An excellent mini-documentary. Posted just before Worlds 2014. He’d not yet won a World Championships title.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via gymnastikfabriken)
Podkopayeva – ’96 Compulsory Floor
An example of excellent execution and artistry, here’s what we lost when FIG got rid of compulsories.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Compulsories had problems, of course. But I do miss them.
Vladimir Zaglada and others have been sharing that on Facebook.
1st World Trampoline Championships
… They were held on Saturday, March 21, 1964 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.
It was presented by the Nissen Trampoline Company and the British Amateur Gymnastics Association.
Thirty-two men and sixteen women from twelve countries competed in a double-elimination tournament facing off man-to-man (or woman-to-woman), winners advancing until there was one last man/woman standing. Each gymnast performed a 10-bounce routine for the judges to decide who advances to the next round. …
Tramp Pundit is blogging every World Championships in series as a lead-up to #30 – Daytona Beach, USA November 7th, 2014.
Premier Men’s Gymnastics, Illinois
Workout Wednesday
This workout features US Jr. National Team Member Alex Diab and the Level 10’s. …
2004 Olympic All-Around Champion Paul Hamm is one of the team coaches at Premier Gymnastics and works with guys on floor during this workout.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NTk2NzUyMjA1?related=1&autoplay=false
the Olivia Vivian show
This is good. 🙂
the men of Nanning
The new The Liukin blog is must reading for coaches of Men’s Gymnastics.
Kohei Uchimura (JPN)
Max Whitlock (GBR)
Yusuke Tanaka (JPN)
Diego Hypólito (BRA)
Deng Shudi (CHN)
Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)
Click PLAY or watch Hypolito’s Bronze FX on YouTube.
vision impaired gymnast Adrianna Kenebrew
Inspiring.
… In early October, the Houston sixth grader competed in a gymnastics meet, six days before undergoing laser surgery for her glaucoma, the 12th surgery she’s had in her young life. …
“I just really want to be Gabby Douglas … “
… the surgery went well and it will take one to two months to determine the effect it had on the tissues. …
When Adrianna was 4 she asked for a balance beam and started attending the Texas Academy of Acrobatics and Gymnastics (TAAG). According to Asha, her coaches may not even have realized anything was wrong because Adrianna went out and did the same things as the other students. …
In 2013, the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation named her the TAAG Female Athlete of the Year. …
Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning
things your athlete needs to know about you
Anne Josephson:
Here are my top ten quick tips.
1. Be happy to see them, greet them and say goodbye to them no matter how practice went.
4. Set high, but realistic expectation and goals for them.
5. Discipline them with consistency, compassion and fairness.
10. Put their physical, emotional and psychological well being ahead of gymnastics. The development of the child must always take priority over the development of the gymnast.
In short, as the great coach John Wooden said, “seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.”
Gym Jag – THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOUR ATHLETE NEEDS TO KNOW
Click through to read the rest.
Veronica Wagner comeback
Veronica Wagner is a gymnast who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics …
She is Sweden’s most successful gymnast …
Sadly, the Swedish Olympic Committee would not send her to compete a second Olympics, Beijing. 😦
Veronica, after years away, decided to make a comeback. Here’s a terrific profile from before Worlds 2014.
Unless you speak Swedish, click over to YouTube and click the CC button for English subtitles.
In Nanning, Veronica competed Vault (14.000) and Beam (13.766) to help Team Sweden achieve a rank of 21st. The top 24 teams are invited to Worlds 2015. 🙂
(via Full Twist)
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