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Comment on Bodies The Exhibition Part 2 by Human Body Exhibition 2012 - Full Twist

Human Body Exhibition 2012 - Full Twist — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:31:25 +0000

[...] came to Dublin I paid a visit. You can read about my thoughts and experiences here – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. The official website gives more information and an overview of the [...]

Comment on Bodies The Exhibition Part 1 by Human Body Exhibition 2012 - Full Twist

Human Body Exhibition 2012 - Full Twist — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:30:35 +0000

[...] came to Dublin I paid a visit. You can read about my thoughts and experiences here – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. The official website gives more information and an overview of the [...]

Comment on London 2012 Promotional Video by Laura Anne

Laura Anne — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:11:13 +0000

Looks like Becky Downie

Comment on London 2012 Promotional Video by cris

cris — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:20:16 +0000

Nice leotard for gymnastics

Comment on Sportsmanship in gymnastics by Tony Retrosi

Tony Retrosi — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:24:40 +0000

We need to remember that as coaches, whether we want to be or not, we are role models. If the gymnasts I coach see me talking, laughing and congratulating (or being congratulated) with other coaches, they will see good sportsmanship in action.

After a competition a few weeks ago many coaches were at the bar in the hotel, eating, drinking, laughing and catching up. I was initially annoyed that there were MANY of my gymnasts in that same restaurant. One of the parents caught me in the hallway and said that her daughter was surprised to see me sitting next to the coaches from “all the other gyms.” I had to explain that we really are all friends. Do I want to beat their teams at the meet? Sure I do. And they want to win as much as I do. But that doesn’t change the fact that we have a lot in common.

Sadly there is one coach/ club owner who is notably absent at any social gathering. She is also the same person whose employee ripped the results off the wall when she wasn’t happy with the outcome. I am by nature a pretty friendly guy and I ran into the coach/club owner in the lobby and I asked her if she wanted a drink. She took the drink but didn’t want to come in and join us. “No one likes me in there.”
I told her- No one knows you.
Oh well, at least I tried.

Back in the mid-90s I had my first group of gymnasts who were competing Internationally. I was given some good advice from a more experienced coach. “Work hard in the gym with your athletes. But you will get more points if you work hard in the bar with the judges.”

So after your next competition- Go have a beer with the other coaches.
Cheers!
Tony

Comment on Viktoria Komova out of European Championships by International Gymnast Fans Vote On Favorites For 2012 | Flipping to 2012

International Gymnast Fans Vote On Favorites For 2012 | Flipping to 2012 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:58:19 +0000

[...] Photo by Mark Dadswell [...]

Comment on Coach’s Eye for iPhone & iPad by Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:15:44 +0000

Have you had a look at iCoachView for the iPad?

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icoachview/id490022949?mt=8

Looks interesting, but I haven’t made up my mind yet which to get – they all look like they’ll do what they should…

with the possible exception of a delay feedback loop (i.e. delayed replay of live video for unattended self-coaching)

Comment on Peggy Liddick granted Australian citizenship by Vladimir Zaglada

Vladimir Zaglada — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:01:05 +0000

My sincere congratulations to the Great Gymnastics Professional Peggy Liddick! I never met her in person. But she is an amazing coach ! That’s what are people saying around the World. But the biggest surprise for me was the time frame during which the Australian Government finally make a decision. Some other countries made it much faster in order to have a good coach or great athlete as soon as possible. Good luck, to a New Australian Lady, perfect Gymnastics coach and just a very nice woman. Honored Coach of Russia from USA

Comment on Gymnastics Jobs – Ireland by Admin

Admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:03:07 +0000

oooh!! well you know you’re welcome with us anytime

Comment on “What dreams are made of” – Behan qualifies for London 2012 Olympics by Kieran Behan receives Olympic Council grant - Full Twist

Kieran Behan receives Olympic Council grant - Full Twist — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:23:20 +0000

[...] the boy next door, is in fact the man of the moment right now. By now, everyone knows Kieran’s inspirational story. He is a credit to himself, his coaches, his parents and Gymnastics Ireland – definitely the [...]

Comment on Gymnastics Jobs – Ireland by Rick McCharles

Rick McCharles — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:56:25 +0000

… I’d best apply for dual citizenship. All 4 of my Grandparents are from Ireland.

Comment on Coach’s Eye for iPhone & iPad by Great New App for Adult Gymnasts Who Have To Coach Themselves: Coach’s Eye | Masters Gymnastics

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:26:55 +0000

[...] Thanks to Full Twist for bringing this to our attention! Coach’s Eye is the app that allows you to draw on and watch frame-by-frame slow motion of your iPhone or iPod Touch videos. We know so many adult gymnasts who have to coach themselves and use video to do it. The features on this app allow you to give yourself great feedback. Check out Full Twist’s blog post all about this app. [...]

Comment on Off Balance: A Memoir – Dominique Moceanu by Winning Balance: A Shawn Johnson Memoir - Full Twist

Winning Balance: A Shawn Johnson Memoir - Full Twist — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:37:54 +0000

[...] Olympic Games rapidly approaches. At the beginning of the month it was announced that 1996 Olympian Dominique Moceanu would release her memoir on June 5th, which also happens to be the day that Shawn Johnson will release hers. The memoir will be titled [...]

Comment on Coach’s Eye for iPhone & iPad by MB

MB — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:05:17 +0000

I started using V1 Golf and I liked it but wasn’t satisfied. I have tried almost all of the golf swing analysis apps and apps like Coach’s Eye and my favorite is Swing Plane. I think it is $1.99 and it is really simple and clean and easy to use. You can make folders and manage all of the videos easily. Import them from the camera roll if you want, upload them to Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.

It is my favorite. Mostly because of the folders and because of how simple and clean it is.

Comment on Who will be at the London 2012 Olympic Games? by Mariela Federici

Mariela Federici — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:11:00 +0000

My interest in based on a group of young girls who trained with no one support to get to the Olympics and for a society with all the problems we face, me and a lot of people fighting for this cause believe that is upsetting when all what these young brave girls want to do is to BE PART, its the dream of their lives and yes there were rules and they accepted them beforehand but GB is being unfair! They stopped doing what every other teenager does, for love to this discipline, they are self funded and had no help at all. They are an example to follow for many girls and boys in this country, effort, discipline, dedication, commitment, sport, hours of training and sweating, years really. A real Inspiration…
They wont be able to make it in 4 years and they have the power to let it happen but they dont want to listen.
GB Rhythmic Gymnastics Group are a talented and dedicated group of rhythmic gymnasts who have been training hard full time with NO funding to be able to achieve their dream of competing at London 2012.

Even though there is a host country place available for them at the Games, British Gymnastics are choosing NOT to nominate them for this! At the Olympic Test Event, BG/BOA chose to set a benchmark score they wanted the girls to achieve.

Despite being agonisingly short (.273 points) of this target on qualification day and actually exceeding the score during the finals – BG have refused to give them this golden opportunity they have worked so hard for!
The next event day, they passed the mark impossed, showing that they are capable of, and this discipline isnt like football or athletics, there isnt an exact result really, is a judgement.

There is a petition opened and several websites i will paste for your information.

Thank you very much for the time
Please sign the petition to help get these girls to the Games and promote the beautiful sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics in the UK!

http://www.facebook.com/RhythmicGroupGBR
http://www.gbrhythmicgroup.co.uk/

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/get-gb-rhythmic-group-to-london-2012-olympics/signatures.html