‘Duke’ Nelligan has retired after 31 seasons coach of Maryland Gymnastics. He was named NCAA Southeast Region Coach of the Year in 2009.
Son Brett Nelligan takes over.
Sister Kelsey is a senior on the Terps right now.
Point your toes, Sis.
Cirque du Soleil – Quebec bursaries
Cirque du Soleil awards bursaries totaling $20,000 to young athletes via the Fondation de l’athlète d’excellence du Québec (FAEQ) were handed out May 27th.
Criteria includes competitive and academic performance.
Congratulations to recipients of the 2009–2010 awards:
Jennifer Abel Diving Laval
Chloé Isaac Synchronized swimming Brossard
Nansy Damianova Artistic gymnastics Montreal
Coralie Leblond-Chartrand Artistic gymnastics La Prairie
Laurie-Ève Pépin Gagné Artistic gymnastics Candiac
Sébastien St-Germain Trampoline Montreal
Cassandre Duplessis-Lalonde Rhythmic gymnastics Montreal
Samuel Paquin Artistic gymnastics St-Jérôme
Bryson Hunt Artistic gymnastics Montreal
montage: Gymnastics Australia 2005-2008
first World Club Gymnastics Champion
Competition for “display gymnastics”?
… Seems to me the Gymnastrada approach is better.
Why does every activity have to be judged? (… Or awarded a trophy named after Bruno Grandi.)
The GC Piruett Elite Group of Tallin, Estonia has been crowned the first World Club Champion ever to go down in the annals of the International Gymnastics Federation. … Created by the FIG Gymnastics for All Committee, the cup is a first of its kind for interclub events …
80 clubs from 27 countries and representing 3 continents underwent a selective process; a total of 2,000 gymnasts. After two days of elimination, 14 clubs were selected for the final. As expected, nations with a strong, ancestral tradition in gymnastics (Switzerland, Norway, Germany and Italy) qualified several clubs each. Observers were excited to note the emergence of newer groups from countries such as Estonia and Turkey. …
read more … on FIG
#1 British gymnast age-9
Gymnastics In Europe highlights the flexible Champion of British Compulsory Level 4 Finals.
… The winner of the British Compulsory Level 4 Finals was Catherine Lyons who trains at East London Gymnastics Club. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Maximum score is 13.5
If you’ve never seen a Range & Conditioning routine, you’ll want to see this vid. (It’s the bit done on hardwood floor.)
A 5th apparatus for the girls.
#1 British gymnast age-9
Gymnastics In Europe highlights the flexible Champion of British Compulsory Level 4 Finals.
… The winner of the British Compulsory Level 4 Finals was Catherine Lyons who trains at East London Gymnastics Club. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Maximum score is 13.5
If you’ve never seen a Range & Conditioning routine, you’ll want to see this vid. (It’s the bit done on hardwood floor.)
A 5th apparatus for the girls.
Couch Gymnast – favourite coaches
A good article highlighting some of the more famous coaches she respects and appreciates.
way, here is a list of coaches i have really admired over the years, in no particular order …
Coach: Galina Marinova
Coach: Mihai Brestyan
Coach: Cassie Rice
Coach: Nicolae Forminte
Coach: Ju Ping Tian
Coach: Yevgeny Marchenko
Coach: Kim Zmeskal Burdette and Chris Burdette
Coach: Carol Angela Orchard
Coach: Boris Pilkin
Coach: Valorie Kondos Field
Honorable Mentions
Kelli Hill
Amanda Kirby
Liang Chow
Enrico Casello
Lili Cosma
Nataliya Pavlova
Natalya Marakova
Valeri Liukin
Suzanne Yoculan
click through for specific reasons why she likes each: THE COUCH GYMNAST – The Most Important Relationship in Gymnastics
Add a comment to that post if you have someone to add. … Or delete. I spent a few days in the gym with Aussie National Coach Ju Ping Tian, back in the early 1990s. They called her “The Dragon Lady”.
I thought she was far too harsh. And distracted.
WOGAs Sophia Lee – Bars
Sophia is an international elite gymnast from the world reowned World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano, Texas. She spends 34 hours a week in training and is currently coached by Laurent Landi and Cecile Cauqueteau-Landi. …
Sophia Lee – official website
Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube.
(via a piked Tkatchev thread on IG forum)
mobile phones in the gym?
A brilliant commentary on a big issue in the world today. Thanks Michael.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Click through for more: Coaches don’t let coaches coach drunk…or something like that
Does your gym have a policy on mobile phones? For kids? For coaches?
Leave a comment.
personal gymnastics mentoring by Dee Dee Foster
Here’s something new.
For between $10 – $730 / month, a gymnast can sign on to be mentored by Dee Theriault, who was known as Dee Dee Foster when she won the Women’s NCAA all-around title in 1990.
Or …, you could buy her first book in a planned series. Read an excerpt.
Dee also runs Perfect Ten Consulting.
Leave a comment if you know anything about her consultancy.
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