Kareem and John Wooden

The great Basketball coach John Wooden died in 2010 at the age of 99.

In 2017 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar published his book.

Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court

Evocative photos.

depth of USA Gymnastics

The USA will select their 2019 Worlds Team this weekend. That’s the toughest qualifying process anywhere.

MAKING Team USA is harder than competing at Worlds.

Caitlyn Hynes:

The United States is filled with over a thousand level ten gymnasts, along with anywhere from 30-80 gymnasts training at the elite level at any given moment, according to statistics from USA Gymnastics.  …

… gymnasts in the United States know that elite is not the be-all, end-all of their career … even if it’s not a coveted spot on the Olympic team.

The majority see the college scholarship as an end goal that is more tangible and realistic than the Olympics, a way to pay back their years of support and effort. …

theGymter.net 

Lisa Simpson training Beam

With coach Lugash.

Season 13 – Little Girl in the Big Ten

There are a lot of Gymnastics references in The Simpsons. Many of the writers had kids who did Gym.

Rhys hits a good one

The triple Russian machine.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Tumbler Kristof Willerton

Kristof Willerton is — to me — the most impressive Power Tumbler of all time.

Click PLAY or watch quadruple back on Instagram.

Click PLAY or watch full twisting triple layout on Instagram.

kids deciding between sport and Fortnite

…  Coaching — coaches — need to modify. Adapt.

Wayne Goldsmith:

“The experience we’re giving kids is generally out of touch with what they want. The default setting of the majority of coaches around the world still is to be predominantly physically-based and repetition-based, telling kids to do laps and yell times. That’s not coaching, connecting, inspiring.

“My strong belief is that the solution to turning around the falling numbers playing competitive sport is to change coaching. To make it more relationship-based and experience-based.”

Fortnite is not sport’s enemy — outdated coaching is


Thanks Brett.