The story of CrossFit athlete Sanne Rooijmans (NED). With English subtitles.
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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
Glasgow Worlds t-shirt
18 THINGS ANYONE WHO LOVES A GYMNASTICS COACH SHOULD KNOW
In case you missed this widely circulated listicle.
Anne Josephson:
1. We work strange hours
10. We aren’t going to be rich. Not with money anyway.
13. We are good at multitasking.
amazing Tricking and tumbling
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Bertram Mills Circus 1953
(via tywkiwdbi)
pirouette on Tramp Bar
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Love the drill. But prefer Tumbl Trak’s Quick Flex Bar.
Also, the pirouette needs not be done on the non-dominant hand. I like to have beginners practice some in both direction.
Nile Wilson to Worlds
British teams announced. As expected, Nile is on the team. He points out how much depth GBR has right now.
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BGtv – Discover Tumbling
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old school coaching
1. When coaches use fear tactics …2. Coaches that use humiliation …
3. Coaches that overtrain their athletes …
4. Coaches that believe you must tear an athlete down to build them up …
GET PSYCHED! – 4 TECHNIQUES OF OLD-SCHOOL COACHING THAT DON’T WORK, SO STOP USING THEM
Gymnastics is not the worst sport. But we could do better.
individualized conditioning for gymnasts
Dave Tilley posted an article that might make the majority of coaches feel guilty.
Here are the headings:
The Problem with Not Individualizing Gymnastics Strength and Conditioning
1. Goldilocks & The Three Bears / Strength Exercise Bell Curve
2. Gymnast’s are Individuals, With Different Characteristics
3. Promoting Compensation, Movement Dysfunction, and Possible Injury Risk If Too Challenging
Are Gymnasts Being Limited By Strength & Conditioning That Isn’t Individualized Enough?
By age-8 (or thereabouts) training programs must be very specific to each athlete for optimum efficiency. We do a good job on that in technical training (drills) but often a lousy job when it comes to strength, power and flexibility improvement.
If you are assigning the same conditioning to everyone in a training group, for some it’s too easy. For some it’s too difficult.
via the Gymnastics Coaches Skills & Drills Facebook page
Gymnastics Coaching.com 