Author: Rick Mc

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2010 WOGA Classic level 8 Bar champion with score 9.9 — Emily Zeng

She’s had a couple of 10s in the past.

Linked by ryanschulz on Twitter.

From the 2008 Jr MAG Tirrenia training camp, hosted by the European Union of Gymnastics held in Italy every year.

Clinician Valery Belenky.

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See more videos like this on the excellent Gym Press YouTube channel.

by site editor Rick McCharles

Here I am promoting the 2 best new gymnastics coaching manuals published in many years.

• Building the Gymnastic Body by Christopher Sommer

• Championship Gymnastics by Gerald S. George, Ph.D.

I can wholeheartedly endorse both.

Jayd trains at Taiso, Saskatoon with coach Markos Baikas. He’s one of the young Seniors Canada is counting on in the future.

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Thanks Dean Kalyan.

UPDATE: Matthew Sparks, head coach of the Cirque show in Orlando, notes that many circus artists performing on Rope (Spanish Web/Cordes Lisse) have done this skill …Including another Canadian Gymnast, Jonathan Morin.

The Presidio of San Francisco is the fantastic urban park just across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Presidio.gov announced a great new attraction opening this summer:

… an indoor trampoline park, opens in an historic former airplane hangar.

House of Air provides aerial and physical training on trampolines, as well as trampoline dodgeball, fitness classes, and open jump time. Its grand opening, expected to be in August, …

The idea for House of Air was developed seven years ago by Dave Schaeffer and Paul McGeehan during one of many long drives back from snowboarding in Lake Tahoe. Its mission of “giving flight to the flightless,” embodied in its mascot, a penguin wearing a jetpack, is a fitting reuse for building 926, which once helped launch De Havilland DH-48 biplanes …

official website – House of Air SF

Thanks SportsGirlsPlay.com for the link.

Want to be a better coach?

Kelly Manjak posted both a link to his 5yr-old son doing gymnastics (cute) … and a link to this list from Aussie consultant Wayne Goldsmith:

1. Train harder;
2. Train smarter;
3. Train harder and smarter;
4. Improve your leadership skills;
5. Consistently out-prepare everyone in your competition;
6. Dream bigger;
7. Believe in yourself;
8. Back yourself;
9. Get up faster when you are knocked down or face adversity;
10. Get tougher mentally;

click through to see the rest – Sports Coaching Brain → 50 Ways to Enhance your Coaching Performance in High Performance Sport.

by site editor Rick McCharles

Shout out to the recently expanded Campia Gymnastics for hosting the past 2 days of our Men’s Gymnastics Canada Winter Games Training Camp.

Looks like we killed this one.

This hip bar mat is perfect. (I stuffed it in my gymbag before departing Campia.)

Campia Coaches stayed after workout Tuesday night to participate in the USAproject2012 LIVE presentation → Mary Lee Tracy – Tumbling complex for floor

If your club can’t afford the high price ($199 / night), you could check out the free video clips (over 200) posted on the USAproject2012 YouTube channel.

UPDATE: There’s some kind of promotion offering free access for July 6 and July 13th … but I’m not sure how you can get those. Leave a comment if you know how.

This funny photo is making the rounds …

Shaun White, two-time Olympic gold medalist in Snowboard, “The Flying Tomato“, considers cutting off his famous hair.

Click PLAY or watch elbow Circles using a Bucket on YouTube.

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Click PLAY or watch Learn a Straight Body Circle on YouTube.

I like this approach → exaggerate the arch of the hips and trunk at this stage.

If you like these, consider asking your club to sign up for a Gymnastics on Demand subscription ($9.95/month), access to over 800 WAG and MAG coaching videos.

This is another of those insane Japanese reality TV shows.

Click PLAY to watch Naoki Iketani clear 21 levels in 2009 on YouTube.

Couch Gymnast posted a link to a women’s 2005 competition filmed in Athens featuring Svetlana Khorkina, Anna Pavolova and others.