Category: Gymnastics

NEW Pommel Book by Miguel Costante 

Amazon for Kindle or Paperback:

The English translation has just been released. Miguel has coached in Canada for decades and is completely bilingual.

Miguel is widely recognized one of the best MAG age-group coaches.

He’s available as a consultant for any club worldwide.

Happily, Miguel also has a lot of FREE content on his site in both English & Spanish so you can check out his coaching philosophy first.

The NEW website is Evolve-Gymnastic.com (no S at the end of Gymnastic)

cast to Long Swing progression

So simple, it works.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Kaylia Nemour to African Championships

One of the best Bars workers in the worlds — from France — had been blocked from qualifying for the Olympics — in France. By France.

Merde.

Born in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt, France, to a French mother and an Algerian father, Kaylia has finally been cleared to represent Algeria at African Championships 2023.

British Columbia schools drop competitive Gymnastics

The governing body for sport for the province’s primary and secondary schools has dropped gymnastics as a sanctioned sport.

BC School Sports (BCSS) said the rationale was based on low enrollment numbers and gymnastics typically not taking place within the school itself.

In the 2022-23 season, there were only 453 athletes across B.C. enrolled in school gymnastics, according to the BCSS. …

The decision by BCSS is extremely upsetting to Terry Mitruk, the gymnastics coach at Sutherland Secondary in North Vancouver.

“It doesn’t cost them anything extra. We are a small community. So, the workload is not significantly more. If it’s a workload issue, then tell us and help us resolve that issue,” Mitruk told Global News. …

Gymnastics programs dropped from B.C. schools: coaches, students upset

Aussie Champion Georgia Godwin

🥇 Georgia Godwin 108.932
🥈 Ruby Pass 108.564
🥉 Macy Pegoli 101.465

This is Georgia’s record breaking 7th Australian National Champion All – Around Title.

R.I.P Boris Bajin

When I was young, Boris Bajin was the Canadian WAG National Coach. Our leader for 5 consecutive Olympic Games and many World Championships.

We spent weeks preparing for his visits to the Gym where he would evaluate skills and physical ability. I still vividly recall his “Elite Testing” events.

They were highest priority on our annual calendar.

I was sad to hear that Boris passed away at the age of 90 at his home in Toronto.