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Samantha Snider has been named the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh gymnastics team …
Snider becomes the third head coach in the history of the gymnastics program at Pitt, stepping into her first head coaching role after spending the previous nine seasons at the University of Arkansas. …
You probably know coaches who use marijuana medically or recreationally.
Is marijuana worse than alcohol?
Personally, I feel the safety of children is more often endangered by tipsy / hungover parents or coaches. I worry most about parents who have been drinking driving kids home from Gym.
IfĀ marijuana is banned, alcohol should be banned as well.
If your club has a “zero tolerance” policy for employees using illegal drugs click through to this article about a Canadian coach suspended 2015 for using medical marijuana. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal is hearing the appeal.
It’s a more complicated issue than you might think at first glance. Especially with the laws changing in Canada and other parts of the world.
(via Grace Chiu)
Terri LaymonĀ posted an update.
I’d still love to see FIG count the mount as one of the 8 skills.
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Russian gymnasts returned from their training camps in Cyprus (MAG) and Spain (WAG). …
Elena Eremina:
āRecovery camps are different from the regular training camps because thereās a lesser training load. Of course, we tried to rest more ā we played beach volleyball, rode bikes a lot, swam, sunbathed. But, at the same time, we still had one full training session each day. …
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The show is calledĀ Little Big Shots.
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That’sĀ Joshua Karnes.Ā Level 8 gymnast fromĀ Lakettes Gymnastic Academy,Ā Erie, PA. He won his age group at 2017 Menās Junior Olympic Championships.
Here’s a GREAT idea.
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And here’s the REAL skill in training.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BUeVoeygVD0/
Thanks Cabriole.
Eastern Michigan University …Ā announced today, June 9, the hiring of Josh Nilson as the new women’s gymnastics head coach at EMU.
Nilson spent the past year working at Pennsylvania State University as both an assistant coach and the co-interim head coach, and has a total of 12 years of coaching experience. Ā …
Additionally, Nilson served as the recruiting coordinator for Penn State …
Recall that former Head Coast Sarah Brown left EMU for Penn State.
The two teams have swapped coaches. I hope it works out well for both.
