Carol-Angela Orchard joins British Gymnastics
You might know Carol Angela Orchard as the former Canadian National Technical Advisor but she has taken up a new role as British Gymnastics Women’s National Coach – Beam & Artistic Preparation. Carol-Angela will begin work on November 18th and …
Elena Davydova Interview
Former Russian Olympic gymnast Elena Davydova moved to Canada in 1991 and since then has been coaching and working in Gemini Gymnastics in Oshawa. Recently Elena was interviewed
Do you allow parents to watch?
I was reading through the forums on the Chalk Bucket. The 7 page thread began with this post : I'm just curious as to what other gyms policy is
And in first place…
My girls competed excellently at the competition last weekend. Their individual scores were so consistent that we came away with the team gold. I'm so delighted for them.
A Quick Update
This is just a quick little post to update you on how things are going in my gym. We’re smack – bang in the middle of competition season
Little Links 12/1/10
Many thanks to Gymnastics in Europe for drawing my attention to this blog Coaching Gymnastics In The New Millenium. So far I have just skimmed through some of
The Fear
There’s something I have noticed about myself since I’ve come through my teenage years and left my gymnast days behind. I am now nearing my mid-twenties and have
Young Gymnasts Code of Conduct
Recently enough, I attended a Child Protection Course. During this time we were spoken to about codes of conducts which should be made out by our sporting Governing
First Training Session
As mentioned in my previous post, I had my first training session of the 2009 - 2010 season. It was slow to get started as the children were
The new 2009 – 2010 season begins
Tonights training session will be the first for me in the 2009 - 2010 season. I hope that this year will be a very successful year for all
Code of Ethics
Irish Gymnastics have released their new Code of Ethics on their website. You can download it from the download section in the main menu. How does this compare
The Gymnastic Minute
I recently began subscribing to The Gymnastic Minute , a clever tool used by Gym Smarts. In these 60 second videos, coaches provide some tips and drills for
The Educator
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







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