Author: Rick Mc

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

TWU wins USAG Collegiate Nationals

Texas Woman’s University went 196.025.

  1. Air Force 195.650
  2. Lindenwood 194.600
  3. Brown 193.300

Finals winners:

Vault: Walker 9.875
Bars: Miller, Ockler 9.925
Beam: Kaziska 9.950
Floor: Kaziska, Goyco 9.950

Assistant Coach of the Year: Kirsten Harold (TWU) and Stephanie Plaugher (WCU)

Coach of the Year: Andy Leis (Yale)

Memorial Award: Jessica Meakim (WCU)

LIVE blog.

Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil

I’ve seen most of the Cirque shows over the years.

LOVE in Vegas is still my favourite, overall.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Jesolo: USA, Italy, Canada

  1. United States 164.065
  2. Italy 162.267
  3. Canada 152.266
  4. Romania 152.167
  5. Belgium 151.266
  6. France 150.767

Lauren’s LIVE blog.

It wasn’t a great meet — many errors — though I’ll be posting highlights.

What I’m looking forward to most is seeing the different Team INTRO dances.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

USA dominated Jesolo Jr

  1. Tiana Sumanasekera USA 52.500
  2. Madray Johnson USA 52.366
  3. Myli Lew USA 52.299
Tiana Sumanasekera
https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1512793574739480576

Safe Sport: Critical issues and practices

Julie Stevens, Editor

Centre for Sport Capacity, Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

This is an Open-Access book, free for all.

Browse the book online HERE.

Overall, it’s the most complete summary I’ve seen so far on how athletes can be better protected.

  1. Introduction
  2. An Athlete View of Safe Sport in Canada
  3. History, Governance and Human Rights Perspectives about Safe Sport
  4. Legal Considerations and Safe Sport
  5. Organizational Action and Safe Sport
  6. Coaches and Safe Sport
  7. Officials and Safe Sport
  8. Safe Sport and Calls for Action

It includes a number of videos. Click PLAY or watch a sample on YouTube.

CONTENTS

I appreciate that the report does not focus exclusively on maltreatment.

True Sport Principles:

  1. Go For It: Rise to the challenge â€“ always strive for excellence. Be persistent and discover how good you can be;
  2. Play Fair: Understand, respect, and follow the rules. Play with integrity – competition is only meaningful when it is fair;
  3. Respect Others: Show respect for everyone involved in creating your sporting experience, both on and off the field of play. Win with dignity and lose with grace;
  4. Keep It Fun: Find the joy in sport and share it with others. Remember what you love about sport and why you play;
  5. Stay Healthy: Always respect and care for your mind and body. Advocate for the health and safety of yourself and those around you;
  6. Include Everyone: Recognize and celebrate strength in diversity. Invite and welcome others into sport;
  7. Give Back: Say thanks and show gratitude. Encourage your sport group to make a difference in the community.

An abridged French version of Safe Sport: Critical issues and practices has been made available and can be accessed here.

Stevens, J. (Ed.) 2022. Safe Sport: Critical issues and practices. Ecampus Ontario. https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/safesport Licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.

video of your 1st Kip

Kip on Bars is one of the most frustrating skills to learn.

But the Bermuda Gymnastics Association has had several new Kippers over the past couple of weeks.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Best of all was Nicole who surprised herself by making her first KIP in COMPETITION. It was a FUN meet at her own Gym. 😇

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