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book – Coaching Youth Gymnastics
By USA Gymnastics
Coaching Youth Gymnastics covers all the basics of coaching and gymnastics in a concise style that is customized for entry-level gymnastics coaches. Techniques and skills for bars, floor, balance beam, and vault are presented …
Chapter 01: Stepping Into Coaching
Chapter 02: Communicating as a Coach
Chapter 03: Understanding Rules, Apparatus, and Equipment
Chapter 04: Providing for Gymnasts’ Safety
Chapter 05: Making Practices Fun and Practical
Chapter 06: Teaching and Shaping Skills
Chapter 07: Gymnastics Basics
Chapter 08: Floor Skills
Chapter 09: Vault Skills
Chapter 10: Bar Skills
Chapter 11: Balance Beam Skills
Chapter 12: Coaching on Meet Day
Chapter 13: Developing Season and Practice Plans272 pages © 2011Book or eBook – $19.95
I’ve not read this one. Leave a comment if you have an opinion.
Rhythmic diving
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— Ginnastica Ritmica (@GinRitmica) August 4, 2014
on positive self talk
Wendy Bruce & Patrick Cohn:
Try these tips to develop a Positive Internal Monologue:
Tip 1: Make sure you develop a mental choreography for each routine that is simple and helps you trust you skills. Be aware when you get away from your mental routine and start with negative or irrelevant thoughts? Awareness will be key in stopping the momentum of negative thinking.
Tip 2: You should know that you can reverse the momentum of negative thinking by developing effective mental strategies to refocus your attention. Be aware when you need to refocus on your routine or mental choreography.
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read more … Use a Mental Choreography to Overcome Negative Thoughts
Gorilla Gold Grip Enhancer
To improve grip on Bar or rope, kids at Technics Gymnastics dab their hands with a sticky cloth.
Gorilla Gold Non-toxic Grip Enhancer For use on hands, gloves and grips for many sports. Clean alternative to pine tar. Effective on wood or aluminum bats. Ideal for wet grass or sweaty hands when fielding. Non-toxic. Approved by MLB, PGA, LPGA, NCAA Softball, ISCl, ASA and USTA. Resealable bag. One cloth. Cloth lasts 3-6 weeks.
The first time I’ve seen that product in a gym.
Greg Roe compilation 4
June 2013. Extreme Tramp.
Quadriffus series.
(What’s the plural of quadriffus?)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
when Yurchenko was dangerous
The old vaulting horse was more dangerous than today’s table.
Round-off vaults were more dangerous before the introduction of the Yurchenko collar. I recall duct taping our home made versions, back in the day, before you could buy them.
There were some serious injuries. The death of Julissa Gomez, as an extreme example, resulting from her 1988 accident.
Bogi, at the time, disagreed.
From the L.A. Times – November 17, 1989:
Svetlana Boginskaia of the Soviet Union, who used a Yurchenko when she won the gold medal in vaulting at the 1988 Olympics, said there’s little risk with the roundoff approach.
“I’ve never had a problem with it,” she said through an interpreter last Sunday while participating in an exhibition at the Forum. “It’s an easy vault for me. …
The table was one of FIG’s best equipment innovations.
switching surfboards mid-wave
Rich Froening tougher than you
Rich Froning Jr. (born July 21, 1987) is an American professional CrossFit athlete known for his achievements in the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 CrossFit Games. He became the first person to win the title of “Fittest Man on Earth” four times with his first place in the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 CrossFit Games. …
Froning does not adhere to the Paleolithic diet which is popular in the CrossFit community. He doesn’t adhere to a specific diet plan, preferring to listen to his body. He eats a lot of peanut butter and drinks whole milk. During the day he typically doesn’t eat that much but he’ll have a large meal at night and he drinks a lot of protein shakes …
related – Meet CrossFit’s Fittest Man on Earth
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