Alec Yoder at YOGs

Home town boy makes good.

Indy Star:

Mike Yoder, father of Alec, estimated the family has spent $100,000 on gymnastics-related expenses. It is an investment …

But when the father sees his son in the Youth Olympic Games at Nanjing, China, it will be worth every penny, Mike Yoder said.

“It is who he was created to be. It is his passion,” the father said. …

Since 2009, Yoder has learned those skills from Gene Watson, first at Indy School of Gymnastics and now at InterActive Academy.

Watson, 63, has been coaching since 1973. He has had five national champions, three members of America’s 1989 world team and 1988 Olympian Kevin Davis. Watson spends as many as eight hours a week planning Yoder’s workouts.

“Gene loves our son, and we love Gene,” Mike Yoder said. “This is not any common coach/athlete relationship. This is a unique bond.” …

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For a pommel man, he circled quite low for this photo. 🙂

Rhythmic Gymnastics promo

Another terrific edit from British Gymnastics.

I’m the One who loves to be expressive. …

Featuring: Laura Halford, Nikara Jenkins and gymnasts from Elena Rhythmic Gymnastics Club and Billings Rhythmic Gymnastics Club.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Komova training Bars

Posted Aug 15th, 2014.

Happy discussion over at GymFever2012. Worlds would be much more entertaining with Vika competing Beam and Bars. That seems to be the plan a this point.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube.

She’s pretty much back to the level she competed at Russian Nationals Team Finals 2014. (VIDEO)

Still, the tap over the low Bar HAS to be 0.3 deduction each time. That’s about as flagrant a knee bend as I can recall. 😦

I wouldn’t credit the Jaeger as layout. Yet.

GymDrills.NET

Since I last reviewed the GymDrills video sharing site, they’ve made a lot of improvements.

GymDrills now offers MAG in addition to WAG and Conditioning.

Click PLAY or watch a preview on YouTube.

With free membership, you can look at all the content anytime before deciding whether or not to buy a monthly subscription.

Members can add as many of their own drills as they wish.

I love it.

gymdrills.net

Gymneo TV – handstand alignment

You can watch a teaser video right now. It’s an 8 minute excerpt from a 1 hour+ presentation on how to teach backward giant.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Launch date of their ENGLISH language site is October 25, 2014.

From September 5 through September 25 preorder a subscription and save up to 50% off the regular price.

details – en.gymneo.tv

Deanne Soza – training

Too young for the Rio Olympics, Deanne plans to train towards international competition and possibly even Olympics 2020.

She’s awesome.

Click PLAY or watch some of her training from 2013 on YouTube. (age-11)

Deanne Soza is coached by Dan and Jana Coleman at Arete Gymnastics in Utah.

related

• Triple Twist – Soza Read To Soar

• Gymternet – MEET 12-YEAR-OLD SUPERSTAR DEANNE SOZA

misguided Gymnastics parents

One skill set many coaches lack is the ability to communicate well with parents.

If you don’t educate them on the very complex sport of Artistic Gymnastics, don’t be surprised if they arrive at some of these wrong conclusions.

JAG GYM:

With tuition that can approximate a car payment each month, missed family dinners and weekends lost to travelling to remote locations to sit inside a gym or hotel convention center eating over priced hot dogs and too many brownies, no one can doubt that gymnastics parents are among the most dedicated sports parents. …

BUT …

Here are a dozen dangerous ideas that can plague even the best-intentioned gym parents:

1. If my child fails to make consistent progress it is her coach’s fault and we should change gyms.

2. For all the money I am paying, there better be results

3. The more time in the gym, the better.

see the rest – A DANGEROUS DOZEN: MISGUIDED IDEAS OF WELL-MEANING GYM PARENTS

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