Sam Oldham – whip to triple back
kip drills
For Shawn Johnson a kip on Bars was her most difficult skill to learn.
Swing Big posted a summary of drills Kipping deconstructed, including the best of the best, those by JAO.
Start with Kipping Process Part I on YouTube. (VIDEO)
Next, check out more interesting drills posted by Joshua Ruby.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Swing Big editor Zari Goldmann is one of the best gymnastics coaching bloggers and author of a number of coaching booklets.
headspring for WAG?
Most boys train headspring at some point in their career.
Is it a good idea for girls?
Swing Big likes the drill:
… two ways of doing front headsprings, one off a mat and the second on the floor. I’m pretty sure I’ve never had my gymnasts do it on the floor. I just haven’t felt it necessary. By the time they have a good one off the mat generally their front handsprings on floor (or TT, or into the pit) are pretty good. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That edit is from Enrique Trabanino, who likes headspring as well.
I like it too. Especially for young beginners. 🙂
life at Cirque du Soleil
Mastering the impossible.
Click PLAY or watch Artist and Coach | Episode 6 on YouTube.
If you like that, work backwards through previous episodes in this series.
Grand Tour : Discover Cirque du Soleil Headquarters | Mastering the impossible | Episode 1
Artists integration at Cirque du Soleil | Mastering the impossible | Episode 2
Creative process at Cirque du Soleil | Mastering the impossible | Episode 3
The Grid | Mastering the impossible | Episode 4
Costumes | Mastering the impossible | Episode 5
Aerobic Gymnastics Worlds
Just finished up in Cancun, Mexico.
Here’s a glimpse of our least well known FIG discipline.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
One of the highlights. 🙂
American Olympic medal sweep
Men’s Rope Climbing
1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
GOLD – Raymond Bass USA
SILVER – William Galbraith USA
BRONZE – Thomas Connolly USA
The event consisted of climbing an 8-meter-high rope, and was contested on time. All competitors were given three tries, with the fastest times determining the placements.
There were only 5 competitors.
Rope Climbing was discontinued after 1932.
Peter Kormann was the first American to win an Olympic medal in the “modern” Olympics. 1976 Montreal.
It was Peter who alerted me to this USA Olympic medal sweep. We were visiting his Yellow Jackets new gym. The very first day of opening.
Movie night for Gym Momentum Camp kids.
Gym Momentum Camp photos
The official photographer has posted some Camp pics on Facebook.
Post by Rebecca Syked.
Post by Rebecca Syked.
crazy tumbling
gymnast with a ‘dancing blade’
… As a six-year-old she developed cancer and had to have her leg amputated just two years after her mum died of the same disease.
Iona … was diagnosed with osteosarcoma – a type of bone cancer – in 2008.
Her right leg was amputated below the knee as a result.
The youngster, from Jordanhill, Glasgow, loves showing off her moves to other children and their parents who are in a similar situation and contemplating what life will be like after an amputation. …
… “Everyone trains at the same time and kids with disabilities are treated like everyone else.
“Iona does floor, vault, beam and bars and this new blade is ideal for her. …
“My prosthetic leg can feel quite heavy when I’m doing sport and this blade is brilliant,” she said.
“It’s been specially designed for me to have extra support at the heel, which helps me balance when I’m on the beam. It definitely helps me be better at gymnastics.”
🙂
(via Rec Gymnastics)
Gymnastics Coaching.com 