way-too-early 2024 NCAA predictions

  1. Oklahoma
  2. LSU
  3. Cal
  4. Utah
  5. Florida
  6. Alabama
  7. Michigan
  8. Kentucky
  9. UCLA
  10. Michigan State

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Cal Hall of Fame = Barry Weiner

For me Barry is one of the most astute technical coaches in the world.

His ascension to the Cal Berkeley Hall of Fame well deserved.

Congratulations.

Paris Olympics – Pride House

The Pride House is designed to be a welcoming and inclusive space and will be in operation throughout the period of next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.

… gender equality, diversity and equal opportunities …

Pride House has been launched alongside the Fair-Play Association, which aims to promote fair play, inclusion, equality and respect for people in sport regardless of gender, sexual orientation, expression or gender identity. …

Olympic ideals. Racists and homophobes should stay away.

active flexibility – pike straddle

An advanced conditioning exercise.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

NEW Pommel Book by Miguel Costante 

Amazon for Kindle or Paperback:

The English translation has just been released. Miguel has coached in Canada for decades and is completely bilingual.

Miguel is widely recognized one of the best MAG age-group coaches.

He’s available as a consultant for any club worldwide.

Happily, Miguel also has a lot of FREE content on his site in both English & Spanish so you can check out his coaching philosophy first.

The NEW website is Evolve-Gymnastic.com (no S at the end of Gymnastic)

cast to Long Swing progression

So simple, it works.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Dave Tilley’s LANDING training

I’d concur that the very BEST drill for landing facing forward is jumping down from a height to punch forward salto. It’s also my favourite drill for take-offs facing forward.

For strong gymnasts I’d include 10 drops to punch front — OR 5 sticks, whichever comes first. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

British Gymnastics calls for a multi-sport SAFEGUARDING organization

GB feels they don’t have the resources to do the kind of job they want to do keeping everyone in the sport safer.

That’s not to mention the backlog of historic complaints that still need be evaluated.

Kaylia Nemour to African Championships

One of the best Bars workers in the worldsfrom France — had been blocked from qualifying for the Olympics — in France. By France.

Merde.

Born in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt, France, to a French mother and an Algerian father, Kaylia has finally been cleared to represent Algeria at African Championships 2023.