Team Russia had a terrible, horrible meet.
But it’s great to see Vika back out on the competition floor.
Click PLAY or watch Bars podium training on YouTube.
coach education – digital or print?
Canada, over the past 5 years, moved all but their introductory coaching course from paper to digital: PDF, photos and video.
Digital is the future, whether we like it or not.
There are pros and cons of course.
There may be economic and environmental reasons to go paperless.
Researchers are studying differences between reading print and digital media:
… Students said they preferred and performed better when reading on screens. But their actual performance tended to suffer.
For example, from our review of research done since 1992, we found that students were able to better comprehend information in print for texts that were more than a page in length. This appears to be related to the disruptive effect that scrolling has on comprehension. …
A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens
In Canada the coach education content was much improved in the shift to digital. VIDEO improves comprehension over our former black & white photos.
Unfortunately the VIDEOS are locked behind a Gymnastics Canada paywall. The friction of remembering password and logging in results in far fewer views than we’d have if they were freely available online.
In 2018 most people value paper content over PDFs. They tend to put books on a shelf somewhere. Often misplace the PDF because of a poor digital filing system.
Coaches were more ACTIVE during a course when hands-on materials. It’s not nearly the same with a laptop or iPad.
I do think people will improve their digital learning skills over time.
Stanford highlights
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
Akash Modi interview
Former NCAA Champion and 2017 Nissen-Emery Award winner Akash Modi will be competing at the Stuttgart World Cup.
Good luck.
Here’s a recent interview.
GBC – What gym did you attend during your JO & Elite years and who were your coaches?
AM – I went to Monmouth Gymnastics Academy for my JO career from the age of 6 to 18, after which I moved to Stanford University where I’ve been for the last 4.5 years. My coach back at MGA was Yuriy Aminov, and my coaches here at Stanford are Thom Glielmi, Karl Ziehn, and Syque Caesar. …
BC – Did you find it difficult to train your Elite routines while still competing at the collegiate level?
AM – Not at all! In fact, competing in collegiate competition allowed me to experiment with new skills and routines that I would have been hesitant to do in higher pressure Elite level meets. Having a competition nearly every weekend during the collegiate season helped me gain confidence in my routines and my ability to compete well …
GBC – What goals do you have leading up to 2020?
AM – My personal goals are to improve my execution and the look of my gymnastics to be competitive with the top guys in the world. My team goals are to make the World Championships teams for 2018 and 2019 and bring back a team medal for the US. …
GBC – Who is your gymnastics idol?
AM – Raj Bhavsar
One reason I try to avoid watching millionaire sportsmen on TV is that guys like Modi are training even harder yet have trouble meeting their monthly bills.
You can support Akash on this site:
Brittany Rogers to Alberta Gymnastics
Brittany trains at Calgary Gymnastics Centre.
She’ll also be working social media / promotion for the Alberta Gymnastics Federation (AGF) office in Calgary.
Great hire. 🙂
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Horton, Hamm – Team Ninja Warrior
It’s GO time.
Team Ninja Warrior is a U.S. reality TV sports television game show (spin-off) from American Ninja Warrior.
We’ll be cheering Paul Hamm, Jon Horton and Olympic pole vaulter, April Steiner Bennett.
Lauren Bridgens – Bars
10 from this judge. Handstands like Vanessa Zamarripa.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
(via FloGymnastics)
UCLA 2018 Senior Video
Peng’s 3rd Senior video.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Miss Val and Peng talk about Senior night on Twitter.
It’s hard to believe Christine will be gone next season. ☹️
I recall her in High School telling me her role model was UCLA’s Vanessa Zamarripa.
Komova will compete this weekend
Viktoria Komova is unexpectedly making her international comeback (well, technically, Voronin Cup was an international competition, but…) this weekend at the DTB Pokal Team challenge in Stuttgart.
Last week Komova mentioned during a live stream on Instagram that she was originally supposed to go to Stuttgart but her coach decided against it and she was not listed on the nominative team. However, one of the team members, new senior Valeria Saifullina, got injured and Komova came in as a last-minute replacement …
