. Fun, Fitness, and Fundamental Movement Patterns
3. Building the Skills of Gymnastics
4. Specialization in a Gym Discipline
5. Becoming a Consistent Competitor
6. Winning at All Levels
7. International Excellence and Podium Performances
8. Gymnastics for Life/Active for Life

… includes six different competitive disciplines – Men’s Artistic
Gymnastics (MAG), Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG), Rhythmic Gymnastics (RG), Trampoline
and Tumbling Gymnastics (TG), Aerobic Gymnastics (AG) and Acrobatic Gymnastics (AcG). …

Gymnastics Canada – Long Term Athlete Development (PDF)

© Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique 2008

It’s more setting out goals of the Federation than actually “planning”. Gymnastics Canada disciplines plan based on this document.