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Gymnastics Saskatchewan needs YOU

One of my former employers has 2 full-time administrative positions available.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR – MEN’S (MAG) AND TRAMPOLINE (TG) PROGRAMS

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR – WOMEN’S (WAG) AND RHYTHMIC (RG) PROGRAMS

… Technical Directors shall be responsible for technical program operations including the planning, implementation, coordination and evaluation of programs from pre-competitive to high performance levels for clubs, officials and athletes in their respective disciplines.

The Technical Directors shall provide leadership to, management of, planning, evaluation and administration for these programs, leading to achieving the mission, vision, goals and objectives of Gymnastics Saskatchewan. These positions are appointed by and report to the CEO. …

details – Gym Sask Job Postings July 2015 Technical Directors

Sever’s Disease (Heel Pain) in Gymnasts

Dr. Josh Eldridge put together an overview article.

USA, Russia, Japan

2015 Team Averages

We are taking scores from every high-level domestic and international competition held in 2015 and averaging them. …

1. United States 242.571
2. Russia 231.931
3. Japan 225.460
4. China 223.539
5. Italy 223.379
6. GBR 223.268
7. Canada 221.278
8. France 218.416

Gymternet

Romania is 14th based on scores so far this year. The top 8 teams from Worlds 2015 will qualify their nations to the Rio Olympics.

USA should assume they will win Team at Worlds, regardless of whom they send.

Rio mascot

Chris Silcox – roundoff drills

Chris has been posting drills aimed primarily at adult participants. But all these drills are good for kids too.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gymnastics // We made this War

London Olympics montage.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Arabian Punch Front)

Special Olympic World Games L.A.

Artistic Gymnastics competition starts today.

With 7,000 athletes representing more than 170 countries, along with 3,000 coaches, 30,000 volunteers and an anticipated 500,000 spectators, the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games – being staged in Los Angeles July 25 – August 2, 2015 – will be the largest sports-and-humanitarian event anywhere in the world that year, and the biggest single event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games.

The 2015 World Summer Games, with all the trademarks of all Special Olympics events, will feature 26 Olympic-style events in venues throughout the Los Angeles region following the Opening Ceremony in the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, site of the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games. …

Michelle Obama welcomed thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities to the Special Olympic World Games on Saturday during a festive opening ceremony filled with cheers, songs and praise for their courage and determination. …

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