ups & downs in Gymnastics

Ups and downs, wins and setbacks, are all part of any learning process.

#10GoldenRulesOfGymnastics

no AA for Rebeca Andrade

We won’t have a first time Brazilian World Champion.

Worlds podium training videos

GymCastic is in KITAKYUSHU, Japan for the 50th World Championships.

Uploading some videos from podium training to their YouTube channel. Subscribe.

Click PLAY or watch Luo Rui’s Beam on YouTube.

Thom Glielmi interview 

A good overview of elite Men’s Gymnastics in the USA by Stanford Head Coach Thom Glielmi.

The Farm, Tokyo 2020 & The State of Gymnastics

handstand for beginners

These graphics might be useful for you.

The tutorial itself is for general fitness, not Gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

training at Worlds

Gymnasts have arrived.

There have been more than the usual number of complaints about transportation and housing.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

sport / life balance

A good mix of studies/work, sports and free time helps us grow and succeed as people.

#10GoldenRulesOfGymnastics

dissolve the USOPC board 

A group of star gymnasts on Wednesday stepped up their attack on the U.S. Olympics & Paralympic Committee by asking Congress to dissolve the organization’s board over its alleged failings in handling the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. 

Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman … testified in the U.S. Senate last month about the botched institutional response to the Nassar case. They have been embroiled in yearslong litigation against the USOPC, as well as USA Gymnastics …

Gymnastics Stars Call for Ouster of U.S. Olympic Directors

#10GoldenRulesOfGymnastics

FIG is rolling out under the hashtag #10GoldenRulesOfGymnastics.

Mental, emotional and physical health must come before results, in both the short and long term.