One BIG question for 2024 …
Will Olympic Champ Hashimoto Daiki defend his title in Paris?
Or is it time for Zhang Boheng to finish atop the podium?
FIG Coach Education Worldwide
It does feel like the pandemic is over as FIG coach education courses resume.
The move towards eLearning continued with the creation of online theory courses for all Level 2 academies – another step forward after the same task had been undertaken for Foundation and Level 1 courses in 2022.
In addition, a safeguarding course was implemented and made obligatory from 1 December for all coaches who attend FIG-sanctioned events.
… Overall there were 18 FIG academies in 2023 and Africa was the focus for the first eight months of the year …
FIG – 2023 in review: Education team pave the way for tomorrow
I led one Age Group Camp in Nigeria. And it was arguably the best organized I’ve been involved with so far.
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top 5 Gymnastics moments 2023
Simpson Head Coach Colin Payne
Simpson College is a private Methodist liberal arts college in Indianola, Iowa.
… about 1,250 full-time and 300 part-time students.
College athletic teams are nicknamed the Storm.
Click PLAY or watch an interview on YouTube. Their Men’s Gymnastics team is growing.
GAGE tumbling
I’ve been to hundreds of Gyms.
For me GAGE has the best set-up. Gymnasts can quickly switch between different kinds of tumbling strips.
Nile & Ash train BEAM 😀
Patrick Hoopes– Pommels
Top score in the modified rules 2023 CGA All-Stars meet, along with Ignacio Yockers.
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Drag Queens talk Khorkina 😀
Simone joins the Harlem Globetrotters 😀
Ep. 2 Becky Downie documentary
Episode 2: Coming off of a disappointing performance at English Championships, Becky must regroup quickly if she wants to be in contention to represent GB at the 2023 European Championships.
Deanna Hong:
My goal is to share Becky’s incredible story as far and wide as possible. A lot of high-quality gymnastics content is geo-blocked/paywalled nowadays, which is why I’ve chosen to release this documentary on YouTube.
The first two episodes of “Comeback” were self-funded. It was important to me to compensate all of my friends who helped bring “Comeback” to life, which I have done, but all of my time filming and editing this passion project was done in my free time outside of my paid work.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (28min) Features Nick Ruddock.
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