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How to Bounce Tramp Wall

Chris Silcox.

Beginner lesson/tutorial for starting out bouncing trampoline wall or trampowall.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Chris has more advanced tutorials on his YouTube channel.

(via Trampoline Open Network)

Jan 2nd – back to work

Holidays are short for gymnasts and their coaches.

I’m at IEGC with the Avant Coeur Team today. It’s training as usual. Boys and girls both have competitions coming up quickly.

Christmas costume
costume contest 🙂

Balance Beam Situation previews

BBS has been rolling out preseason reviews of the top NCAA women’s teams.

2015 Outlook

#2 Oklahoma Preview

After Suzanne retired and the Georgia dynasty ended, a few coaches talked about how there would never be another dynasty in college gymnastics because the talent is so spread out now and the level of coaching is so high. That is false. There will still be dynasties, and judging by Florida’s roster this year and in the years to come, the Gators are a pretty good bet to do it. It’s far, far from a guarantee (this isn’t another 2013 where Florida can count a fall and still win), but Florida remains the safest pick to win the championship in 2015. …

#1 Florida Preview

See the rest on Balance Beam Situation

Kennedy
Kennedy

Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastic School

Repost – I’ve mentioned this 2008 documentary – Little Big Dreams – Real Stories
– in the past, but those links seem to be broken.

More than 100 children, aged between three and ten years come from all over China to the infamous Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastic School to live their dream. We hear from the parents, visit their homes and ask them what has motivated them to sacrifice their children’s childhood and to take them away from the heart of the family at such a tender age.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (50min)