Category: Gymnastics

Elite Canada Jr Champ Emma Spence

This interview and training footage comes from August 2017. She’s improved a LOT since that time.

Dynamo Gymnastics Episode 2 – Emma Spence

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red flags for Gymnastics parents

Coach and Mom Nicole Paseka Grundmeier advises parents to ask these questions:

1. Will I be allowed to watch my child practice once she joins the competitive team?

2. Will my child be required to be home-schooled now or when she reaches a certain competitive level?

3. Will the coaches weigh my child at practice or at any other time?

4. Will my child get a snack break during practice?

5. Will my child be punished with painful conditioning for mistakes made inside the gym?

6. How will the coach respond if my child is afraid of a skill or bails on a skill?

7. What percentage of my child’s teammates suffer from overuse injuries?

8. Do my child’s teammates cry frequently at the gym?

9. Do my child’s coaches communicate well with me?

10. Will my child ever be alone with a coach?

Toxic coaching tactics enabled Larry Nassar to abuse girls. Here’s how to know if your gym uses them.

I’d add one red flag I look for in every Gym I visit …

How many older girls are on the competitive team?

If there are few (or none) when and why did they quit?

Kelly Simm is British Champion

SIMM Kelly 53.4
TINKLER Amy 53.05
FELLOWS Charlie 52.85
STANHOPE Lucy 51.85
KINSELLA Alice 51.65
THOMAS Emily 51.35
full results

2018 British Championships: Senior AA Report, Video, Results, D,E, Bonus, ND.

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Allaire-Bourgie, Italy win Gymnix Junior

1 Zoé Allaire-Bourgie Canada I 53.935
2 Asia D’Amato Italy 53.835
3 Viktoriia Listunova Russia 53.701
4 Elena Gerasimova Russia 53.268
5 Giorgia Villa Italy 52.668
6 Emma Spence Canada I 52.502
full results

Amy Tinkler – Moors

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Onyshko WINS Challenge Gymnix

1. Isabela Onyshko, Canada, 54.134
2. Victoria-Kayen Woo, Canada, 53.885
3. Irina Alexeeva, WOGA, 53.867
4. Kayla DiCello, Hill’s, 53.851
5. Shallon Olsen, Canada, 53.800
6. Madeleine Johnston, Hill’s, 53.168

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