One of the great coach educators in Canada has retired from his full-time job as coordonnateur technique à la fédération de gymnastique du Québec.
Sam Peszek’s 11 tips for gymnasts
5. Are you in or are you out?
6. If you’re going to do something, you might as well give 100%
10. RAW: Ruthlessly Attack your Weaknesses
11. Become a 24 Hour Athlete
You can also check out Samantha Peszek and Beam Queen Bootcamp on instagram.
Click over to GymnasticsHQ for the details – OLYMPIAN SAMANTHA PESZEK SHARES 11 TIPS TO HELP YOU BECOME A BETTER GYMNAST
how Payton Richards thinks on Beam
Stick to your plan. Count on your training.
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Payton, a two time J.O. Beam champion, will compete for Florida.
Moors on Floor
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compete in Bermuda March 15-19th, 2019
Put it on your calendar now.
- USAIGC Invitational
- USAG Boys J.O. Invitational
- USAG Girls J.O. and Xcel Invitational
Most likely an FIG Age Group WAG and MAG competition / camp will be hosted, as well.
Bermuda would love to have more boys attend.
igcBermuda (a) gmail.com for more information.
Laney Madsen to compete for Bulgaria
Laney was born in Germany where her American father was stationed with the U.S. Military. Her mother is Bulgarian.
After living in Germany for eight years, the family moved to California. Laney trained Cheer until 2014 then switched to Artistic training at Gym-Max.
Sounds like she’s got permission to compete internationally for Bulgaria.
eccentric strength training
An eccentric contraction is the motion of an active muscle while it is lengthening under load. …
An eccentric contraction is one of the three distinct phases in the movement of muscles and tendons, the other two are an isometric contraction (no movement), and a concentric contraction (contracting). …
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That first drill is ideal for those cannot yet do chin-ups on their own.
Dave Tilley posted more on why he likes eccentric strength training.
the Li Li on Beam
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USA at Jr Pan Ams
UPDATE – One USAG tweet seems to indicate that they MIGHT be considering sending a WAG competitor to YOGs for the first time.
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June 13-15th, Buenos Aires.
A qualifier for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in Buenos Aires in October.
Fans can follow the Junior Pan American Championships several different ways: Facebook; YouTube; and Instagram. The organizers are planning to provide live coverage of the event on its YouTube page.
Brandon Briones
Taylor Burkhart
JR Chou
Isaiah Drake
Coaches
Tom Meadows, Cypress Academy
Pavel Sargsyan, Gymnastics Olympica
Travis Rainer, North Valley Gymnastics, chaperone
Jordan Bowers
JaFree Scott
Tori Tatum
Leanne Wong
Coaches
Danelle Catlett, Solid Rock Gymnastics
Al Fong and Armine Barutyan, GAGE
Sarah Jantzi, Twin City Twisters
via USAG
6 Floor trends
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