Time to Hang up the Grips

Georgia Bonora:

“It’s difficult adjusting to life outside of gym. I’m actually missing training a lot. I never realised how passionate I am about the sport until I was finished. It’s difficult finding something else that will compare.” …

“(In) 2008 I had the best competition of my career. I finished the entire Games with no falls and had a personal best.”

In fact Georgia finished 13th AA and helped the team to 6th place, the two highest results for Australia at an Olympic games. …

Couch Gymnast – Georgia Bonora: “When It’s Time to Hang up the Grips”

Click PLAY or watch her 2008 Bars on YouTube. (Comaneci salto)

Beam – backward handspring Arabian

Swing Big:

… I love arabians, but when they are standing arabians they often tend to be squaty. When they come out of a back handspring they are just lovely. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Bill Cosby saves Temple Gymnastics

Support this fundraiser, if you can. 🙂

An Evening with Bill Cosby: to SAVE the Temple Men’s Gymnastics Program

Temple Men’s Gymnastics – Philadelphia Boys’ Gymnastics

Thursday, August 14, 2014 from 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM (PDT)

Philadelphia, PA

Bill Cosby

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Gymnastics Coaching drills

I had 4 presentations at GymCon 2014.

Here’s one – Safest, Funest, Fastest, Easiest, least “Spottingest” Training.

best gymnastics drills

Some of my favourite drills. I tried to include some that I don’t see often enough in the Gyms I visit.

VIDEO (22min) – no audio

Plan on GymCon 2015. The total cost for what you get (hotel, food, entertainment, flight) is less for most people than for USAG Congress events. And it gets you to VEGAS, baby. 🙂

GymCon sessions are smaller, friendlier. You get more interaction time with clinicians. The hosts – Inside Gymnastics, Tumbl Trak and Cirque du Soleil – are awesome. too. The kind of people you want to hang out with.

official website – GymConUSA.com

Shawn and Gabby 2012

This video posted July 2012 has 400,000 hits, but I’ve not linked to it before now.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Shawn’s The Body Department)

Catherine Lyons & Rochelle Douglas

A very entertaining interview this week on GymCastic episode 99.

Princess Catherine Lyons and her coach, former international elite, Rochelle Douglas have been together since Catherine was six!

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