1st FIG Parkour World Cup

To get any good at this you must be very skilled at falling and landing safely.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Read the FIG write-up.

the Chris Remkes story

Insiders have known about the great Floor / Vault guy from Australia for some time. But after winning Vault Gold at Commonwealth Games at home, he’s a national sports hero.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (shot before Commonwealths)

Keeping Gymnasts SAFE

Chalk It Up Buttercup is the YouTube channel of 8-year-old Buttercup.

In this excellent video Buttercup and her coaches talk about keeping gymnasts safe, especially on appropriate and inappropriate touching.

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This is the video I’ll be showing to kids. It’s relatable and balanced. #BurnItAllDown types seem to want to ban all spotting. That’s dangerous, of course.

(via Aimee B)

the danger of circus aerial acts

After the death of super skilled aerialist Yann Arnaud I find myself getting more worried for performers.

Steve Harvey just about has a heart attack on stage.

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Scholarship For Promising Young Gymnasts

For USA high school seniors.

The … Scholarship was founded by Plum Practicewear and Grander Inc. to inspire the next generation of student-athlete gymnasts and offer an academic scholarship for a 2018 graduating high school senior that has not been awarded a full athletic scholarship.

One winner will receive a one-time scholarship totaling $2,500. Please click HERE to learn more and download the application. Deadline: 5:00pm EST, May 1, 2018.

The scholarship will be announced on June 15, 2018.

Australia – gender equality among elite coaches

For the first time the Commonwealth Games will achieve gender equality in the number of medals awarded at the Gold Coast, so sports officials have now turned their attention to a glaring imbalance between men and women in the coaching ranks …

At the previous Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, just 10 per cent of the Australian coaches were female …

The AIS and Commonwealth Games Australia are collaborating on a program designed to accelerate the development of eight female high-performance coaches, by bringing them to the Games for mentoring and education. …

The Australian

We all need to encourage girls and women to coach all apparatus.

Simone: I am better than I was in Rio

Yikes. All her competitors are suddenly training for the silver AA.

Olympic star Simone Biles better than ever

Click PLAY or watch some training footage on YouTube.