“tangent of release”

You cannot change the path of the centre of gravity after release.

tangent release

G.S. George – Tangent-Release Principle

snowy aerial

Gymnastics Canada:

Alida Bonomo, level 8 provincial gymnast from H.W. Regionettes in Hamilton, Ontario is the winner of the 2014 Canadian Gymnastics Week Photo Contest!

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back Stöckli to handstand

Cool variation by Naoto Hayasaka.

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via NCAA MEN’S GYMNASTICS ALUMNI on Facebook

climbing a String House

String Prototype, a 32-foot-tall inflatable cube from Croatian/Austrian industrial design studio Numen/For Use that houses a minimalist matrix made of parallel ropes connected to the interior walls.

More than an abstract art installation, the prototype, set up outside of Vienna last December, was engineered to be an incredibly cool jungle gym for kids and adults with a daredevil streak. …

Slate

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South African MAG Age Group

The official FIG write-up on my recent RSA Camp:

… hosted in the newly upgraded National Training Centre in Pretoria on February 21-23, 2014.

RSA MAG FIG

The world-wide introduction of the FIG Age Group Development and Competition Programme for Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics has now entered its final stage. That stage is a series of about 30 Follow-up and Monitoring Camps for those countries that have committed to implementing the programme. These will be finished within the coming 15-months and then the focus will turn to a similar programme for Rhythmic Gymnastics. …

Thirteen South African coaches, among them one with USA citizenship and three with personal gymnasts attended the camp. …

read more – FIG Age Group Programme Follow-up and Monitoring Camp, Pretoria (RSA), February 21-23, 2014

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GYM MOMENTUM CAMP – BOSTON

Gym Momentum moves from NYC to Boston in 2014.

… OPTIONAL LEVEL GYMNASTICS for gymnasts moving into Level 6 up through 10 and Elite. BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS. …

TOPS skills and Physical Abilities will be covered with appropriate groups.

WHEN: June 26-29 2014

WHERE: Yellow Jackets Gymnastics Middleton, MA. (just outside of Boston)

Click through for details. I’m on the coaching staff again for 2014. 🙂

GYM MOMENTUM CAMP – BOSTON

Retrosi Camp