English, French, German and Japanese notes.
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Month: July 2020
Pommel bucket on wheels
There are a number of ways to roll the feet around rather than have feet suspended.
You need a hard floor surface, of course.
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the Konnor McClain story
With the Olympics postponed a year, Konnor is now age eligible.
Her main goal remains Olympics 2024.
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https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1279812163557867520
British Columbia Gymnastics history
One anecdote from the great Willy Weiler who was with the Canadian Military:
In the spring of 1963, after arriving as champion of the Pan Am Games in Sao Paulo, I was transferred to Chilliwack, BC.
The base had no equipment for me to train on for the upcoming 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. I traveled 3 times a week to UBC to train …
So that I could do more practicing at the base, I purchased a horizontal bar and built the uprights for it. My previous experience in Rastatt, Germany of digging a 4 foot trench outside the gym and padding it with sawdust came in handy. …
That comes from a document celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Gymnastics B.C.
History buffs can download a copy for themselves:
British Columbia Gymnastics history (pdf)
HOW do we make Gymnastics SAFER?
Keith Russell:
Educate, Educate, Educate, Legislate
At the Worlds 2017 Symposium in Montreal, Keith did two sessions on this topic. He’s the former head of the FIG Scientific Commission (recently merged with the FIG Sports Medicine Commission).
Keith noted that gymnasts were once considered the epitome of health and fitness. But that in recent years Artistic Gymnastic coaches are identified by the medical community as pariahs. Too extreme.
Why are gymnasts so young?
Why do they train so many hours?
Why are they so short? (When FIG age went up, height stayed the same.)
We can use the COVID-19 reboot to make our Gyms safer and healthier. Less emphasis on skills and winning, more on enjoyment and development of the whole athlete.
More positive coaching, as well.
BEST Ri Se-gwang Vault EVER
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#BlackLivesMatter – The Skate Kid
Between 15 million to 26 million people in the United States participated in demonstrations over the death of George Floyd and others in recent weeks.
MANY coaches around the world took the opportunity to affirm their commitment to making Black and other minority athletes feel SAFE and ACCEPTED in their programs.
The future world should be a better place for 8-year-old Kaitlyn Saunders, for example.
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Happy 4th of July
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Georgia on Black Lives Matter
SAVE Seattle Pacific University Gymnastics
Though it looks hopeless, the team at SPU have not given up.
College Gym News brings us up to date:
Seattle Pacific Gymnasts Fight for Discontinued Program
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