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Simone Biles – Cheerleader?
Jossimar Calvo – P Bars
Komova Bars – Hungary 2014
Vika competed AA in this meet. Getting back to business.
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Posted by @whiptotriple
More videos from that competition linked here.
via @theLiukin
what fearful gymnasts want you to know
JAG GYM:
I know that I am difficult to coach.
I worry that you don’t like me.
Being fearful is different than being stubborn.
I can’t just “stop it.”
Yelling or threatening me doesn’t solve my fear issues.
My fear is a very real thing.
I would give anything not to be scared.
It hurts when you ignore me.
Please be there for me.
Help me work through my fear. Be patient with me. Break the skill down into smaller parts. Find alternative skills for me to do that might be less scary to me. If I am still struggling, get my parents involved. Maybe I do need to see a sports psychologist. Maybe my problem is larger than gymnastics. Pay attention and be an advocate for me, not an adversary. You are my coach, and I need you.
Click through for more detail. And a link to a coach’s perspective on this topic.
Weiler + 3 pirouettes
Basketball – Lords of Gravity
Lords of Gravity, out of Budapest, are a basketball slam dunk and TrampoWall team formed 2012.
This is the best tramp basketball edit I’ve ever seen.
Ragan Smith – Beam Patterson
Just one of the upgrade videos included in a post by Arabian Punch Front – This Week in Training: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
teen paralyzed in a pit landing
Corey Sands at North Harbour Gymnastics, New Zealand.
Another example of how pits are not foolproof. 😦
Corey’s twin, Callum, told the Weekend Herald that his brother had attempted a back-flip off a high bar and into a foam pit below.
It wasn’t clear exactly how the injury happened.
Corey’s friend Oscar Arnold reacted quickly – something Callum believes saved his brother’s life.
Oscar said last night he and friend Ben Padden waited about 10 seconds, believing their friend would emerge.
“Ben heard him say, ‘get me out of here’. Then we jumped in and tried to clear the foam,” said Oscar.
“Ben created an air pocket for him to breathe, and I just talked to him and tried to calm him down. He was so scared.” …
fundraiser – Corey Sands
There are more details on a dedicated Facebook page.
2014 DMT and Tumbling Worlds
Leigh Hennessy Robson makes the finals come alive with this blow by blow account – Trampoline Pundit – Drama in the Ocean Center: Part II
Another cool FIG edit – Popping off
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