Author: Rick Mc

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

sport’s parent checklist

These are good signs:

They cheer for the other children.

They take time to compliment the officials.

They talk to parents of the other team.

They resist the urge to critique their child’s performance.

Those come from an excellent post by Shane Murphy, Ph.D. – How to Be A Successful Youth Sports Parent – Escaping the Parent Trap

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let the Games begin

Canada at Pan Am opening ceremonies.

U.S. Elite Compulsory Beam 1

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

15 more Women’s Elite Compulsory Routine videos are linked from that same page.

Via the EDGE (Elite Developmental Gymnastics Education) Symposium June 19-20, 2015. I was there as an observer for Tumbl Trak.

Polina Semionova – ballet solo

Polina Semionova … is a Russian ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. …

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

(via Ellen Konert-Dowling)

Heidi Moneymaker – stunt woman

If you’ve seen Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, you’ve seen former UCLA gymnast Heidi Moneymaker.

Cake Oven posted a terrific profile piece – SCARLETT JOHANSSON’S STUNT DOUBLE *IS* THE BLACK WIDOW

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thought of You – Ryan Woodward

This beautiful dance animation got me thinking …. Could a computer judge artistry?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2010)

I actually prefer the music in a variation on Facebook. (VIDEO)

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