Author: Rick Mc

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

Gymnastics NINJA obstacle course

Cutting Edge Gymnastics in Michigan has greatly expanded their boys programs with parkour training. Motor and Physical fitness is the goal, not necessarily specific skills.

Click the IMAGE to play or watch it on Google+.

Ninja course

That video was produced by Doug Davis at Heart Tech Plus. The goal is to monitor heart rate and other variables while kids “play“.

(via Rec Gymnastics)

Sofia Bogdanova – Freestyle Slalom

Wow. Sofia Bogdanova is 10-year old freestyle slalom skater, SEBA team pro-rider from Moscow, Russia.

Click PLAY or watch her on Facebook.

See more on her YouTube channel.

Trinity training the “Phillips”

I mean the Biles.

Click PLAY or watch Trinity on Instagram.

 

Click PLAY or watch London Phillips on YouTube. (2005)

London never competed it at a major FIG Championships so it was not named after her.

(via papaliukin)

Oya Power Tumbling – triple pike

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

See how these animations (more VIDEOS) are constructed. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I’m interested in converting REAL Gymnastics routines to Oya animations. Then having software “score” the routine.

Nadia’s 1st Olympic perfect 10

Exactly 40 years since she performed the first ‘Perfect 10’, Laureus Academy Member Nadia Comaneci has reflected on her historic Olympic success and looked ahead to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. …

Around the Rings

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Hop? What hop? 🙂

As a young man I declined the chance to attend those Games. In retrospect, a BIG mistake.

(via papaliukin)

Russian gymnasts should NOT be banned from Rio

Whilst FIG fully supports the IOC’s policy of “Zero Tolerance in Doping”, it strongly feels that not all Russian athletes of all sports should be banned and found guilty for actions in other sports and federations.

Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline athletes cannot be judged based on other sports. …

FIG raises serious concerns about possible blanket ban on Russian athletes

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics has been closely following this story – No Russia for Rio? – WADA/McLaren report set to recommend blanket ban

The good news?

IOC Executive Board member blasts USADA and CCES for calling for blanket Rio 2016 ban on Russian athletes in leaked letter

For the record, the Olympic boycotts of 1980 and 1984 were also terribly unfair to completely innocent athletes.

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