Gymnastics Coaching.com

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.

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. 🙂

Post by FIG.

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.

Sports Reference

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.

Tumbl Trak Yellow Jackets