CAN Nationals WAG – day 1

The Canadian women have already qualified a full team to the Paris Olympics — so do not need to qualify at Worlds 2023.

Ana Padurariu and Emma Spence are at Nationals 2023 wanting to be part of the selection pool for 2024, but not competing.

Click through for more information on the competition – Canadian Championships in Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics 2023

CAN Nationals MAG – day 1

Canada’s goal is to qualify a full team to the Paris Olympics. Top 12 at Worlds 2023.

The have a good talent pool to choose from. Zach Clay’s 14.350 Pommels is a BIG number for this team.

Yurchenko twisting progression

Interesting.

I wouldn’t use this often. But it might help a gymnast feel confident at the beginning of adding a second twist.

It might even work for a gymnast trying to delay initiating a half or 3/2 twist.

CAN Nationals ’23 – LIVE stream

So far … I can watch Nationals LIVE in Canada on the Richmond Olympic Oval site. So far … FREE.

Beware of any other link. As with many recent competitions, I’ve already seen a couple of FAKES trying to get you to pay them.

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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 worldsfrom 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.