Author: Rick Mc

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

Gymnastics videographer Deanna Hong

Dvora Meyers’ excellent longer form articles are now available by subscription. Either $6 a month or $60 a year.

Some she posts PUBLIC and FREE so they’ll get more widely read.

Including this interview: her history, links to some of her excellent Gymnastics video documentaries, and more.

Deanna Hong, an Emmy award winner for her work with NBC Olympics during the 2016 Games, has served as the videographer for the UCLA women’s gymnastics team since 2014. …

… she shot the mega viral video of Katelyn Ohashi performing on floor exercise. You know, this one. (77+ million views)

DH: Yes, that was actually our only meet that wasn’t televised last season, so we knew going into the meet that we would be free to post as many highlights as we wanted; usually we’re limited to 1-2 minutes of highlights when meets are televised.

It’s definitely cool to be able to tell people that I shot that video, because it feels like literally everybody has seen it. I really can’t take very much credit for it though—Katelyn did all of the heavy lifting …

Behind The Lens With Deanna Hong

A Q&A with one of gymnastics’ premiere videographers and editors

GymMomentum Camp 2020

July 9-12, 2020

Yellowjackets Gymnastics, Middleton (Boston), MA

U.S Elite Coaches Association member coaches can attend to observe at no cost.

Details.

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introducing Backward Giant 

Coach Gordon Lam.

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Gordon is a Gymnastics Canada clinician out of Calgary.

His website is EnduranceSport.ca.

Oklahoma #1 NCAA so far

1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. Denver
4. Utah
5. UCLA
6. Minnesota
7. LSU
8. Maryland
9. Alabama
10. Nebraska

See full rankings.

Read Spencer’s commentary.

Maryland #8 – highest team rank in history

Congratulations on the great first meet of the season.

Mia Takekawa 10.0 Beam

I do love Gainer layout.

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13 FIG Coach Education courses December 2019

The past year has been incredibly busy for the FIG coach education programmes which oversaw and organised some 85 courses in 35 countries that were attended by nearly two thousand coaches from 85 countries and taught by 82 experts.

In addition, Parkour that became part of the FIG one year ago, was fast-tracked so that the Level 1 Academy Programme and the Age Group Development and Competition Programme were completed in three languages and introduced to fifteen countries in three courses. …

On December 13, for the first time ever, ten academies that were held on four continents, overlapped. More importantly, these included all seven competition disciplines – ACRO, AER, MAG, PK, RG, TRA, WAG – as well as Gymnastics for All. On that day 179 coaches from 27 countries and all continents were being taught by 31 FIG experts from 14 countries. It was a remarkable moment and one not likely ever to be repeated. …

FIG

Hardy Fink, FIG Director of Education and Academy Programmes, leaves the position end of February. His successor has not yet been named.

WAG Elite Canada in Calgary 2020

The top female gymnasts in Canada qualify to High Performance status in order to be considered for National Team and International assignments.

WHEN: February 5-9, 2020

WHERE: Genesis Centre, 7555 Falconridge Blvd NE #10, Calgary, AB

HOSTED BY: Alberta Gymnastics Federation in partnership with Gymnastics Canada

SOCIAL: @gymcan1, #EliteWAG2020

Gracie Kramer – Floor

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