Gymnastics documentary – Keeping Up With Chris

When Chris Bunton was born with Down Syndrome his parents wondered if he’d ever achieve the independence they dreamed of… but he has exceeded all their expectations. At just 22 years old, Chris combines part-time work with university study as well as a demanding gymnastics training programme. Chris invites us into his busy life in Sydney, while his parents share insights they have gained from raising an independent son.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Gymnast Chris Bunton may have Down Syndrome but proves no dream is big enough to achieve in new film Keeping up with Chris

Canadian National Team training

Prior to the 2015 Pan Am Games.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/ODM5Nzk0ODE1?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more videos on Gymnastike

related – the current Senior team

aerial ski flipping & twisting

In the sport of freestyle aerials, skiers are judged on their ability to perform complex jumps in the air. Emily Cook, a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Freestyle team, and Paul Doherty, a Senior Scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, show how these jumps actually come from three basic twisting techniques that you can try in your own classroom.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2010)

(via Gymnast Crossing)

2015 Japan Jr Apparatus Finals

Vault
1. Kuwajima JPN & Hernandez USA 14.566
3. Foberg USA 14.363

Bars
1. Ilyankova RUS 15.166
2. Hernandez USA 14.833
3. Hanashima JPN 13.800

Beam
1. Liu CHN 14.800
2. Hernandez USA 14.633
3. Foberg USA 13.900

Floor
1. Hernandez USA 14.933
2. Roberts CAN 13.900
3. Dobashi JPN 13.766

WAG results

Laurie’s combined apparatus finals were 59.232.

MAG results

https://instagram.com/p/7-HNeiEscB/
 

related – WAG AA

1. Hernandez USA 58.750
2. Foberg USA 55.950
3. Elena Eremina RUS 55.600

related – Gymternet – A Brief Junior Japan Recap

via Gymternet Clan and GymFever2012

yelling at athletes â€¦

Nick Ruddock:

If I need to shout at any athlete in order for them to work hard, then;

(1) I’ve done a pretty poor job in coaching them to this point, and

(2) I’d rather not coach them at all, even if they were an international medal hopeful. …

read more on Technique Talk #2 – YELLING AND TELLING

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