Olympic Winter Games 2018 Korea

With regard to the situation on the Korean Peninsula, the (IOC) Summit expressed its appreciation that the IOC has been in close contact for many months already with the governments and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) concerned. The Summit took note that none of them has called the Olympic Games PyeongChang 2018 into question.

The safety and security of the athletes are of course the top priority for everyone in the Olympic Movement …

COMMUNIQUE OF THE OLYMPIC SUMMIT

There are at least 150,000 Americans living in South Korea. The USA is not likely to do anything to endanger those citizens.

USA TOPS 2017 teams named

See the full list.

Gymnasts who participated in the two-day testing and their parents were invited to a parent meeting with Liukin, Kim Riley, managing director of athlete programs for USA Gymnastics, Tami Davis, TOPs camp coordinator, and Annie Heffernon, Junior Olympic program coordinator for USA Gymnastics.

During the meeting, parents watched a film from Toby Stark, director of safe sport for USA Gymnastics, regarding USA Gymnastics’ latest safe sport policies and initiatives. Over the two-day camp, parents were invited to tour the National Team Training Center.

USAG

Learn more about TOPS.

teach Takemoto, not Adler

Adler (Eagle) is what the FIG Code calls the Stoop circle rearward forward on H Bar.

Stoop shoot we always called it in my Gym.

Unless the gymnasts is extremely flexible, there’s a chance to do damage to the shoulders training stoop shoot.

Ideally we’d teach Adler 1/2 (Takemoto) and 1/1 without doing the Adler itself.

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related – TECHNIQUES TO START THE STOOP CIRCLE (ADLER) ON HIGH BAR

Kyle Cradle – Circus Artist

Kyle‘s a recent graduate of Montréal’s National Circus School, specializing in handstands and contortion.

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(via Inside Gymnastics)

in defence of gymnasts training with weights

Dave Tilley:

… gymnastics still fears using external waits for kettlebells as part of their strength work.

The reality is that gymnasts under proper supervision with the proper technique are at a low risk of losing their flexibility, getting bulky, or getting hurt.

In this post, I hope to dive into some of the myths and misunderstandings that still exist in gymnastics, and talk about why I’m such a fan of using a more hybrid based model of traditional gymnastic strength and nontraditional strength.

Gymnastics and Lifting Weights: Don’t Fear Plates, Kettlebells, and Barbells.

For sure body weight resistance is best for specific conditioning. But I agree that supplementary general conditioning with free weights, kettle bells and even barbells should be considered for some kids, some phases of the year. Especially for female gymnasts who are not likely to get bulky.

I was particularly impressed / surprised with this video Dave edited …

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Pitt Gymnastics coach Samantha Snider

Samantha Snider was named the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh gymnastics program on June 12, 2017 …

Snider becomes the third head coach in the history of the gymnastics program at Pitt, stepping into her first head coaching role after spending the previous nine seasons at the University of Arkansas.

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And if you don’t catch your release move at Pitt …