Gymnastics – It’s a mindset thing

LSU promotion video

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College girls giving 120% 😀.

Haylee Roe – Beam dismount series

SIDE Salto to back 1/1 off sideways.

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Melanie De Jesus dos Santos – European Champion

The fan favourite did it.  🙂

Ellie Downie so close.

European Championships AA results.

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1116774109373845504

Nagornyy – best gymnast in the world?

Nikita is the man to beat, I’d say.

European Championships AA results.

Emyre Cole – Shewfelt

Fun fact – Many years ago Kyle Shewfelt worked with Em on learning Yurchenko at a camp at his home Gym in Vegas.

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Trinity Thomas – Floor

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Arkansas’ Mark Cook retired

Mark Cook, the Californian who was a co-founder of the University of Arkansas gymnastics program, announced his retirement Tuesday after 17 seasons with the Razorbacks. …

NW Arkansas Democrat Gazette

are your gymnasts actually getting STRONGER?

I see many Gyms with conditioning lists filled with general physical preparation.

Kids quickly adapt to the load and advancement soon flatlines. Many of our programs result in maintenance, not improvement.

Nick Ruddock consults with many Gyms around the world. One of the first things he looks at is their conditioning programs.

  1. Be Proactive
  2. Don’t Wait
  3. Collaborate
  4. Avoid ‘fluffy’ programming
  5. Have a structure
  6. Supervise
  7. Prioritise the Time
  8. Listen to your athlete
  9. Ensure Volume and Frequency is adequate
  10. Don’t neglect the significance of the time

Nick recommends 25-33% of your total training volume to be spent on physical preparation related activities. Bill Sands would say you could spend as little as 30 minutes / day if the program is individualized, correctly targeted and efficiently done.

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PHYSICAL PREPERATION MUST HAVES FOR GYMNASTS – “10 QUICK TIPS”