Gymnastics Coaching.com

by site editor Rick McCharles

The non-profit Society clubs in Canada are not dying. It’s nearly impossible to kill one.

But most of the new clubs opening in Canada are for profit businesses.

And that’s good news. 🙂

More competition. More innovation. Higher quality.

The latest in my city is a 2nd location for Gymtastics, 15,000 square feet.

Good luck to owners Darlene Fedyna & Travis Oxley.

Earlier this Fall Kyle Shewfelt opened a new gym in town. A couple of years ago Darlene Traviss opened Flip Factory.

My first advice to any young coach who wants to make a career out of Gymnastics:

Own your own gym.

The reigning National Champion Gators prepare for season with an Orange and Blue intrasquad meet in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. The University of Florida gymnasts competed Thursday Dec. 6th divided as an Orange and a Blue team. This video features highlights from their new routines and reveals the winner of the competition.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NjY3NzI2MjE2?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of 2014 NCAA Preseason on gymnastike.org

See more Florida on the ladanyirobert YouTube channel.

I thought I’d heard everything. 😦

COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. — Park High School’s head gymnastics coach was placed on a paid leave of absence after he was criminally cited for tattooing minors without written parental consent.

Terry Robert Hardy, 37, of Hastings, told Hastings police he had received verbal permission to tattoo the teens, but police and parents dispute that. …

Hardy also was fired from a separate position as head of the school district Community Education’s youth gymnastics program.

One of the teens, a 16-year-old girl, received three tattoos from Hardy. One is on her wrist and reads “Strength.” Another was done on her shoulder blade, and a cross was done on her neck. …

read more on Pierce County Herald

http://seenive.com/v/952021180603322368/embed?mute=1

We all need support teams like Cal Berkeley who by blood, sweat and tears continue to compete NCAA.

Cal opens their season against Stanford at home Sat. Jan 11th.

Looks like a pretty cool event.

Come meet me and help support @UCBerkeley Men's Program on January 11th at 1pm. pic.twitter.com/rfLCSatYTx

— Nastia Liukin (@NastiaLiukin) December 9, 2013

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Marcel Nguyen, Kim Bui and friends.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thank Uschi Donaleshen for the link.

A birthday montage from Chris Saccullo.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

McKayla turns 18 today.

She recently starred in the TV show Bones Episode: “The Spark in the Park”.

Click PLAY or watch a teaser on YouTube.

Happy Birthday too to MyKayla Skinner. She turns 17 today. 🙂

Catherine, from Europa, won the AA and all 4 apparatus, despite a fall on Bars.

Here’s the BG write up – Catherine Lyons completes Espoir dominance:

Competing in the brilliant Emirates Arena following the 2013 Glasgow World Cup gave all the gymnasts a great opportunity to gain vital experience of competing on podium in a huge arena …

Her Beam and Floor are lovely.

Click PLAY or watch Beam on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch FX on YouTube.

Nice edit.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Let’s hope this isn’t their final official season.

The best newspaper article I’ve read so far. 😦

A hard fall for Temple gymnasts and coach

(via Gymnastikfabriken)

Jo Richards:

99 of Australia’s best young gymnasts aged between 9-12 years and their personal coaches recently attended the International Development Program (IDP) Clinic, in total representing 15 different High Performance programs from around the country.

The clinic was led by Gymnastics Australia’s National Pathways Manager, Jo Richards, along with experienced coaches:

– Women’s Artistic Gymnastics National Coach: Peggy Liddick
– VWHPC VIS Gymnastics Coaches: Misha Barabach and Tracey Penaluna
– Choreographer: Stacey Umeh

… In between training sessions many of the girls were involved in the final testing session of the research study – “A Multi-factorial risk analysis of Australian elite female gymnasts”. Gymnastics Australia, the Victorian Institute of Sport and the Australian Catholic University are working together on a nationwide research project on injuries in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. The project aims to identify the “at risk” development stages for elite female gymnasts and, secondly, the risk factors associated with elite gymnastics. …

Best young talent impress in Melbourne

… He is a former principal owner of the New Jersey Nets and New Jersey Devils, and a member of the board of governors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

Katz is a co-owner of Interstate General Media, which in 2012 acquired The Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com.

Philly.com

petition – Save Temple University Men’s Gymnastics

This before the recent cutting of a number of NCAA sports teams.

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(via NCAA MEN’S GYMNASTICS ALUMNI on Facebook)

UPDATE: Apparently Katz was one of the trustees who voted to cut the 7 sports. 😦