Is that your favourite kind of exercise? 🙂
refrigerator deep knee squats
Is that your favourite kind of exercise? 🙂
Category: physical preparation
coach Betsy – nutrition tips
how strong was Petrounias age-17?
nutrition ideas from Cincinnati Gymnastics
active flexibility for leaps
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perfecting walkovers
Once your gymnast can do a walkover … continue with drills to improve.
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Strength and Power
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USAG 2021–2029 J.O. program
Tom Koll posted a summary.
Sadly they still have the Bridge — Back kick-over on Floor for girls as young as age-5. Teaching bad form and bad technique to the vast majority of those kids.
new Ring machine
Looks like a great idea so long as the boys cannot tip it over.
A somewhat moveable base of support.
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(via Saleh Gaafar Noor)
Katelyn Ohashi on body image
Katelyn and Maria Caire have a blog where they post on many things including ethical issues.
Katelyn just started a series featuring excerpts from her diary as a young gymnast:
Most kids at the age of 12 were probably playing video games and doing some chores. Me? I was training at least 36 hours a week, plastered on posters and magazines, representing the US National Team.
I had no voice or option but to live up to the expectations of everyone else, so I experienced these cruel, unwanted body remarks from just about everyone— coaches, fans/gymnastics followers, National team staff, my mother, and even myself. It started when I was 13, barely weighing 70 pounds. …
Her coach was Valeri Liukin now U.S. Women’s National Team coordinator. I hope Katelyn goes on GymCastic to talk about her training diaries so we can hear the full story of her WOGA experience.
related – Maria Caire – Athlete Body Image: A Series
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USAG also needs to respond to Aly’s recent statements.
Aly Raisman Calls Out USA Gymnastics For Its Handling Of Sexual Abuse Allegations
Gymnastics Coaching.com 