Author: Rick Mc

Skills taking off from an exercise ball are risky. Be careful, Aaron.

If you’re still wondering how Great Britain became one of the top men’s Gymnastics nations in the world, you need read this interview.

Brilliant write up and words of wisdom from @bazcollie. Well Done Baz. http://t.co/JRprm3GdAm #britishgymnastics via @BGMediaTeam

— Adam Paterson (@AdamPaterson85) June 10, 2014

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British Gymnastics:

Our junior men’s national Coach Barry Collie recently led our men’s junior team to their most successful ever European Championships in Bulgaria, with the team collecting 10 individual medals and winning the overall title for the fourth successive time.

He talked us through the event from a coach’s perspective…

The focus is always on the long term goals, but in the run up to the major events I consume myself entirely in the sport for six weeks. I become completely focussed with the team members for that crucial period. Everyone has to make personal sacrifices and focus on the job in hand for the interest of the whole team. …

Confidence comes from planning. For the final three weeks we’re centralised at Lilleshall and we model the competition, doing exactly as we would do once we’re out there; the times, the structures, warm up, eating, everything. …

When you arrive as champions, there’s a big expectation from other nations. …

BG – Barry Collie: 2014 Europeans from a coach’s perspective

WAG June 21-25, 2014
MAG June 22-26, 2014

For Canadian coaches. We still have space available in our L3 Tech Vancouver. A great excuse to visit the Left Coast in the Spring.

Register online ASAP.

Fabian is training upgrades. 🙂

GYMNASTS selected for Commonwealth Games 2014:

Kirsten Beckett, Claudia Cummins, Bianca Mann, Cameron MacKenzie, Tiaan Grobler, Siphamandla Ngcobo, Siphesihle Biyase, Grace Legote, Aimee van Rooyen, Julene van Rooyen.

Management: Ilse Laing (Manager/coach), Coaches: Tatiana Lavrentchouk-Vizer , Jesse Abraham Kitzen-Abelson

Jesse is an American import, former co-Captain of the Temple Men’s Team.

Congratulations. 🙂

At Canadian Nationals 2014, our best source of day-to-day information was Jared Goad on twitter @jaredvgoad.

Jered guest posted a WAG competition report on Arabian Punch Front, speculating on who Canada will send to Commonwealth and PanAm Games:

Oh Canada!

The 2014 Canadian National Gymnastics Championships ran from May 26th – 31st in the nation’s capital of Ottawa. …

Senior women’s was the highlight event of the week with Olympians Ellie Black and Victoria Moors dueling it out for top spot and newcomers Aleeza Yu and Isabela Onysko chasing them not far behind making it a great battle for the top. The seniors had three long days of competition in a format similar to World Championships with qualification, AA finals, and event finals.

Commonwealth – Black, Onyskho and Moors are most likely headed here. Yu will be too if her injury isn’t too bad. If Yu is out, Merkle will probably take her spot. With the team very strong on vault, beam and floor, they will need someone who can put up a good bar score. Vaculik or Woo could fill this spot. …

NCAA Commitments

Merkle, Woo, Hofland and Casey Carvahlo are all headed to Ohio State, Tsang to Penn State, Douglas to MSU, Chant to Florida, Vaculik and Pedersen to Georgia, and Peterman to Maryland. …

Canadian Nationals 2014: A Recap

Aleeza Yu was injured on Vault landing at a competition as was MAG veteran Ken Ikeda. Once again, I’d urge FIG to study whether our current Vault mats are safe enough. 😦

TEAM CANADA TO BE #CLADINPLAID AT GLASGOW 2014!

image via @Olympics:

This image was taken at the Chinese National Gymnastics Training Centre in Beijing back in November 2009 …

… It only took about ten minutes and three takes and we were done. The girls were so accurate in terms of their timing when performing their moves, that the process of coordinating everyone and ensuring no one overlapped was amazingly straight-forward.

KL International Photoawards: The best of Adam Pretty

Pictured from left to right: Tan Sixin, Sui Lu, Wu Liufang, Chen Shihua, Huang Qiushuang and Huang Huidan. Photo Credit: Adam Pretty)

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Highlights of Aliya at the 2014 European Championships

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