Author: Rick Mc

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

Gymneo Coaching videos 159€

Here’s another intriguing — if bizarre — teaser for a new series of WAG coach education videos in French.

The first 200 subscribers for Gymneo TV can sign up for 159€ / year. After that the price will go up to 259€ / year.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/v/537946862902063

That’s a new service from Gymneo.

Production values look excellent. Content interesting. Price high.

If you want to take a chance, best jump on the offer soon via gymneo.tv

Leave a comment if you’ve signed-up already.

related – their Stalder teaser

introducing Blind Change

I’m a late Blind Change drill kind of coach. Mizo’s methodology is best of the best.

But Steve Arkell’s drills I like for beginners just getting oriented.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Gym Momentum)

Grace, Gold and Glory – a review

Check out Blythe’s review of the new Gabrielle Douglas memoir.

Gabby Douglas photographed by Graeme Mitchell for NYT’s “12 for ‘12”

Peng Peng interview

Gigi Khazback Farid interview:

… Are you going to go for Rio?

Rio is a little far away to tell at the moment but I have definitely thought about 2016 Olympics, I would love to go and make that a goal of mine down the road.

Who is your favorite former gymnast?

My favourite gymnast is Shawn Johnson because I love the way she presents herself on the floor and shows her personality when she competes. She also performs very difficult moves but what amazes me about her is that she always looks like she’s having fun no matter what.

What’s your favorite event and skill?

My favourite event is floor I love performing on floor. My favourite skill is double layout fullout on floor and pak full on bars.

read more on WOGymnastike

related – I FLIP for Gymnastics – Peng Peng Lee- UCLA’s newest recruit

Gymcastic – UCLA’s Miss Val

We discuss the results and routines from the fall European series and the Mexican Gala, the history of the Sokol’s in the US and share the skill combinations we most want to see on bars and high bar. Then, in the first of a two-part series, we talk to UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field about why gymnastics matters, the power of an athlete identity, college gymnastics as a life skills class, basing personal value on performance, the Kellogg’s Tour, incentivizing artistry and her most embarrassing moment as a dancer. …

link to the audiocast

Click PLAY or watch Dragalescu’s controversial Gala Floor “routine” on YouTube.


… Did they have to pay money to watch one of the greatest Floor men of all time perform triple backhandspring? 🙂

Olympic Champ Kanaeva retires

Double Olympic Gold Champion Rhythmic Gymnast Evgenia Kanaeva said in September that she had not retired — but was just taking some time off after London.

But Dec. 4th she announced her retirement after being elected the vice-president of the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation.

Congratulations on your fantastic career.

They’ll be no shortage of modelling opportunities. Here’s a pic from the November Marie Claire magazine shoot.

(via Zhenya Kanaeva Gymnasium)

Canadian lobster in Japan

Hugh Smith on Facebook:

… we are here for Toyota Cup in japan. Tak (Kikuchi) and I brought Nova Scotian lobster as a gift to Kohei and his coaches. This is a pic of them opening the lobster box.

Kohei said Tuesday that he and his new wife are expecting a baby in the Spring.