tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Eddie Olsson from Sweden has been posting his favourite Men’s Artistic routines of 2012.
For example, Best of Vault 2012.
Click PLAY or watch Kristian Thomas’ Yurchenko double pike on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Uchimura’s flawless Shewfelt on YouTube.
Yeesh. There are a dozen other vaults he could have chose. MAG Vault is the most insane apparatus right now.
This is not a TALENT that we want to encourage. Best practice is to twist all somersaulting skills the same way.
It’s a serious coaching mistake to allow kids to develop Barani Confusion.
But there are some acrobats who can twist both directions.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Johan Hvidemose from Denmark has done triple double in both directions !
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Coming to theaters in the U.S. and Canada December 13, 2013.
The Crash Reel follows the rise and fall of Kevin Pearce’s snowboarding career and exposes the irresistible, yet potentially fatal, appeal of extreme sports.
At his athletic peak, Kevin was known as “the man who could beat Shaun White” in the 2010 Olympics. But his path changed drastically after a training accident in Park City, Utah that left him in a coma with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
As he struggles with his “new normal”, Kevin finds new successes in life and devotes himself to raising awareness of “invisible injuries”, which are so pervasive in extreme sports today. Stunning action footage shows the drama and the fearlessness behind every trick in intimate detail, making it impossible to ignore the danger that is inherent in these defying moves.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Sarah Burke, a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist, died crashing on the same Half Pipe in 2012. 😦
Korea Cup. No podium.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Incredible.
Linked via Gymnast #391 – Part 2: Favourite Things From This Quad
by site editor Rick McCharles
Gymnastics Coaching is an aggregator. We try to link to the best of the best published online in English. The most interesting ideas, photos and videos.
Artistic Gymnastics, especially WAG, dominates the Gymternet over all other acrobatic disciplines. That’s OK — I guess — since we want every child to start with Artistic & Trampoline before specializing. 🙂
I’ve blocked recommendations into 3 categories:
INDEPENDENT SITES (blogs, coaches, etc.)
OFFICIAL SITES (magazines, organizations, FIG, NOCs, etc.)
PHOTO & VIDEO SITES
Artistic Gymnastics is the Foundation.
_____ INDEPENDENT SITES:
The very best have not changed much since a year ago:
Blythe Lawrence (USA) – Gymnastics Examiner | Facebook | @GymExaminer
Brigid McCarthy (Australia) and friends – The Couch Gymnast | Facebook | @TheCouchGymnast
Albert Minguillón i Colomer, Nora Schuler & Elizabeth Long (Europe) – THE ALL AROUND | Facebook | @THEALLAROUND
Katie (Ireland) – Full Twist | Facebook | @full_twist
Tony Retrosi – Gym Momentum | Facebook | @gym_momentum
The biggest development of the past year was the launch of a major videocast — GymCastic. … That’s Spanny, Dvora of Unorthodox Gymnastics, Uncle Tim, Blythe Lawrence and moderator Jessica O’Beirne of Masters Gymnastics.
Gigi – WOGymnastike is definitely worth following. As is Gymnast 391.
But a number of my favourite sites have advertising annoying enough for me to be reluctant to link: IG (auto loading video), WOGymnastike, Examiner. If you are irked, consider using Clearly. It lets you read a post bypassing too aggressive advertising.
Other must reads not focused on WAG:
• T&T Coaches Canada on Facebook is a terrific T&T source, too. Invitation only.
• GYMMIN’ MIEL! (all disciplines)
Those sites post prolifically. Each is quite unique. Please subscribe, follow and/or like those as well as others listed here that don’t post quite so often. (A much longer list of sites we follow is listed in the right hand navigation of every page on this site.)
The only site with more content for coaches than this one is GymnasticsZone, a terrific resource. Original content.
Ask Al Fong is another superb site for technique.
I’m collaborating with Sara Gill, a coach / consultant for those looking for NCAA scholarships. Her site is GymDynasty.
I follow the NCAA mostly on these sites:
Aunt Joyce is starting a new Skating audiocast. That may keep him too busy to follow WAG.
The following sites publish less frequently, but I never miss a post:
• Triple Twist Gym Blog (new address as of Dec. 31st) | Facebook | @tripletwistgym
• Andy Thornton – American Gymnast | Facebook | @americangymnast (company tweets)
• Ron Noe – Stick It Media (MAG) | @StickItMedia
• Kristal Sergent Boulden – Double Front | Facebook | @Double_Front | Tumblr
• Bronwyn & Clara Stoi!
• JAO Coaching Gymnastics in the New Millenium
• Tsuk the Pain | @TsukthePain | Tumblr
• Between the Olympics | @BTOgymblog
• Bekah’s “Get a Grip” Gymblog | @GetAGripGymblog
• E Panel | @TheEpanel
Valentin Uzunov’s The Gym Press | @thegympress.
Sites dedicated to geographic regions:
• GymMedia (English & German)
• turn-news (German)
Romania:
• Cris – Gymfever
• Alina – Tare! magazine
• Mihai – FanGymnastics (Romanian)
• Bea – Gymnastics No Ceiling | Facebook
• Carmen – Romanian Gymnastics Fans on Facebook
• Blossom, Chinese Gymnastics Flowers
• Rewriting Russian Gymnastics
• GymPower (Dutch)
• Gimnasia Latina (Spanish American)
• Revista Magnesia (Mexico)
• Doble en Plancha (Spain)
• Tsukahara Tucked (Argentina)
• Gymnastikfabriken (Sweden)
• GimSpor.pl (Poland)
• Gymania (Hebrew)
• gymnet.org (French)
• Gym-Nast-iique (French)
• Gym Blog Brazil (Portuguese)
• Jennifer Isbister’s Gymn.ca (Canada) … perhaps the original dedicated National site
The Chrome browser offers automatic Google language Translate, one of the main reasons I use it.
_____ OFFICIAL SITES:
I link a lot to IG. Dwight Normile, Amanda Turner, John Crumlish & team – International Gymnast magazine online News | Facebook | @intlgymnast
Last year and again this year I was astonished at the quality of communications out of USA Gymnastics and FIG. Those organizations have media people equal the best bloggers. In the past information from both was whitewashed — no bad news. But both have gotten increasingly open, over time.
• USAG Headlines | Facebook | @USAGym
• FIG News | Facebook | @officialfig
Great Britain did a terrific job too in 2012. Other nations, … not so much. I’m looking at you Canada. 🙂
I’ve long criticized Inside Gymnastics magazine. But the IG2 posts were better this year, I thought. Especially during LIVE events. And especially on Facebook.
Inside Gymnastics News | Facebook | @InsideGym
_____ PHOTO & VIDEO SITES:
Anne Phillips and team are the leaders:
• Gymnastike | Facebook | @gymnastike
I link only to their free pages, not their new Premium content.
The best thing that ever happened for gymnastics coaches is YouTube. Thank Google for buying that company and letting us share with the world for free. In 2011 I still link to YouTube over Vimeo and others as YouTube streams quickest over a weak WiFi signal.
Some of my favourites this past year:
• American Gymnast Gymnastics on Demand videos on the JoeLangley YouTube channel (1150+ coaching tutorials)
• Coach Sommers – Gymnastic Bodies videos (the #1 MAG strength guru)
Nick’s recently relocated to Canada. And started up Blanton’s Gymnastics Consultancy. Recommended.
• Tony Retrosi – Gym Momentum YouTube Channel
• Mary Lee Tracy – USAmlt YouTube Channel
• Gymnastics Minute YouTube channel. And GymSmarts for DVDs $.
• RedNasvw YouTube channel, especially his MAG Code of Points videos
There were fewer gymnastics montages in 2012, me thinks. I link most to AshleyakaFlipper and CSaccullo.
Inside Gymnastics has the photographer I link to most. That’s the terrific Grace Chiu. She uses Facebook perfectly, posting a few of her best shots in order to promote sales from GraceClick.ca.
There are a number of equally wonderful photographers around the world. But many are over-protective. Almost nobody sees their work. Foremost of those is the great Eileen Langsley.
_____ …
Did I MISS one of your favourite sites? … or links to their content?
I’m reluctant (yet) to start listing too many Tumblr sites or Twitter feeds. Those can be as messy as Facebook. Too much crap interspersed with good content.
But … leave a comment and I’ll update this list in a week or so. I could name many more.
Triple Twist:
The Upcoming Elites
The New Seniors
The National Team Additions
Juniors to watch at Nationals
Seniors to watch at Nationals
The Fierce Five at Nationals
The American Cup
The World Championships
Nataliya Kononenko EF UB European Championships 2010
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Bronze medalist
D score: 6.4
E score: 8.350
(via Gymnast #391)
In 2012, there were 2,574 new posts …
The busiest day of the year was July 31st with 30,524 views.
Most popular posts:
1 gymnast Louis Smith nude June 2012
2 Mckayla Maroney’s eyes July 2012
3 Ponor – Who said I would retire after the Olympics? January 2012
4 Alicia Sacramone nude October 2011
5 Kyla Ross’ father is 6’5″ July 2012
The top referring sites in 2012 were:
facebook.com
twitter.com
thecouchgymnast.com
gymblog.wordpress.com (Examiner)
gymnastics.alltop.com
I long ago gave up on Facebook “pages”, instead posting to a personal Facebook account:
https://www.facebook.com/mccharles
Much superior, … until I run into the maximum 5000 friends limit.
Most frequent commenter was Ono No Komachi.
This data comes from Jetpack.
Those numbers don’t count those who read Gymnastics Coaching via email subscription or RSS feed.
The committee revealed its top moment of 2012 in a video posted to YouTube on Sunday. It profiles Italian cyclist Alex Zanardi winning gold in London after losing his legs in an auto racing accident in 2001. The image of a triumphant Zanardi lifting his hand-cycling tricycle above his head with one arm post-race is nothing short of astounding.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – This Incredible Paralympics Ad Could Make You Cry [VIDEO]
(via Mashable)
Alexandr Alexandrov, former Russian national gymnastics coach, stated that, most probably, he’ll stay in Russia and will train Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina further.
The Ministry has asked me to stay, with the same salary I was earning. …
I was offered to work abroad, but I told them to wait. I was born in Moscow, I grew up and I spent all my life here. …
read more on Rewriting Russian Gymnastics
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