Tweet Last week on the back of his visit to the London 2012 Test Event, Rick Mc Charles of Gymnastics Coaching paid visits to five gymnastics clubs in Ireland, one in the Western Region (Renmore) and 4 in the South Dublin Region (Excel, Trojan, Janz and Sugarloaf GC). As he pointed out, despite the economic crisis in the Eurozone, especially in Ireland the demand for places within gymnastics classes around the country is high. Of course, with the London Olympic Games coming up we can expect more girls and boys …

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The position is responsible for the overall success of the Gymnastics program including:
-    Managing the coaching staff, creating a safe, team-oriented working environment
-    Regularly communicating with the volunteer parent board
-    Actively participating in hands-on coaching for both the recreation and team programs
-    Creating and overseeing schedules and new programs individual gymnast goals
-    Directing the annual Gymfest, an international meet hosted by SACAC

SACAC offers a competitive salary and benefits, annual bonus, relocation expenses, vacation, holiday and sick leave. Send cover letter and CV/resume to Heather Phillips, sacac@sas.edu.sg, …

Tweet Gymnastics Coaching linked to a new book “The Science of Gymnastics: An Introduction“.

Drawing on cutting edge scientific research, and including contributions from leading international sport scientists and experienced coaches, the book represents an important link between theory and performance. With useful summaries, data and review questions included throughout, the book examines every key aspect of gymnastic training and performance, including:

energetic, physical and physiological assessment
training principles
diet, nutrition and supplementation
growth and development issues
kinetics and kinematics
angular and linear motion
angular momentum
stress, anxiety and coping
motivation and goal setting
mental skills …

Tweet You might remember that Indian gymnast Asish Kumar made history by winning 2 medals for his country in the Commonwealth Games back in October. A great achievement for the young gymnast and for India but the GFI (Gymnastics Federation of India) weren’t satisfied with Ashish’s bronze and silver medals.  Skip forward to the Asian Games and the controversy which resulted in coach Vladimir Chertkov walking out on his team.

Chertkov’s contract was said to be up after the Asian Games but Mumbai Mirror reports that his contract will end within the …

Tweet I was looking up Youtube earlier for some drills for blocking on vault. It’s a huge fault most of my gymnasts have and I’ve yet to find something that really helps them. I came across some videos from JoeLangley , not just some, in fact there’s 327 uploads in his channel!
So I checked out the site that is shown at the end of the video Backhandspring.com. So far it only has a little bit of content but the idea is brilliant. There are some moves listed Tuck Back, Cartwheel, …

Tweet City of Lisburn Salto National Gymnastics Centre are looking for a new coach. Although the job spec isn’t showing up on their website yet, Salto posted the ad on their Facebook page. The Salto girls team recently won the Irish National Team Championships, a tough competition held in Dublin in December.

Salto are looking for an Assistant Gymnastics Coach (WAG or MAG not specified). Ideally they are looking for someone with British or Irish Level 2 qualifications, they will accept applications from Level 1 coaches. The role will entail 12 …

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Sarah from the Chalk Bucket forum has been hired as the Program Developer and Head Coach of a new gymnastics center in Saigon, Vietnam and is looking for our help.

Tweet The Globe and Mail recently posted an article about Michael Taylor, a California-based gymnastics risk-management consultant, who has created a list of dos and don’ts for parents of young athletes.

Here is a summary of Michael’s list:

Don’t think of your child’s sport participation as an investment for which you want a return.
Don’t show negative emotions while you are watching your child at a competition.
Don’t do anything that will cause your child to be embarrassed.
Don’t make enemies of other parents.
Don’t interfere, in any way, with coaching during competition or practice.

Are …

Tweet Yesterday Rick linked to a post and discussed whether gymnastics coaches must be fit. You can see from the comments in response to the post that readers tend to agree.

Personally I think it is a good example to set to your gymnasts if you are physically fit yourself… if you are overweight/unfit it doesnt mean you are a worse gymnastics coach but perhaps not the best role model for kids in later life.

A coach should practice what they preach.

I definitely agree that a coach should practice what they …