Month: April 2020

grip breaks on Rings

Most of the time, the gymnast “rips off” … hopefully into the pit.

Click PLAY or see what happened to Devy on Instagram. (2016)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCjw5GoGhR-/

Producing online video content

Nick Ruddock offers tips in 10 categories:

  1. Lighting
  2. Audio
  3. Tripod
  4. …

Click through for details …

Awesome Video Content Tips

Artur Dalaloyan training at home

Thanks — once again — to Luba who translates foreign news stories for us.

Click through to gymnovosti to watch Artur conditioning.

super high regrasp on Bhavsar

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

 

Mykayla Skinner wears tape grips

UNDER her Bailey Velcro grips.

Expensive, slow and complicated. But it seems to work for her.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – I recommend Bailey single buckle grips for most gymnasts.

Simone tries a Handstand Challenge

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/simone_biles/status/1249081262939287553?s=21

Tak 1/1 to handstand

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Beam routine at home

For a Legends of Lockdown online competition, Josh Kronfeld reenacted a Beam routine.

… and the crowd went wild.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Attention Canadian coaches

There are some opportunities online right now:

E-Learning and Professional Development Opportunities:
During this time, it is a great opportunity to seek other professional development learning opportunities.

The CAC Safe Sport Module was made available on April 6, 2020.  The module is free of charge, takes about 90 minutes to complete, and you will receive 2 Professional Development points.  You can start and stop the training at your convenience.  ….  You can access this module at coach.ca.

Sport for Life is also providing e-Learning discounts for two modules:

“Introduction to Long-Term Development in Sport & Physical Activity” &

“Introduction to Physical Literacy”.  Sport for Life is offering both courses for $9.98, discounted from $24.95. Coaches who complete these courses will receive a certificate of completion and CAC Professional Development points.