Flip Smart Matting System

With new additions to the system, use the Carolina Gym Supply Flip Smart Matting System for any number of tumbling and somersaulting, drills, bar drills (fly aways and giants), and even vault timer drills!

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The one I need most is the Flyaway setup.

keeping the Gym CLEAN

What’s the cleanest Gymnastics Club you can recall?

Which is the dirtiest?

COVID-19 has helped.  Most coaches and gymnasts do some cleaning now.

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Flyaway double back progressions

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Flyaway double tuck dismount is my least favourite dismount. It has the highest risk of the gymnast pulling in and hitting the Bar. Ideally this gymnast will quickly progress to Double Pike. Much safer.

celebrating Julianne McNamara

Julianne was fantastic. She and Tracee Talavera were our favourite American gymnasts, back in that era.

What the boys liked best was Julianne’s mixed grip Jam Cast mount on Bars.

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Steven Gluckstein’s toughest trick

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(via NBC Olympics)

Kazuki Minami – tumbling passes

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In fact, MAGnastics has been trying to keep up with his many new skills and combinations in training:

Kazuki Minami is Ridiculous

(A GIF guide)

Dave Tilley on Athlete A

#GymnastAlliance

Dave is pissed at bad coaches. 

Quit coaching if you can’t do it safely. 

He points out there are many excellent, ethical, safe coaches too.  We don’t hear about them.

He calls for mandatory sport science coach education in the USA.  The States is the only major western nation where coach education is not required.

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