Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Can American Ninja Warrior Save Men’s Gymnastics?

Dvora Meyers:

If you want to get boys into gymnastics, call them ninjas.

This is the advice I heard from a Southern California-based gymnastics coach while I was attending the 2017 USA Gymnastics Congress …

Deadspin

Here’s former gymnast Najee Richardson.

youth sport in the U.S.A.

The Sports & Fitness Industry Association and the Aspen Institute just released a report.

Athletic participation for kids ages 6 through 12 is down almost 8 percent over the last decade …

… children from low-income households are half as likely to play …

… seven in 10 youth sports coaches are not trained in six core competencies required to be a qualified coach …

More than 70 percent of youth coaches for both boys’ and girls’ sports are male …

Youth sports study: Declining participation, rising costs and unqualified coaches

International PanAm Trampoline clinic

The Federacion Panamena de Gimnasia and Pan American Gymnastics Union recently hosted athletes and coaches from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Republica Dominicana, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Panama at a 2017 international Pan American Trampoline Gymnastics Training Camp exchange program, a four-day event that included clinics for gymnasts and coaches.

The camp included instruction from the Canadian and Mexican national coaching staff, Dave Ross from Canada and Margarita Zermeño from Mexico. …

Trampoline Pundit

Tyler Yamaguchi – American Ninja Warrior

The ex-gymnast is only 5′ 1″.

No problem.

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Scissors to handstand on Pommels

The most comprehensive tutorial I’ve seen was posted by Marinitch.

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Cata Ponor – Beam

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I heard a Catalina Ponor story. One time when she was training in Puerto Rico she climbed up on the high Beam, trained 55 minutes without a fall … then jumped off.

I believe it.