World Gymnastics (FIG) summing up of a very good year.
The future?
- Jr. Camilo Vera (Columbia)
- Jr. Karl Eldrew Yulo (Philippines)
World Gymnastics (FIG) summing up of a very good year.
The future?
All-in-all, it was quite a good year for the International Gymnastics Federation, now rebranded as World Gymnastics.
Heather Parker, entering her second season as a gymnast at Central Michigan after transferring from Georgia, posted an important article on College Gym News:
College gymnastics can project an image of perfection–skills look effortless, and the athletes finish successful routines with glowing smiles. Teams broadcast the wins, celebrations, recruits, and rankings on social media.
Less often discussed is what goes into making a team successful and what happens behind the scenes to make those exciting competitions happen.
Jason Vonk, a former assistant coach at George Washington, Yale, and Georgia, had 12 years of experience across the three universities when he moved on from college coaching.
According to Vonk, a lot of what defined his time in college gymnastics wasn’t reflected in the polished version of the sport that fans and recruits see. For him, it was a system marked by fear, silence, and a culture where, as he puts it, “head coaches get complete leeway, and the assistants can’t report them, or they will lose their job.” …
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Great moments.
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Slang for a 1-footed front somersault in parkour and tricking.
Some say the name is (somehow) vaguely associated with chiropractor Dr. Larry Webster, who developed something called the Webster Technique for pregnancy. His thinking was that some kind of acrobatics could help assist in rotating a breech baby.
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