Author: Rick Mc

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

Kohei v Oleg in Rio

I was OK with Uchimura winning over Oleg. But I wouldn’t have complained if it had gone the other way.

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U.S. Classic highlights

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Canadian coaching course Kelowna

Congratulations to those coaches completing the WAG NCCP Competitive 2 course today at Okanagan Gymnastics Centre.

Great demonstrators were a highlight of the course. Brilliantly the host club credited parent volunteer hours for gymnasts volunteering over the long weekend.

Tatiana Kunitcyna from the host club took the course. But with her excellent background working at the highest level in Russia, she was also guest expert. Tatiana and Sergei Chelest coach Junior national team member Lucia Jakab.

 

Thanks Jamie Gardner – Trampoline Gymnastics (TG) Head Coach – for assisting with an advanced Trampoline for gymnasts add-on section.

top 10 U.S. Jr Men’s Invitationals

  1. Houston National Invitational: February 2-4, 2018
  2. Black Jack Invitational: February 15-18, 2018
  3. West Point Open: January 12th – 14th, 2018

Click over to Gymnasticsville to see the rest.

coaching ‘NBA policy’

Update – Dave Holcomb at Buckeye has had something similar called TAR. (Two Adult Rule). One adult should never be alone even with a group of kids.

Dave Peterson:

We have had a written policy for 25 years that I call the ‘NBA policy’ because it says you should ‘Never Be Alone’ with a minor athlete. Or really, any athlete.

It originally was predicated on the idea that if an injury occurred, you cannot stabilize the neck and call 911 at the same time. Someone else must be present to be able to deal with an emergency. But it has evolved into a protection of our athletes, our coaches and our business.” …

Purdy: Local youth coach offers crucial advice to parents

(via Ono)

coaches Bao Xianqin, Pan Chenfei to Italy

Update – Bao Xianqin is the correct english spelling. There’s an error in the Tumblr post.

Heart this post on Tumblr.

http://elisaminimeneghini.tumblr.com/post/163826292369/italy-hires-chinese-coaches

(via Irish Daniel)

Kenzo is really a nice guy

Heart this on Tumblr.

https://www.tumblr.com/irishdaniel/163691589993/kenzo-shirai-is-a-precious-ray-of-sunshine-a-post