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The former FIG MTC Chair, current FIG Education & Academy Programs Director, has been a FIG judge since the 2nd cycle, certifying 1969 at Penn State.
So far as I know, he’s held a brevet longest of any judge in any discipline.
Receiving the Nik Stuart award 2012.
Leave a comment if you know of any MAG FIG judge active since the 1st cycle.
Eight members of the U.S. Men’s National Team are training for a week with the Chinese National Team at the Chinese National Training Center in Beijing, China. …
Andriy Stepanchenco, coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Center; Kevin Mazeika, U.S. Men’s National Team coordinator; Nori Iwai, coach at the University of Oklahoma; Don Rackey, trainer; and Xiao Yuan, coach at the University of Michigan. …
The next episode of The Hard Way To Success looks great. It features Dutch gymnast Julia Bombach.
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In many MAG gyms I see Men’s coaches torturing young guys, trying to force their shoulders to be flexible for dorsal grip requirement on Horizontal Bar.
FIG certainly should have dropped the dorsal requirement long ago.
John Carroll at Surrey Gymnastics showed me a smarter, safer way to start.
He uses parallettes, having the guys rotate them as far as they can — but not all the way to el-grip handstand.
John is B.C. Men’s Technical Coordinator and judged Worlds 2013 for Canada.
Goodheart Books:
Our first book tells the delightful story of an 8 year old gymnast Zoe (that name is not totally by coincidence!) who learns about having a peaceful balanced mind by walking eyes closed on a practice beam on the floor.
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I’m quite worried about this looming issue.
The idea is simple: to alter our genetic makeup, the very building blocks of who we are, in order to make us stronger or faster. The practicalities are highly complex. …
Back in 2003, Wada (World Anti-Doping Agency) banned gene doping. …
I’ll grab any excuse to link to the beautiful form and presentation of McCool.
There’s a dramatic story to this routine, as well.
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That was one of the favourite memories of coach and author Julie Cross as linked by Arabian Punch Front:
• Author Interview: Julie Cross Part 1
• Author Interview: Julie Cross Part 2
Download Julie’s novel Letters to Nowhere from Amazon. ($.99 Kindle edition)
>Her family may be shattered, but her dreams aren’t…
A Mature YA contemporary set in the tough world of Elite Gymnastics.
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