Gymnastics Sports Parenting Book

Authors Gordon MacLelland (Chief Executive Officer at Working With Parents in Sport) and Sarah Murray.

… launch comes following the partnership we launched with Working With Parents in Sport (WWPIS) last year, supporting making a real difference in the gymnastics community.

The UK-based company has been leading our work to help support parents, gymnasts, and coaches to have positive relationships so young people thrive both in and out of their sport. …

It consists of six key focus areas, which are also the focus of WWPIS interactive sessions:

1)      Performance sports parenting – an introduction

2)      Parent parent OR sport parent – striking the balance

3)      What’s your lens?

4)      Managing disappointment – avoiding devastation

5)      “Fast cars; poor brakes” – the adolescent brain

6)      The end – Beyond the Badge

British Gymnastics

£14.99

Mélanie – 4 apparatus in Team

The happiest team in Antwerp was France, finishing 3rd.

It reminded me of Canada finishing 3rd in 2022 Liverpool.

Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos was a rock.

Click PLAY or watch all 4 routines on YouTube.

No Parkour in 2024, 2028 Olympics

The newish gender-balanced and youth-centred medal sports for Paris are …

A last ditch effort to get Parkour into the Olympics was proposed — Farmer Chasing Chicken Parkour. It failed. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Barbara Achondo Andino – Floor

A lovely routine. Barbara was a fan favourite at PanAms Santiago, representing Chile.

The pause before her final tumbling pass was … long.

But give Barbara a break. She’s 40 years old. Had retired at age-17. Returned to the sport in 2011.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

BEST CHENG EVER !

I can’t stop watching this Vault.

In regular speed I’d have to award a 10.0 Execution score.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

PanAm Apparatus Finals – day 2

Beam

Every once-in-a-rarely you see a good Beam Final. This was one.

🥇 Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.166
🥈 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 14.033
🥉 Ava Stewart, Canada, 13.900

Ava had the highest start score. She’s going to be amazing for Minnesota.

CBC Olympics on X: ""Fantastic stuff from Ava Stewart!" The Canadian delivered an impressive performance on beam @gymcan1 Continue watching the Pan Am Games LIVE with host @anastasure, @RunJumpStefReid and reporter @robpizzo

Floor

🥇 Kaliya Lincoln, United States, 14.233
🥈 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.733
🥈 Kayla DiCello, United States, 13.733

So high. This is how to sprint into a tumbling pass.

Vault

🥇 Audrys Nin Reyes, Dominican Republic, 14.466
🥈 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.466
🥉 Félix Dolci, Canada, 14.383

P Bars

🥇 Curran Phillips, United States, 15.400
🥈 Colt Walker, United States, 14.366
🥉 Isaac Nuñez, Mexico, 13.833

Incredible.

H Bar

🥇 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.333 … (2019 World Champ)
🥈 Bernardo Miranda, Brazil, 14.133
🥉 René Cournoyer, Canada, 14.066

Brazil had a fantastic PanAms, as did Canada.

And what a way to finish!

Full results.

related:

Belgium WAG Head Coach Needed

Belgium hosted Worlds again in 2023.

Sadly, two of their top WAG were injured.

They are advertising for a new WAG Head Coach starting as soon as possible.

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