coach John D. Smith passed away

If you ever met John Smith of NASA Gymnastics in Washington State, you remember him. You admired him. One of the classiest gentlemen in Gymnastics.

A real role model to us all in the sport.

He will be dearly missed.

John died of complications resulting from early, rapid onset dementia.

Rest in peace.

Bar handstand drills

Tom Strange from DeVeaus takes the High Performance camp athletes through a bars complex that works the handstand lines and pirouette shapes.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

MOMs competing at Worlds

Respect.

Chusovitina inspires new era of ‘gym mums’ to shine in Doha

Of course there are many DADs competing Worlds as well.

TRYumph Gymnastics Academy, Ottawa

Gym Clubs everywhere are diversifying. Adding new programs.

TRYumph is the first I’ve known to include fencing.

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USAG expects to pay out $75 – $150 million

USA Gymnastics expects to pay between $75 million and $150 million to victims of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, according to financial statements it released Thursday. …

USA Today 

Anything could happen. Insurance might refuse to cover USA Gymnastics. Awards to victims might be much higher.

Nabieva tantrum

Adorable. 😀

Click PLAY or see MORE on YouTube. Nabieva connected to Pak, for example.

Get to know Chen Yile

In Chinese gym fan circles people often joke that Chen Yile is “the best painter among gymnasts and the best gymnast among painters”.

Artistic on the floor and with a pen, she loves designing leos, artistic outlets like drawing and sculpting are the sixteen-year-old’s favourite past times and de-stressors. …

get to know chen yile