Jaclyn Shelton from CGC inspires.
Click PLAY or watch on Global TV Calgary.
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Grozdova – Beam demo 1978
Soviet gymnast Svetlana Grozdova performs on balance beam at the 1978 USSR Gymnastics Display at Wembley Arena.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Love the Russian Dance steps.
Svetlana Grozdova never really won anything major. But everyone ranks her one of the greatest and most innovative Beam workers ever.
Amanda Turner on Facebook linked to this vid.
Alpha Girls – the book
by Dan Kindlon PhD
… In his new book, Kindlon turns on its head the traditional views held by many social scientists that adolescent girls are psychologically disadvantaged compared to their male peers.
Instead, Kindlon finds in his research that American girls are by and large outstripping the boys who are their contemporaries in academic terms and in self-esteem levels, and in general increasingly appear to be better equipped to succeed. …
… the “young woman who is destined to be a leader. She is talented, highly motivated, and self-confident.” …
There’s a new type of teenage girl growing up in America today, and she is having a profound and beneficial influence on society. That’s the conclusion of Dr. Dan Kindlon, the widely respected child and adolescent psychologist and the coauthor of the bestseller Raising Cain. …
Amazon – Alpha Girls: Understanding the New American Girl and How She Is Changing the World (2006)
I haven’t read this book. But the premise rings true. Girls growing up in 2011 are better off than those who grew up with me in the distant past.
Foam Roller massage
Men’s Gymnastics job – Calgary
My home club …
Altadore Gymnastic Club, Home of Olympians, in Calgary, Alberta, is looking for a coach for the Men’s Artistic Gymnastic program.
NCCP Level 2 certification or higher Artistic Gymnastics and Trampoline required. Minimum 3yrs experience as a provincial/national level coach.
This is a salaried coaching position and will be available May 2011. Salary will depend upon qualifications, experience.Please contact Yves Hauglustaine at artisticdirector AT altadoregymnasticsclub.com or (403) 720-2711.
how Mary Lee Tracy got started
Mary Lee Tracy is one of the most well-known elite gymnastics coaches in the country, but how did she get to where she is?
Mary Lee sat down with gymnastike to talk about her background: buying a gym at age 21, self educating herself, and eventually getting two gymnasts on the 1996 Olympic team in Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps.
Click PLAY or watch the interview on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/OTMyNDg1ODY0?related=1
Watch more video of Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy on gymnastike.org
unique MAG skills 2003 Worlds
introducing ‘line’ on handstand
The best, easy non-spotting drill is handstand facing the wall.
Start with walk-ups.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Continue from there alternating toe touches until the gymnast gets ‘stuck’ in a balanced handstand.
Move progressively closer to the wall until only nose and toes touch.
Martha Karolyi is…
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On Gymnastics Examiner bloggers fill in that blank. But first, … what do you think of Martha Karolyi?
Read more opinions – The Discussion: Martha Karolyi
Márta Károlyi (born 1942), is an American gymnastics coach and the National Team Coordinator for USA Gymnastics. …
Béla and Márta Károlyi have trained nine Olympic champions, fifteen world champions …
Uchimura’s BAD event
I jokingly call Floor our World Champion’s weakest apparatus. It’s strong. But I find his choices of tumbling lines surprising.
Click PLAY or watch his Japan Championships 2011 routine on YouTube.
Here’s his Vault. (How many different awesome vaults can this guy compete!?)
(via Aunt Joyce)
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