Category: Gymnastics

USAG priorities ☹️

I’ve not yet seen any response from USA Gymnastics on this.

#disappointed

For example, Alan Bower:

Bower had the financial support he needed to continue training for Tokyo 2020. As a non-NCAA member of the U.S. national senior men’s team, Bower received a $1,875 monthly stipend from USA Gymnastics …

“Allan really relies on that check to pay his rent and continue to train for the Olympics,” Williams said Thursday. “He was deferring medical school until after 2020, but if he doesn’t get paid soon he can’t pay his rent and he’s probably just going to go to medical school because he can’t afford to sit around and expect payments and then not get those.”

USA Gymnastics has also not paid bonuses to coaches for the men’s and women’s U.S. teams that competed at the World Championships last fall.

USA Gymnastics has not paid U.S. men’s national team members this month

Sport’s Illustrated Fittest Female

Simone Biles.

… the world’s most decorated gymnast towers over the competition.

After time away in 2017, the 21-year-old Biles returned to rule the sport again in ’18 with 
an unmatched mix of muscle and mettle. At the world championships in Doha, Qatar, in November, she set the record for career world titles among men and women, with 14, including four more gold medals—all while suffering from a painful kidney stone. An all-around champion, indeed. ​

SI – Fittest 50

Olympian Ágnes Keleti is 98

Ágnes Keleti (born Ágnes Klein, 9 January 1921) is a Hungarian–Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach. While representing Hungary in the Summer Olympics, she won 10 Olympic medals …

Click PLAY or watch Ágnes on Twitter.

Can she still do the splits? 🙂

improving active hip extension flexibility

Over the coming weeks I’ll be posting a number of important progressions for beginners videotaped at Bermuda Gymnastics Association.

Thanks Kim McHardy and Head Coach Adriana Forde.

As always, evaluate the exercise, not the kids demonstrating.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Beginners are often better at passive flexibility (e.g. splits) than active flexibility which is needed for skills.

Our conditioning program should include active flexibility training exercises like this one.

Natalie Wojcik – 10.3 on Vault

That’s my score based on current Carol College judging

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

One of the worst scores I can recall was Brittany Rogers at Championships with a superb Yurchenko 1 1/2. … Score 9.85!

Natalie was pretty happy in Cancun in any case. She’s the only First Year near the top of the AA rankings.

Click PLAY or watch the interview on Twitter.

Peng Peng on GymCastic

Listen to episode #346.

Peng is doing a number of event appearances this year as she’s no longer (finally) restricted by NCAA regulations.

Also, subscribe.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gymnastics Canada rebrands

From here, we soar.

… pleased to unveil a new brand for the organization as we embark on our 50th Anniversary year …

… new logo, tagline, and social media handles …

Our social media channels have also taken on the new brand and bilingual identity @gymcan1:

FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE | TWITTER

Clothing featuring the new Gymnastics Canada logo is now available at our online store: http://shop.gymcan.og.

Gymnastics Canada 

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Easily the best edit they’ve ever produced.

Canada has never had a top notch website nor social media. This looks to me like a big improvement.

introducing Cross Support swing

A great way to start for both boys and girls is on spotting boxes.

It’s safe and fun. Challenge kids to do their best and highest swings with a sponge between the feet.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Bermuda Gymnastics Association.

Michigan State University Gymnastics

It can’t be easy for the team training under constant news of the criminal MSU doctor.

GOOD LUCK this season.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.