That's interesting. In Quebec, our lowest competing levels do trampoline, tumbling, vault, bars, beam and floor. Girls could also compete only on trampoline and/or tumbling. They are judge with the T and T rules. I think it's a nice way to recrute athletes toward these disciplines. At these...
112 days to be exact for Moderna and Pfizer and now 8 weeks for Astra Zeneca which is only given as second doses now. It might change next week as we are supposed to receive more doses. I had my first dose on april 21st, and I'm supposed to received my 2nd on august 11th. As a kinesiologist...
Sending good vibes your way. Your daughter's story is so similar to mine. I, too, had to quit because of injury. As jamieintexas wrote it, it is so much harder when it's not your choice.
We really don't have a lot of info. I only have the list of skills that must be included in the routines. What I know fit on one page... and that includ every events. For sure, it has to be A skills. Choregraphies aren't compulsory as is the order of the skills. A good R5 girl would be about the...
So Quebec province is kind of switching to JO program. Kind of, because we're using the JO code and the Level 4 to 10 categories. Lower than that is the regional circuit (4 different levels R2 to R5, with the last one having some options the gymnasts can do to get to a 10.0 start value). I'm...
I coach a pre-team group. We have auditions once or twice a year. So depending of their age, they are place in one of these groups:
Defi (which is a program with levels), girls are evaluated few times a year. Last level, level 6, is pretty impressive. Usually the younger ones, 4-6 years old...
I think the quote « trying too hard » could be like this: sometimes kids try to make too many corrections or think about too many things at the same time while doing the skills. So the skill isn't made as naturally...
Again, it's the coach responsability to priorize and give only the most...
Interesting exercise to do!
I try really hard to make my gymnasts want to train at the best of their abilities. Still, gymnastics should be fun.
But, I also strongly believe that if an athlete doesn't do as well as she can, she isn't doing it voluntary. There's a message behind the behavior...
I've seen a broken forearm ne cause le peeling.
Here we have to stand on a spotting block between the bars for the lower levels (1 to 3) after that, we are allowed to be there. We can also adjust the distance between the bars as we want. We always have gymnova bars in competition and they are...
We usually change leos every three years. I'm glad we're going to have pockets in our warm-ups this time, as us coaches, also wear it in competitions. Girls will have leggings, and we'll have p pants made with the same material as the jacket.
I don't know for the other provinces but in Québec, we have the regional circuit (CR1, CR2 and CR3). Than the provincial circuit (P4 to P8). These levels are kind of like the us' for the difficulty. There's no compulsories even for the lower levels.
But, Canada is complicated!
For the...