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Triple Twist posted a profile on Alex Marks, gymnast at Bart Conner Gymnastics in Norman, Oklahoma.
Click through to see her clean and pretty gymnastics.
Click PLAY or watch a sample on YouTube.
Class of 2016, Alex is destined for Oklahoma. 🙂 The NCAA Team, that is.
Tramp, Tumbling, TeamGym
Crazy difficulty.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (profanity)
via Greg Roe
UTRS updated July 11th: WAG & MAG | July competitions
EYOF July 12-16 | VIDEO: WAG AA Finals (1hr 30min)
2013 J.O. National All Around and Uneven Bars Champion Nicole Lehrman of Capital straps on the GoPro camera …
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Nzc1NzE3MTQ1?related=1&autoplay=false
Watch more video of Gymnast View on gymnastike.org
Note that Nicole’s camera “sees” neither the rail nor her toes.
This week’s Workout Wednesday takes us to SCEGA in Temecula, CA. Coach and choreographer Meredith Paulicivic gives us a rundown of a training day at her gym in preparation for the 2013 California Classic. SCEGA has been producing top gymnasts for decades.
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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MzU0NzE3MTQ0?related=1&autoplay=false
Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org
A new one recently posted by By Chris Salvato – Deconstructing the One Arm Handstand.
And an older one on Beast Skills – One Arm Handstand Lessons From a Chinese Acrobat.
If you want to train that skill, get help from a circus or Acrobatic Gymnastics expert. They’re better at 1-arm handstands than we are at 2-arm. 🙂
Leave a comment if you have other good resources for 1-arm hand.
Former Dutch gymnasts Stasja Köhler and Simone Heitinga, now in their 30s, wrote a book called de onvrije oefening detailing the abusive training methods they endured as elite gymnasts.
The coaches accused are Gerrit Beltman and Frank Louter.
Review:
“Heitinga and Köhler relive their negative experience and harsh training conditions, set by their coach Gerrit Beltman …
… involves the whole set of experiences in their journey to become a top gymnast. A mixture of anxiety and loneliness …
… Utilizing their anxieties, ambition and loyalties, he completely shields the two young girls systematically in a psychological trap they cannot escape, nor let anyone help them. …
At the end of the book, a number of statements from ex-top gymnasts (such as Suzanne Harmes, Renske Endel and Danila Koster) and parents also share their experiences.
… In an official statement in the TV-show “Brandpunt”, Beltman apologized for his behavior and his training methods in his early years as a young trainer.
read more on GymPOWER
Several editors and followers of GymPOWER read the book and drew the same conclusion: this book has to be read by the entire, global, gymnastics community. … It is an absolute eye-opener and it makes you aware on how you should be on your guard, whether you are a coach, parent, manager, supervisor, paramedic, judge, gymnast or athlete.
I am hopeful of seeing translation into other languages.
The Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation have reportedly made steps to ensure a better and safe training environment for child athletes.
Gerard’s popular video from 2011 has seen a resurgence online lately.
It is awesome. Worth another look even if you saw it way back when.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Typically thought of as a sport for wusses … The level of intricacy involved whilst performing these high intensity skills is, in fact, on the verge of becoming an extreme sport. …
This video will, hopefully, represent the masculinity behind the sport which is too commonly condemned by ignorance. If this video shapes the way that you originally perceived the sport, please pass on this new found knowledge by linking to your friends or a selective community. Help to manifest this sport, it is truly amazing and the practitioners involved deserve more respect. …
