Author: Rick Mc

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

MacLennan, Soehn Pan Am Tramp Champs

Women
1. Rosie MacLennan CAN
2. Dafne Navarro MEX
3. Karen Cockburn CAN

Men
1. Keegan Soehn CAN
2. Steven Gluckstein USA
3. Angel Hernández COL

results

The 2015 Canadian Trampoline Gymnastics Championships are hosted in Calgary July 24 to July 27, 2015.

related – CBC – Rosie MacLennan leads Canadian trampoline sweep

Raisman – Dos Santos punch front

Click PLAY or watch it on tumblr.

http://rgymr.tumblr.com/post/124940966318/aly-freaking-raisman-dos-santos-punch-tuck

That was one of Gymternet’s Favorite Moments from U.S. Classic Podium Training.

(via wogymnastika)

Shawn Johnson engaged

Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson’s boyfriend, football player Andrew East, surprised the gymnast with a proposal at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Friday, July 24th. …

Us Magazine

confidence – women vs men

Lindsey Wilson:

Men tend to overestimate their skills while women tend to underestimate them.”

If only I had a nickel for every time I heard that from a coach when they were asked, “What’s the difference between coaching men and coaching women?”

Which brings me to a question that has literally been nagging me for years:

Do women naturally have less confidence than men? …

Positive Performance – Confidence and Female Athletes: Haves or Have Nots?

via Olga Korbut

Eileen Langsley photos 1976 – 2003

The great U.K. photographer has published a book of her best photos. Multi-sport.

Sport – My Way – A journey through the Art of Sport. Ebook, Apple iPad format £8.99.

The cover of the new book published July 2015 - 'Sport - My Way' by Eileen Langsley
The cover of the new book published July 2015 – ‘Sport – My Way’ by Eileen Langsley

(via Where Sport Meets Art)

on competition for kids

Anne Josephson:

… Competition is neither good nor bad; it is we who make it one or the other. It is what we choose to focus on when talking about competition that alters the outcome positively or negatively for the kids who are competing. …

Where competition gets tricky is when we are too focused on winning and not sufficiently focused on the process. When we place greater emphasis on the result than we do on the road to get the result …

… competition can be destructive when a child believes that his or her value as a human being is tied to his or her ability to win. Parents who withhold affection if a child performs poorly or who lavish on praise and gifts if the child does well send the message that their child’s worth is from his or her performance. …

COMPETITION: IS IT GOOD OR BAD FOR KIDS?

WAG competition Philippines