Author: Rick Mc

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

Isabela Onyshko in Rio

One of Bela’s coaches Joe Stouffer posted a heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported her 4 year quest to represent Canada in the Olympics. I’d forgotten that Bela came out of the National Stream (Level 10), not the high performance stream.

It was hard work and “unflagging effort to improve” that got Bela to the biggest stage.

Click PLAY or watch one of the world’s most beautiful gymnasts on Vimeo.

the process of Gymnastics training

Of all the excellent Gymnastics Progressions videos on Facebook, this one is my favourite so far.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Thanks Avril.

Tomorrow’s Team Canada – Virginie Chénier

I’m loving these Canadian Olympic ads.

Every year, Petro-Canada’s FACE™ Program supports fifty Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls and their coaches with a $10,000 FACE™ grant. Hear from Virginie Chénier, who hopes to one day represent Canada in Archery at the Olympic Games.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Alexandre Corriveau on YouTube.

looking forward to College Gymnastics

LSU will again be one of the most exciting teams.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

D-D Breaux, the school’s longtime gymnastics coach, is getting a 23 percent bump in pay to $240,000 and a two-year contract extension

Breaux is receiving a $45,000 raise from her previous salary of $195,000 — a boost that follows the program’s best finish at the national championships in April when it took second behind Oklahoma.

Breaux, a Donaldsonville native, is entering her 40th season leading the gymnastics program. …

Advocate

(via College Gymnastics Board)

welcome Wynand Pretorius

My home club has hired a new coach, Wynand Pretorius from South Africa. He and his family recently arrived in the Great White North. The paperwork took about 18 months!

Myself and another alumni coach, Andrew Vetter, stopped by to welcome Wynand.

So far, so good. Altadore is an excellent training facility. Wynand will be very busy soon.

They are still looking for a new Men’s Head Coach, however. I recommend the position.

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Altadore is celebrating its 50th Anniversary February 10-13, 2017 at the Grey Eagle Resort & Casino in Calgary. I should be there. Though I didn’t start 50 years ago myself, I was one of the first boys in the Club. 🙂

the hilarious history of Aliya’s acro series

Balance Beam Situation – THE LEGEND OF ALIYA AND THE ACRO SERIES

My favourite is Walkover directly into waitress-in-a-windstorm.

Windstorm