Homage to When Will My Susie Start Kipping?
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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
what are the Aurora Games?
Katelyn Ohashi is the only gymnast (so far) named for the Aurora Games in Albany NY in August.
… but what are the Aurora Games?
It’s a women’s celebrity event where the Americas compete against the World.
Teams will earn points for each competition within each sport and the team with the most cumulative points at the end of the event will win the Aurora Games title. The scoring format for each sport will be announced soon.
The six-day event is to take place every two years.
Team and individual competitions featuring athletes from 15 countries will be held in basketball, tennis, figure skating, gymnastics, ice hockey and beach volleyball. Also part of the program will be musical performances, food tastings, sports clinics, autograph sessions and seminars.
The advisory board is chaired by Donna de Varona, a two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer. Also on the board are Olympic gymnastics champions Nadia Comaneci and Shannon Miller …
Syracuse.com
‘AirSkills’
Aerial Sports Academy offers a program called ‘AirSkills’ for kids 7-12 who want to have fun, learn and challenge themselves.
Olympic Break Dancing?
As part of an effort to appeal to younger fans, the organizing committee for the 2024 Games in Paris announced on Thursday that it would recommend break dancing …
The proposal — which also includes a recommendation that skateboarding, surfing and climbing, which will be introduced next year at the Tokyo Games, remain on the program — will be formally presented to the International Olympic Committee executive board at the end of March. …
Click PLAY or watch a preview of the 4 sports on Twitter.
Canada’s NEW Food Guide
Reduced emphasis on Dairy.
Jeremy Mosier also recommends the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate.
Related – Coaching Association of Canada – Sports Nutrition
gymternet Bingo
Yep. 😀
Jr Worlds / European Games preview
Jr Worlds are in Győr, Hungary
European Games in Minsk, Belarus.
Spencer:
Junior worlds is the inaugural junior world championship organized by the FIG. The idea is to provide an opportunity for those athletes who are not yet age-eligible …
The European Games is a multi-sport event that’s totally different from that multi-sport European Championship thing they did last year …
DAY 1 – Thursday, June 27
The first day kicks off the qualification at both events …
Click through for details:
EUROPEAN GAMES AND JUNIOR WORLDS PREVIEW
Nush – stoop shoot to el-grip Jaeger
dancer My Name is Ding – The Git Up
Georgia’s Blanco Brown loves both kinds of music: Country and Western. 🙂
The singer posted a tutorial on how to do his viral dance.
Click PLAY or watch the version by My Name is Ding on Instagram. He really owns it.
Thanks Jamie.
in praise of Gymnastics volunteers
There are many, many thankless jobs to be done.
Athletes and coaches appreciate volunteers.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 