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With Bruno Grandi retiring, there are two candidates in the running for FIG President: Georges Guelzec (FRA) and Morinari Watanabe (JPN). Guelzec runs the European Gymnastics Union while Watanabe is Secretary General of the Japan Gymnastics Association.
Guelzec is well known worldwide. Watanabe is not. He did not declare until the last minute.
Read Watanabe’s campaign pitch.
This camp, hosted in Guatemala City, was unique in that it was the first one that combined an Olympic Solidarity technical course with the full content and focus of the FIG Age Group Programme for Artistic Gymnastics. Indeed, the entire development and world-wide dissemination of the age group programmes has been subsidised annually by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). …
Guatemala has had a surge of interest in Gymnastics with the success of 2012 and 2016 Olympian Ana Sofía Gómez. …
Myself and José Súcart were the experts for this one. We both agreed it was as good as any of the 5 day camps we’ve led.
The quality and variety of demonstrators at the Camp was a highlight. Some gymnasts are resident at the Gym, doing their schooling upstairs between training sessions.
Jorge Vega Lopez, Floor gold medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games, participated as a demonstrator. He was one of the first gymnasts to join the residential school.
Considering they have only 8-9 clubs in the entire nation, Guatemala is doing great things. Beam is particularly strong.
One of the final National Coaching Certification Program Level 3 Practical reunion courses will be held the Monday after Nationals. (It will soon be replaced by the new NCCP course.)
North Edmonton Gymnastics Club
Canadian coaches who wish to give back by becoming certified “Learning Facilitators” can take that training in Vancouver late June.
• Competition 1 WAG & MAG
• Competition 2 WAG & MAG
You can take training for Comp 1 or Comp 2. Or both. WAG or MAG. Or both.
The same courses will be offered in eastern Canada and Quebec in the near future.
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The new National Coaching Certification Program is being expanded from 4 levels to 5 levels:
Foundations
Competition 1 (launched 2015)
Competition 2 (launching 2016)
Competition 3 (under development)
Competition 4 … similar to the current Level 4
My friends have been working hard and long on the latest update. It’s friendlier. Navigation easier.
Under the hood the process of getting a quote with shipping, duties, taxes included is streamlined.
If you’re shopping start on the home page.
For training tips it’s tumbltrak.com/training. Or jump directly to their rapidly expanding YouTube playlists.
Thanks James.
Precision Choreography is launching a new division called PRECISION CRITIQUES:
1) VEEP! (Video Evaluation by Elite Professionals)
2) MyGymJudge
VEEP! allows gymnasts and coaches to submit videos of skills-in-progress and receive custom video feedback by some of the best in the world. VEEP! consultants include World Vault and Floor Champion, Alicia Sacramone (Quinn), Hollie Vise (Naddour), Betty Okino, among others.
MyGymJudge provides athletes with the opportunity to submit full routines for written feedback from actual USAG judges. As an added bonus, Precision’s choreography team also chimes in with pointers on increasing artistry for all submitted beam and floor routines.
Subscribe via PrecisionCritiques.com to get details on VEEP! and MyGymJudge.
Questions? Contact Nicole Langevin nicole (a) precisionchoreo.com
Thanks Prince George Gymnastics for hosting our 5 day Comp 1 (Competitive Introduction) course.
A special shout out for the excellent demonstrators and to coaches Colleen Kaminski and Jenn Watt for their assistance.
The new Comp 1 course is now almost entirely digital. PDF and video.
The teaser is up for the latest Gymneo tutorial.
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook. (French)
Australia is a BIG country. It’s not easy to get coaches together very often.
For accredited Australian coaches an online program will be piloted March – April 2016.
Aussie coaches purchase access (A$10 each) through the Gymnastics Australia Learning Management System (LMS) and access the webinar via GoTo Meeting.
o Webinar #1: Physical preparation for young gymnasts – Part 1
o Webinar #2: Physical preparation for young gymnasts – Part 2
Dee Jennings PhD is instructing.
Click PLAY or watch a preview on YouTube.
The latest skill to be added to the English language collection.
Click PLAY or watch a teaser on Facebook.
Gymneo costs €199 for the first year or a renewal fee of €149. The services are equivalent whether someone subscribes to the English or French version.
If you go to the French homepage – gymneo.tv – click on “Sign in,” then enter the same login information you use for the English site you now get access to all video, including the skills in French.
Coaches who would like to subscribe and take advantage of dual access must register on the English site – en.gymneo.tv.
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