An advanced conditioning exercise.
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NEW Pommel Book by Miguel Costante
Amazon for Kindle or Paperback:
- Pommel horse: Practical guide to excellence (English)
- Caballo con arzones: Guía practica hacia la excelencia (Spanish)
The English translation has just been released. Miguel has coached in Canada for decades and is completely bilingual.
Miguel is widely recognized one of the best MAG age-group coaches.
He’s available as a consultant for any club worldwide.
- Premium Gold $99 / year
- Standard Silver $79 / year
- Personalized (one time) contact for price
Happily, Miguel also has a lot of FREE content on his site in both English & Spanish so you can check out his coaching philosophy first.
The NEW website is Evolve-Gymnastic.com (no S at the end of Gymnastic)
cast to Long Swing progression
Dave Tilley’s LANDING training
I’d concur that the very BEST drill for landing facing forward is jumping down from a height to punch forward salto. It’s also my favourite drill for take-offs facing forward.
For strong gymnasts I’d include 10 drops to punch front — OR 5 sticks, whichever comes first. 😀
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British Gymnastics calls for a multi-sport SAFEGUARDING organization
GB feels they don’t have the resources to do the kind of job they want to do keeping everyone in the sport safer.
That’s not to mention the backlog of historic complaints that still need be evaluated.
Kaylia Nemour to African Championships
One of the best Bars workers in the worlds — from France — had been blocked from qualifying for the Olympics — in France. By France.
Merde.
Born in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt, France, to a French mother and an Algerian father, Kaylia has finally been cleared to represent Algeria at African Championships 2023.
Simone Biles’ wedding video
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synchro H Bar
British Columbia schools drop competitive Gymnastics
The governing body for sport for the province’s primary and secondary schools has dropped gymnastics as a sanctioned sport.
BC School Sports (BCSS) said the rationale was based on low enrollment numbers and gymnastics typically not taking place within the school itself.
In the 2022-23 season, there were only 453 athletes across B.C. enrolled in school gymnastics, according to the BCSS. …
The decision by BCSS is extremely upsetting to Terry Mitruk, the gymnastics coach at Sutherland Secondary in North Vancouver.
“It doesn’t cost them anything extra. We are a small community. So, the workload is not significantly more. If it’s a workload issue, then tell us and help us resolve that issue,” Mitruk told Global News. …
Gymnastics programs dropped from B.C. schools: coaches, students upset
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