tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Too young for the Rio Olympics, Deanne plans to train towards international competition and possibly even Olympics 2020.
She’s awesome.
Click PLAY or watch some of her training from 2013 on YouTube. (age-11)
Deanne Soza is coached by Dan and Jana Coleman at Arete Gymnastics in Utah.
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• Triple Twist – Soza Read To Soar
• Gymternet – MEET 12-YEAR-OLD SUPERSTAR DEANNE SOZA
One skill set many coaches lack is the ability to communicate well with parents.
If you don’t educate them on the very complex sport of Artistic Gymnastics, don’t be surprised if they arrive at some of these wrong conclusions.
JAG GYM:
With tuition that can approximate a car payment each month, missed family dinners and weekends lost to travelling to remote locations to sit inside a gym or hotel convention center eating over priced hot dogs and too many brownies, no one can doubt that gymnastics parents are among the most dedicated sports parents. …
BUT …
Here are a dozen dangerous ideas that can plague even the best-intentioned gym parents:
1. If my child fails to make consistent progress it is her coach’s fault and we should change gyms.
2. For all the money I am paying, there better be results
3. The more time in the gym, the better.
see the rest – A DANGEROUS DOZEN: MISGUIDED IDEAS OF WELL-MEANING GYM PARENTS
Claire Martin (FRA) – Barres- Match France/Roumanie/Belgique Senior
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
via GymFever
Coverage of the 2014 P&G Gymnastics Championships begins Wednesday, Aug. 20, right here on our YouTube channel! For more info, visit PGChamps.com.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Though I followed the competition closely online, I still learned a lot from the most recent GymCastic podcast.
Jessica, Blythe, Emma and Jamie chat about:
Did Australian head coach, Peggy Liddick’s controversial plan to take potential event medalists and leaving their all-around champion at home (work).
Our fears that the British media are portraying Fragapane as the next world champion and will set her up for unreasonable expectations. …
Dipa Karmakar’s double front vault. Was it worthy of it’s namesake, the great Produnova? …
The most anticipated pommel horse show down since the 2012 Olympic Games. …
Ellie Black vs. Claudia Fragapane in the vault finals–we discuss whether or not the outcome was fair. …
episode 108: The Commonwealth Games
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Let’s Talk Gymnastics posted some entertaining AWARDS from CWGs:
BEST PERSONALITY:
WAG Winner: Olivia Vivian (AUS)
MAG Winner: Adam Cox (SCO)
BEST UNEXPECTED MEDALISTS:
WAG Winner: Team Wales
MAG Winners: David Bishop (NZL)-floor and Wah Toon Hoe (SIN)- vault
BEST SMILE:
WAG Winner: Farah Ann Abdul Hadi (MAS)
MAG Winner: Nile Wilson (ENG)
Those certainly are the happiest major Games. 🙂
… Maggie (Haney) and MG Elite have helped put New Jersey on the map right up there with Texas as a “gymnastics state.” The gym boasts powerful, tough, and artistically-minded elite gymnasts, 13 and 14-year-olds with more performance ability in their pinky fingers than many experienced senior elites have combined. It’s been a welcome breath of fresh air to the U.S. program and The Gymternet can’t wait to see what these young ladies can do in the future.
Lauren Hopkins interviewing coach Maggie Haney:
What do you see in Laurie, in Jazmyn, and in Ari that makes each one successful at a high level in an elite sport? What is the biggest thing each has overcome to succeed?
Laurie, Ari and Jazzy are all special in their own way. Laurie is exceptionally beautiful. It is hard to take your eyes off her when she is doing gymnastics! She is my ideal look for a perfect gymnast. She is also a magnet for the crowd. Everyone loves Laurie!
Ari is a little powerhouse. She is raw potential. Ari loves to play and try new skills. She has time on her side, so I am not in a rush.
Jazzy is a very well-rounded gymnast who is the total package. She does not have a weak event. She has great legs on floor and vault, she can swing bars with the best of them, and she is very consistent and has a great presentation on beam. She has improved so much in the past year; I do not think anything is out of her reach.
Laurie will not be competing Championships. She’s still recovering from injury.
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