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You’ve got to love the 9 time 5 time World Champion. She wears her heart on her (gym) sleeve.

Cheng Fei at Yangtze Forum to Promote Gymnastics in China – Coach Lu Told Me to Be Consistent

related – Couch Gymnast – May 2013 Birthday Profile: Cheng Fei

For double somersaulting skills where gymnasts MIGHT under-rotate (e.g. Tsukahara, Yurchenko, double back, etc.) I’ll often count routines where gymnast “stand” (land on the feet) or “over-rotate”.

Over-rotating I call a “good mistake“. Under-rotating a BAD mistake. 😦

Those graphics come from Dave Tilley’s article on “anterior talocrural impingement”:

… Don’t let that term intimidate you, when broken down it’s not too bad.

“Anterior” means the front of the body, “talocrural” simply refers to the major ankle joint that allows the foot to move up and down, and “impingement” means that the joint or other tissue structures are being pushed on each other usually resulting in pain. So, pain in the front of the ankle that is felt when the bones or foot structures get pressed too hard on each other. …

Actually, you probably will be intimidated when you look at the full article. 🙂

IMPACT BASED ANKLE PAIN IN GYMNASTS: UNDERSTANDING WHY AND POSSIBLE WAYS TO ASSIST WITH INJURY REDUCTION

I’m on holiday.

Big Daddy (325m high)

There seems to be something wrong with the line of gravity in these dunes. 🙂

Just arrived Swakopmund, Namibia’s Adventure capital.

Will be dropping by the gym today. American coach Joe Softich is here right now. The club is happy to host visiting coaches if you’re planning a future Namibian holiday.

Louis Smith talks to BGtv about his return to gymnastics and his plans for 2014.

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I was a bit of a doubter regarding his chances to make the Commonwealth Games team. But am slowly getting convinced Louis is serious.

From the fantastic Joe Langley YouTube channel. Possibly the very best source of free coaching videos on the internet. At one time it cost $120/yr to subscribe to those.

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(via Swing Big)

Ever.

(via Pushy Queen)

Watch the trailer for the twelfth episode of The Hard Way To Success with Luke Carson.

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(via Manajak’s Ed Sterenberg)

The Gymnastics federations of Zimbabwe and of Mozambique both hosted an FIG Follow-up and Monitoring Camp for the FIG Age Group Development and Competition Programme in Artistic Gymnastics on February 28 to March 2, 2014. These were the 37th and 38th Age Group training sessions that has now had the attendance of 816 different coaches from 77 countries

Thanks go to the very active President Edmundo Ribeira who attended the camp directly after arriving from Paris and left immediately afterwards to attend the FIG Gymnastics for All Symposium in the USA. Lucinda Martins did most of the advance organizational work.

Both of these three-day camps focused primarily on practical work in the gymnasium with coaches and their gymnasts on the various technical and physical tests, the compulsory exercises and the modified optional rules. …

FIG – Zimbabwe and Mozambique simultaneously host FIG Age Group Camps

A few photos from the MOZ Camp hosted at the Faculdade de Educação Física e Desporto, Maputo.

The kids are natural athletes. Coaches are keen. But a lack of training equipment has stalled development of the sport since some years ago when East German coaches first arrived.

Leave a comment if you have any suggestions on how to get gymnastics equipment to Africa.