tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Nastia likes this edit.
Now that Shawn has gone, Nastia is the poster girl for our sport.
I think Nastia’s a great role model, having overcome much adversity to become Olympic Champion.
Click PLAY or watch Courage Is on YouTube.
(via Full In Full Out)
Another excellent vid from JAOVideos. (They posted the excellent kip videos recently.)
Spotting essential for beginners.
… As the video says, you have to help the girls when they first start learning it, mostly because they’ll find all sorts of ways to cheat the shapes just to get moving. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Great idea. I first saw it at QCK Gymnastics – core body conditioning machine, that version built by coach Marcel Dubois.
From GymNiceTic:
There´s a full tv coverage (AA/women) of the National Games in Jinan on YouTube in case you want to watch the Chinese gymnastics power for 90 minutes …
The first time I travelled to Australia for a gymnastics meet, it was Kit and Rod Poole that met the Canadian delegation at the airport.
Great people, … despite the fact that Rod insisted we stop at the pub before checking in at the Hotel. “An Aussie tradition”, he may have claimed.
Kit’s club is looking for a new coach. And is interested in talking to people from overseas.
Attention all gymnastics coaches:
Have you ever dreamed of visiting Australia?
Would you like to teach gymnastics while you are here, and earn an income?
Scallywaggs Gymnastics is looking for experienced gymnastics coaches to join their team.
You will need to have a level 1 or Level 2 coaching accreditation (or equivalent) and be able to teach skills with confidence. Experience teaching tumbling and twisting skills would be an advantage but not necessary. You must also be able to communicate effectively in English.
Scallywaggs is located 1 hour north of Sydney on the Central Coast. We are one of the largest clubs in New South Wales catering for children 10 months through to adults in a recreational program that is the envy of other clubs. We are regarded by Gymnastics Australia as the leading recreational club in the country. Head coach Kit Poole, is the leading presenter of Kindergym programs and has won Kindergym Leader of the year on numerous occasions. She is also the recipient of the Lance Otto award from Gymnastics Australia for services to gymnastics. The club has also won General Gymnastics club of the year for both state and national levels and was the Central Coast Business of the year in 2007
The gym caters to over 750 participants each week in an environment that makes coming to work each day fun.
If you are interested in being a part of our team in 2010 let us know. We offer better than average salary, we can assist with accommodation to begin with and you get to live close to some of the best beaches in the country (we are in summer until the end of February). We are looking for someone to work on a 12 month contract. Our pre school programs run continuously through the year and our recreational gymnastics programs run on a 10 week term with a 2 week break at the end of each term, so if you would like to travel during these breaks it can be arranged.
Contact us via email at scallywaggsgym AT bigpond.com
The next edition will be held in 2010 in Delhi, India.
Glasgow, Scotland will host the Commonwealth Games 2014.
If you’re not one of the 71 participating teams, likely you ignore this meet. But it’s VERY important for the former British Empire nations that do go.
Glasgow – official website
Russian coach Vladimir Chertkov, by the way, many years in the USA, has moved to India with aspirations of raising the level of the sport there.
Good luck to everyone!
2009 NATIONAL GYMSPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGIN ON 26TH SEPTEMBER …
… next week in Hamilton.
The event which takes place over five days will feature over 900 athletes representing 15 different provinces and teams in four gymsports …
With the Commonwealth Games taking place next year, the Nationals will be the first chance for athletes to get themselves noticed. Aerobics athletes are trialling for the World Championships which take place France during June 2010. …
A Training Camp will be running in conjunction with the National Championships from 25 September to 1st October.
Hideo Mizoguchi was for many years responsible for the Junior Men’s Program in the USA. He was an important mentor to me and many, many coaches over the years.
The L support is a basic skill that is important to all competitive male gymnasts. Here Hideo Mizoguchi explains how to make this skill great and impress the judges.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Mizo has a video demonstrating an “Iron Cross Machine” for rings, as well.
Just Another Opinion informed me that the dance I like so much was a tribute to choreography from the great Bob Fosse.
Here’s the original – Gwen Verdon’s “Mexican Breakfast” – that inspired the Beyoncé – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) piece. … Set to the Beyoncé music.
The video, featuring three dancers on a plain background and filmed as a single sequence, was inspired by the Bob Fosse choreographed performance by Gwen Verdon. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
… Verdon was considered the best dancer on Broadway in the 1950s and 1960s. She is also strongly identified with her husband, director/choreographer Bob Fosse, both as the dancer/collaborator/muse upon whom he choreographed much of his work …
More versions, some hilarious, of the “dance craze”.
The Couch Gymnast relays the bad news:
… The Romanian paper, Prosport just reported that Sandra Izbasa has been badly injured during a workout last night. During training
her Tsukahara vaulttumbling, Izbasa ruptured her achilles tendon and damaged her metatarsals. She was sent as an emergency case to Bucharest by her coach, Forminte, who attributed it to a bad, bad landing.Forminte also said that she was very lucky she had “the presence of mind” to pull her head around or it could have been worse (or maybe that he pulled her around- translation ever an issue!). …
Sandra was training for the Romanian Nationals to be held this weekend.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 