Author: Rick Mc

What are the odds of me EVER learning the names of Tricking skills?

Michael Guthrie landing double b twist double tak swing double cork at TSG 2014

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Whittenburg posted a 87.950 for the event’s highest all-around score.

Paul Ruggeri of Manlius, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center), was next at 87.200, with 2013 World bronze-medalist John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center), at 86.450.

Leyva posted an 86.250 at the Qualifier to qualify. For the list of the men’s qualifiers with the National Points Ranking System, go to usagym.org. …

USAG

Those aren’t great scores, even for this early in the season.

Whittenburg is looking like a good call for Worlds, however. A strong all-arounder who could count for the Team on both Pommels and Rings.

… starts TODAY.

Get yer big girl leo on. 🙂

Special guest coaches this year Raj Bhavsar and Daniela Silivas.

High Performance Training Camp

1. Cherish the child over the athlete.

3. Communicate with parents.

5. Connect before they direct.

10. Make the boring interesting.

21. Understand interpersonal relationships of the team are important.

26. Understand child development.

30. End practice on a positive note.

30 SECRETS OF BRILLIANT COACHES

Click through to read the rest. Some great reminders there. 🙂

The Gymnastics Federation of Mexico hosted a Level 2 FIG Academy for Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics on July 6-13, 2014. This was the 170th Academy in the twelve-year old programme.

The Academy was hosted at the magnificent facilities of the Complejo Nissan de Gimnasia in the city of Guadalajara. …

FIG

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Now … how do we apply this Zorb technology to Gymnastics? 🙂

(via James Ellis)

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The Indian men’s artistic gymnastics team can finally heave a sigh of relief. …

… The GFI managed to put behind the controversy, which had marred the selection trials, and made the official confirmation with less than four days left for departure.

Leading the way in Glasgow would be 2010 Delhi Games silver and bronze medallist Ashish Kumar from Uttar Pradesh. He will be accompanied by Odisha’s Rakesh Patra, Jharkhand’s Partho Mandal, UP’s Siddharth Verma and Indian Railways’ Aditya Singh Rana. …

New Indian Express

Pakistan is sending gymnasts, as well.

Gymnastics coach Vicki Chliszczyk is loving every minute of Kacy Catanzaro’s success at “American Ninja Warrior.”

Watch an interview on WBAL TV.

Caesar is a serious medal contender for Bangladesh.

He’s back training the all-around for Glasgow.

Syque: Training for the Games initially started for me around the beginning of May. I had just used up all of my athletic eligibility after competing in the 2014 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships in April – in which my team, the University of Michigan, claimed the championship trophy!

I took some time off after the competition because the NCAA season is absolutely brutal and I wanted to recover a bit before starting to train for Glasgow.

… I started doing full routines on all the events starting about a month and a half out from the competition in order to give me time to make adjustments and perfect the new skills and routines. I’ve upgraded my floor and parallel bars routines as well as added a second vault. I’m starting to feel more confident …

Turn: How does gymnastics in the U.S. compare to that in Bangladesh?

Syque: I have been lucky to have had the opportunity to go to school and train in the US where there are so many resources available for me to be able to reach my full potential …

The main training facility, about an hour drive outside the capital city of Dhaka, is great; in fact, much better than a lot of the gyms I grew up training in. Bangladesh is in need of willing and knowledgeable coaches to help jumpstart and take their men’s and women’s programs to the next level. …

turn-gymnastics – Gymnast Spotlight: Syque Caesar (Part 1)