Tweet Recently, I’ve added some useful links and a Gym Blogroll on the right of the screen.  Make sure to check out the blogs especially, as you will find some really excellent content in the blogs listed. If you can think of any that would be vital for my RSS Feed, please feel free to share.

Tweet This came up on the Irish Gymnastics website today. For more information visit here

The Cirque du Soleil Casting team will be holding auditions in London in July 2009. Holding auditions is the primary means by which Cirque du Soleil recruits new talent. The Casting team has various career opportunities to offer to athletes seeking a new venue for their passion. Cirque du Soleil are eager to return to Europe to discover local talent.

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When I think about my role as a gymnastics coach, many thoughts and images come to mind. When people I meet for the first time ask me what I do and I tell them I’m a gymnastics coach, they ask me to tell them all about it and have many questions. I tend to give a brief outline, similar to what is written on my CV , simply because I could talk about my role as a coach all day!
 
My main role as a gymnastics coach is to teach …

Tweet I often find it hard to recall moments from my childhood; the first time I rode a bike, the first time I went on holidays, but I can always remember my first day at gymnastics.
I had spent the summer in between school term telling my parents that I wanted to take up football, tennis, camogie (an Irish womens sport) and all kinds of other different sports. At this stage, I had been in swimming classes for quite some time and was doing very well. In July, I attended my …

Tweet Thanks to Rick at GymnasticsCoaching.com for posting this youtube video of a fantastic little gymnast Catherine Lyons from the UK. Catherine was competing at Level 4 and shows some amazing strength, power and flexibility and only at aged eight! I’d imagine we’ll be seeing her in the Olympics in years to come. Well done to Catherine for doing so well!
 

Tweet Everybody involved with gymnastics has their favourite routines from the competitions and events over the years. Below are some of mine. I have chosen some performances from the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Every so often, I hope to show you my favourite routines from the past. 
My parents recorded the gymnastics from Atlanta on VCR for me to watch, over the months and years after the games, I watched the routines time and time again, hoping that some day I could be like those gymnasts.  These three floor routines I …