Category: Aerobic Gymnastics

Also known as Sport Aerobics.

World Games Aerobic Gymnastics – July 21-22

Group categories of Aerobic Gymnastics (Mixed Pairs, Trios, Groups, Aerobic Dance and Aerobic Step) are the main focus of this fast-paced discipline in Wroclaw, where six teams per category will battle for four places in the final. Reigning World champions in Trio, Group, and Aerobic Dance have registered to compete, as have Mixed Pairs champions Michela Castoldi and Davide Donati (ITA), the “Romeo and Juliet” of their sport.

Want to follow Gymnastics at The World Games 2017? Check out the FIG event minisite. 

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FIGymnastics 2.0 app

The app, available free for download from the iTunes and Google Play stores, has been enhanced to include sections on non-Olympic disciplines Acrobatic Gymnastics, Aerobic Gymnastics, Synchronised Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-trampoline, as well as Gymnastics for All, the inclusive discipline that is the foundation of the sport.

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FIG’s first Parkour competition

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It sounds like Parkour founder David Belle is on board with the the new FIG discipline.

But the British Parkour body accuses FIG of encroachment.

Personally I’ve got no problem with more obstacle course competitions. They are cool.

But I’m worried our other disciplines will feel neglected: Acrobatic Gymnastics, Aerobic Gymnastics, Power Tumbling, Double-mini, etc.

World Games 2017 in Poland

 

The World Games 2017, officially known as the X World Games, is a multi-sport event scheduled for Wroclaw, Poland from July 20 – July 30, 2017 with 27 official sports and 4 invitational sports.

The Olympic Channel is available worldwide via mobile apps for Android and iOS devices and at olympicchannel.com. …

OLYMPIC CHANNEL TO BROADCAST TWG 2017

web-STS.com

web-STS.com is edited by FIG Judge Doug Hills. Content includes the 2020 Codes of Points for a number of disciplines.

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• evaluate hundreds of videos from Worlds and Olympics
• test your knowledge of the Codes of Points
• prepare your competitive routines

Access is free for FIG Brevet Judges, a $4 USD / month subscription for everyone else.

On New Year’s Eve Doug gave me a personal tour of the site. Massive content behind quite a simple interface.

Choose a discipline. Choose an apparatus. Then click around to see all the features.

There’s no preview.  To check it out you’ll need to join via web-STS.com. 

huge FIG Level 2 Academy in Aussie

The Australian Gymnastics Federation hosted a “three-discipline” Level 2 Academy at the excellent facilities of the Australian Institute for Sport (AIS) in the capital city of Canberra on December 13-20, 2016. The disciplines of Aerobic-, Rhythmic-, and Trampoline Gymnastics were held simultaneously with the theory lectures being shared by all. This triple Academy followed a similar course exactly one year ago for Men’s-, Women’s, and Acrobatic Gymnastics.

Because Australia has had a good level of coach education and good international competition results it was eligible to apply for the license to teach the FIG Level 1 and Level 2 Academy content within its own country to its own coaches and with its own experts. …

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