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Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
Gymnastics B.C. MAG Elite Camp
Aug 30, 31 and Sept 1
I dropped in for the first day of the Men’s camp in Vancouver. Guest clinician this year is Nick Blanton who runs the National Age Group camps for Gymnastics Canada.
Nick led a one hour coach education workshop which included his thoughts on a very neglected aspect of coaching — head position.
Mike Hood is hosting the event at Phoenix Gymnastics Club.
Organizer John Carroll.
Press Handstand progression
This would be ideal for those girls who do not pike as much as they could on Straddle Cast handstand on Bars.
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(via Allan and Remi Fusilero’s Gymnastics Drills and Personal Favorites)
Can Turkey qualify a Men’s team to Tokyo?
There are a LOT of men’s teams in the running for the 12 available Olympic team spots.
“We see we have the chance to go to the Olympics with a team,” said Onder, who helped Turkey finish 15th at the 2018 World Championships. …
“We are totally concentrated on Stuttgart,” Onder admitted.
“The team is the most important thing, we are very close. We have been training together in camp in Mersin and we are expecting some great results in the competition. …
related – Turkey’s Onder: ‘The Hard Work Begins From Now’
A World Challenge Cup is being held in Turkey this weekend.
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Yearly Training Plan
Acrobatic Arts from New Zealand posted a good summary for coaches tweaking their yearly training plan.
Periodization: An Overview
One resource you might want to save is their annual calendar template , an Excel file.
Thanks Alynn.
P Bars – hop pirouette progressions
Coach Jason Gatson.
Working towards Gatson 1 (D) and Gatson 2 (E).
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1st FIG Parkour Worlds in Japan
Hiroshima, Japan, 3-5 April 2020
“It’s a great honour for us to be able to welcome the first Parkour World Championships to Hiroshima,” said Norifumi Yamamoto, general secretary of the Japan Gymnastics Association.
“Around 100 days before the Olympic Games in Tokyo, this will be an additional opportunity for the promotion of peace through sport – and in a city which is the symbol of it. …”
China’s 1st trial for Worlds
The second trial is September 15th.
1. LI Shijia 58.533
2. LIU Tingting 57.567
3. ZHANG Jin 56.833
After the meet Chow asked gymnasts to hug their coaches.
Is your gymnast getting enough sleep?
Christie Aschwanden recommends young adults spend 10 hours / night in bed, whether or not they are sleeping the whole time. No electronics.
Amazon – Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery
… Is poor spelling one of the signs? 😀
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Canadian Competition 2 Coaching course
Congratulations to the 9 coaches now trained at the NCCP Comp 2 level. They completed 4 intensive days of instruction at Dreams Gymnastics Academy in Edmonton.
Dreams owner Ashley Sportun hosted and was one of our clinicians, along with myself and Deanna Critchley.
The event was organized by Gina at Alberta Gymnastics.
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