2010 – Page 7 – Gymnastics Coaching.com

College Gymnastics starts SOON

Nice edit.

… University of North Carolina’s Women’s Gymnastics team is preparing for the fast approaching 2011 NCAA season. …

http://videoplayer.flocasts.org/player.swf

Carballo Jr. new Spanish President

From Albert in Barcelona:

Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics… has a new president: Jesús Carballo (Jr) Martínez. …

Jesús was the favourite to obtain the precidency after Antonio Esteban, the last president, resigned when irregularities in the budget spending were found. His legacy is a debt of over 1000000€ and one of most humiliating images in the history when the Rhythmic delegation was kicked out from their hotel in Moscow during World Championships for not paying the accommodation. His first decision will be to hire a new Rhythmic national coach after Esteban fired Bulgarian Efrossina Angelova; Carballo will not change Álvaro Montesinos (men’s coach) and Jesús Carballo (women). …

details on THE ALL AROUND

His Dad is the women’s coach.

CHINA to Shewfelt Gym Fest

Today Tony Smith, U of Calgary Men’s Head Coach, confirmed that China will be sending a men’s team to compete against Canada. That “friendly” meet will go FRIDAY MARCH 25TH, 6:30pm – 9:00pm.

Kyle updated the SCHEDULE today too. Download the most recent version, dated Dec. 19th.

Recall that China sent girls last year to compete at Wild Rose in nearby Edmonton. This year Turkey has confirmed Wild Rose. Discussions ongoing with AUS, USA, GBR and CHN.

twitter v Facebook v Tumblr v blogs v forums

Each of these online communication platforms is useful for different things.

Fastest and dirtiest is twitter. But my stream is mostly mundane trivia, cryptic comments, product promotion, and other assorted crap.

Facebook is probably best for most people. Fast, easy, friendly. … But realize that only friends, or friends of friends, will likely see what you post.

Personally I like blogs. If you can find the best ones in your areas of interest, they are the best source of information on the WWW.

For example, I follow these blogs religiously:

Apple news – Daring Fireball
Outdoor excitement – The Adventure Blog
Internet & social media – Mashable

But writing and reading blogs like those and this one are time consuming. And you need to find the perfect blogs for your own interests.

The hippest blogging platform as we enter 2011 is tumblr, a micro blog. … more advanced than twitter or Facebook, but with far fewer features than normal blogs. … I often link to Amy’s tumblr blog – The All Around.

Forums are the ultimate. The only platform good for conversation. But being active in a forum is the most time consuming of all. And you sometimes need to wade through a lot of dreck to find the rare gem.

Lifehacker (a terrific blog) in June 2010 picked their 5 favourite platforms: Blogger, Tumblr, WordPress, SquareSpace & Posterous.

Leave a comment if I missed listing an equally good option.

Are you a blogger?

If you use Facebook, I’d say you are. … A micro-blogger.

Update:

Kristal S. Boulden (@ksboulden) just started a new blog – Double Front – choosing WordPress.com. Her niche will be gymnastics vis-a-vis digital culture and social media. (blogs, Twitter, YouTube, etc.)

Thanks Full Twist for the introduction. I’ve subscribed.