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Gymblog commentary on Nailya and her older sister Aliya.

Click PLAY or watch Nailya on Gymnastike.

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Gymblog commentary on Nailya and her older sister Aliya.

Bluehost had to reinstall a backup from 3 days ago.

Still working on a real FIX.

Gymnasts from the College of William & Mary were caught taking banners last weekend during the NCAA Gymnastics Championships. …

W&M gymnasts caught taking NCAA banners

Oops.

Reminds me of the 1991 World Championships in Indianapolis where gymnastics enthusiasts were JAILED for stealing outdoor promotional banners. (I wasn’t caught, myself.)

And I certainly don’t have this giant flag.

Gymnasts from the College of William & Mary were caught taking banners last weekend during the NCAA Gymnastics Championships. …

W&M gymnasts caught taking NCAA banners

Oops.

Reminds me of the 1991 World Championships in Indianapolis where gymnastics enthusiasts were JAILED for stealing outdoor promotional banners. (I wasn’t caught, myself.)

And I certainly don’t have this giant flag.

It’s been upgraded to a newer version of WordPress software.

The look and feel will be changing over the coming days.

by site editor Rick McCharles

Apologies again.

You may have seen this … again.

Bluehost suspends all sites they host for any infraction. Yet they are unwilling barely willing to help me fix the problem.

I think it’s time to move to a more secure web host, likely WordPress.com.

I’ll stop posting until it is fixed. Or moved.

Proud parent Mariposa posted this photo of her DD with the club kip trophy:

… After months of being close, she finally got her kip tonight! She had to do 10 of them to get to say at team meeting that she had her kip, so she has a rip to go along with the kip! She also got to bring home this huge trophy that says “I got my kip”. She is so proud of herself right now. Funny thing was that on the way to gym, she told me, “I am going to get my kip tonight and bring home that kip trophy.” I said to her to just do her best and maybe to set that kip goal at before she turns 7 (giving her 3 months to keep practicing!).

And to make it even better, once you get your kip, you get to practice jumping to the high bar, so now she is really happy. …

Chalk Bucket – She got her kip!!

The kip in men’s gymnastics is not much more important than a dozen other skills. But for young female gymnasts, it’s often the most frustrating skill of all. Shawn Johnson said that she really struggled to learn a kip.

Brian Bakalar has an excellent kip article with photo sequence posted on Gymnastics Revolution.

Like most coaches, I try EVERYTHING when introducing this skill to beginners.

My favourite drills are kip on parallel bars. And backward uprise on safety straps.

Once the beginner finally gets their first kip, a good way to improve them is with kip series on straps.

This week Robin at my gym got her kip after many frustrating months being … close. All our “competitive” girls can now kip. Hoo Hoo!

Proud parent Mariposa posted this photo of her DD with the club kip trophy:

… After months of being close, she finally got her kip tonight! She had to do 10 of them to get to say at team meeting that she had her kip, so she has a rip to go along with the kip! She also got to bring home this huge trophy that says “I got my kip”. She is so proud of herself right now. Funny thing was that on the way to gym, she told me, “I am going to get my kip tonight and bring home that kip trophy.” I said to her to just do her best and maybe to set that kip goal at before she turns 7 (giving her 3 months to keep practicing!).

And to make it even better, once you get your kip, you get to practice jumping to the high bar, so now she is really happy. …

Chalk Bucket – She got her kip!!

The kip in men’s gymnastics is not much more important than a dozen other skills. But for young female gymnasts, it’s often the most frustrating skill of all. Shawn Johnson said that she really struggled to learn a kip.

Brian Bakalar has an excellent kip article with photo sequence posted on Gymnastics Revolution.

Like most coaches, I try EVERYTHING when introducing this skill to beginners.

My favourite drill is kip on parallel bars. Next, backward uprise on safety straps.

Once the beginner finally gets their first kip, a good way to improve them is with kip series on straps.

This week Robin at my gym got her kip after many frustrating months being … close. All our “competitive” girls can now kip. Hoo Hoo!