Whistler Bounce Acrobatic Academy has been open for 2yrs, expanding to two adjacent gyms over that time. It’s a Trampoline club geared to ski and Action Sports.
Click PLAY or watch Deaner – Ski & Bounce on Vimeo. It’s got some pretty cool footage of Bounce. As well as big air on the slopes.
Normally I’d urge parents to keep their kids OUT of Trampoline gyms like this. But BOUNCE is better than most. More thoughtfully set-up. Better padded.
Dave Ross built them a custom Rebound Super Tramp. That’s one insane piece of equipment.
It’s worth checking out if you get up to Whistler B.C., site of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
It’s a mistake to have athletes do these with bad form.
We must incline the “board” (could be a mat) until they can do those with good technique.
Doug Davis agrees. In fact, he feels we should start leg raises with young kids lying on the floor.
If they are not strong enough for those, Doug would put them on an incline, but with the feet higher than the head. Gravity assists rather than providing resistance.
Tumbl Trak’s James Parent and I dropped in for a practice at Whistler Gymnastics‘ new facility in the Vancouver, B.C. resort town.
It’s fully equipped for WAG, Circus Arts and Trampoline.
A few steps next door is the Whistler Athletes’ Centre, a hostel where athletes & coaches can stay at low cost.
Thanks Karin, Tami and everyone at Whistler for your warm hospitality. 🙂
Over 2 million people visit Whistler annually for skiing, mountain biking, hiking and all things outdoors. If you are one of them, drop in to see this terrific gym in the mountains.
One of the stories to watch at the Winter Olympics.
Mikaela Shiffrin is the reigning World Cup and world champion in slalom. …
Disciplines slalom, giant slalom
Club Burke Mountain Academy
Born March 13, 1995 (age 18)
Vail, Colorado, U.S.
Mom Eileen:
… “Because she skis so efficiently, everyone perceives Mikaela as this perfectly prepped, organized little machine,” Eileen said. … “If they only knew that we don’t know what we’re doing half the time.
“People think we’ve had this master plan to produce a world champion. We have no plan.”
• 1st in the world to compete a Triple Fly-away High Bar
• 3rd in the world to compete Quad Fly-Away off swinging rings
… He started his career in the sport as a gymnast earning a full scholarship to southern Illinois University. In 1973 he studied men’s gymnastics in Japan on an exchange program.
He has coached at numerous gyms across the country including; California State University, Northridge 1973-78; Asst. Coach under Dan Connelley. SCATS Gymnastics 1980-88, where he assisted coach Don Peters an Olympic coach. At SCATS he helped coach Olympians Mitch Gaylord and Charles Lakes. Mark also coached for Kelli Hill, Hill’s Gym 2007-08. …
Today he’s USAG Boys Team Head Coach at Nittany Gym.
For the Italians, 2013 started with the return of Enrico Casella as Direttore Tecnico Nazionale (National Team Coach/Coordinator). In an interview, he stated that:
“Italy must do well on the occasions that matter, and must be able to compete on a global level.”
I would say that in 2013 Italy was able to do just that. … in total they won 17 international medals.
After the disappointment of the 2012 Olympics, many thought that Vanessa Ferrari might retire …
At 23, Ferrari, proved all the naysayers wrong. Of the 17 international medals won by Italy in 2013, Vanessa won 7 of those. She won 2 golds, AA and FX, at the Mediterranean Games; 2 silvers on floor, one from Worlds the other the La Roche sur Yon world cup; and 3 bronzes, 2 in AA at the Stuttgart and Glasgow World Cups and 1 on BB at the Mediterranean Games. The podium finishes at the end of the year World Cups means that Ferrari now has won a medal in every major international competition except for the Olympics.
… National coach Enrico Casella has decided on some specific “goals” the Italian girls have to reach . These are:
Vault:
– Learn a Kasamatsu vault
– Learn a Yurchenko 1 1/2 or 2
Bars:
– Every gymnast has to use grips
– Learn more releases
Beam:
– Learn 3 elements series with rebounding.
– Learn a “difficult” skill ( back tuck 1/1, layout or back
handspring 1/1)
Floor:
– Learn three difficult passes ( double layout, front double, triple
twist, full twisting double back, double Arabian, 2 1/2 twist to front 1/1)
– Create an artistic performance.
Gymnastike’s latest series of Beyond the Routine with Bridget Sloanand the Florida Gators will premiere Tuesday, January 14 in Gymnastike Gold. (paid subscription)
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