Category: Gymnastics

advice for Gymnastics coaches

… as a coach, I strive to have a lighthearted training environment that is serious when needed.

Time for bars? The athlete should think hard about their turn right before they go, as they execute skills, and concentrate to the best of their abilities. Between turns, it’s okay to have a laugh at the chalk bucket, especially if their next turn isn’t coming for a little while.

I also continually stress to my kids quality over quantity — the deal is, we do fewer routines and less conditioning if what they do is executed well. If not, we continue to stay on those skills or continue conditioning until it is done properly.

Not only does this kind of mindset build respect in the athlete-coach relationship, but it also gives the kids some empowerment …

A Letter To Gymnastics Coaches

new charity – sponsor an athlete

For example, Zandri from South Africa.

To see athletes looking for help click over to the Gymnastics, Cheerleading and Dance Foundation page:

gcdfoundation.org

Click the SPONSOR A CHILD link at the top right of the page.

That site is still in development.

At launch kids from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kosovo, India, Egypt, and South Africa are looking for help. There are many in the database already.  In exchange for your sponsorship, the child will write to you (or send videos online) and form a pen-pal relationship. There is only one sponsor per child. It costs $39 $20 / month.

Alan Owen has been working for years putting together this charity.

If you have questions — as you should with any charity — email them.

(via The Couch Gymnast News Page)

Tony Retrosi interview

In the podcast section of iTunes search for Gymnastics Growth Show. Subscribe to have Nick Ruddock’s audiocasts downloaded automatically.

Canada’s teams to Jr Pan Am

Buenos Aires, June 11th to 15th, 2018 #JRPANAM2018

WOMEN’S ARTISTIC
Mia St. Pierre, Chateauguay, QC – Gym-Fly
Emma Spence, Cambridge, ON – Dynamo Gymnastics
Zoe Allaire-Bourgie, Montreal, QC – Club Gymnix
Imogen Paterson, Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Phoenix

MEN’S ARTISTIC
Felix Dolci, Laval, QC – Laval Excellence
Evgeny Siminiuc, Mississauga, ON – Futures Gymnastics
Dorian Doan, Mississauga, ON – Futures Gymnastics
Felix Blaquiere, Montreal, QC – Centre Père Sablon

COACHES:
Denis Vachon, Cambridge, ON – Dynamo Gymnastics
Katerine Dussault, Montreal, QC – Club Gymnix
Adrian Balan, Laval, QC – Laval Excellence
Steven Sugrim, Mississauga, ON – Futures Gymnastics

Gymnastics Canada

Koper World Challenge Cup results

Vault
1. Giulia Steingruber Switzerland 14.500
2. Denisa Golgota Romania 14.025
3. Tjasa Kysselef Slovenia 13.750
4. Ofir Netzer Israel 13.750

Bars
1. Barbora Mokosova Slovakia 13.450
2. Celine van Gerner Netherlands 13.400
3. Dorina Böczögö Hungary 12.750

Beam
1. Celine van Gerner Netherlands 13.500
2. Giulia Steingruber Switzerland 13.450
3. Denisa Golgota Romania 13.250

Floor
1. Giulia Steingruber Switzerland 13.150
2. Denisa Golgota Romania 12.900
3. Barbora Mokosova Slovakia 12.650
full results

Steingruber, Japanese men conquer Koper World Challenge Cup

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David Belyavskiy training triple back

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Markelov from el-grip

Katie Perret

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Vladimir Markelov was a male Soviet gymnast. The WAG Code once named this skill after Svetlana Khorkina, but for reasons unknown now uses the male name.

Read more on Balance Beam Situation.