new strength training - hanging V-sit and variations, Rick McCharles. Article by Christopher Sommer, conditioning guru. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new strength training - rings - training Cross, Rick McCharles. Article by Christopher Sommer. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new spotting the “Pak” on bars - part 2, video posted by Rick McCharles. Coach Patrick Carmichael introduces the skill to beginners. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new spotting the “Pak” on bars - part 1, video posted by Rick McCharles. Coaches Dennis Swenson and Charlie Tamayo demonstrate. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video trampoline - Adam Menzies, Rick McCharles. Amazing work by trampolinist turned circus performer. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video Cirque du Soleil audition, Rick McCharles. Article and video gives a glimpse into the process. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new Howard Schatz photos, Rick McCharles. More works of art than photography. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new cool animations - gymnastics, Wushu & martial arts, Rick McCharles. Martin Vidic put this together. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new hand care - shaving calluses, Rick McCharles. Use water and a bread knife says James Bathurst. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new boys in gymnastics, Rick McCharles. Great blog post from a gym Mom. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new Al Fong - using the Tumbl Trak, Rick McCharles. Use a tumbling trampoline for warm-up says one of the top coaches. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video air flare - the best floor exercise, Rick McCharles. Video tutorial by Bboy Ducky from Drifters/Expressions. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video training balance - Indo board, Rick McCharles. The most challenging wobble board I've seen. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video “Stick It” will be a cult classic, Rick McCharles. The most successful gymnastics movie will live long. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new closing the gym to spectators?, Rick McCharles. A bad idea. Instead install one way mirrored windows or use video cameras. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new book Rhythmic Gymnastics, Rick McCharles. Excellent manual by Nadejda Jastrjembskaia and Juri Titov. Useful for gymnastics coaches. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new overhead spotting belt for handsprings, Rick McCharles. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new AcrobaticSport.com, great site! Includes trampoline and tumbling content, as well as Sport Acrobatics. Rick McCharles. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video Gymnast TV, Rick McCharles. Mihai Bagiu & Brett Brown interview gymnasts and coaches. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new avoiding arched giants, Rick McCharles. This is only one of the excellent articles posted by Brian Bakalar on Gymnastics Revolution. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video Xiao Tingting 6 releases on bars!, Rick McCharles. The Chinese gymnast took gold in a 2006 World Cup competition in Shanghai. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new gymnast “statue” - body preserved in plastic, Rick McCharles. Human specimens, including entire bodies, preserved through the process of Plastination, a technique that replaces bodily fluids and fat with plastic. A bit gruesome. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video bars - Shantessa Pama, Rick McCharles. The most original routine in the world? GymnasticsCoaching.com
Check also Shantessa Pama - skills 2005
new a successful conditioning program, Rick McCharles. Used at Christchurch School of Gymnastics, New Zealand. Detailed examples. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new straight body cast handstand on bars, Rick McCharles. Actually, why girls should compete straddle-up cast instead. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new books - Roland Carrasco, Rick McCharles. Recommending the wonderful books published long ago in French by Vigot Editions, Paris. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new I could write a “handstand” book, Rick McCharles. Recommending the books of Karen Goeller. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new why so few good gymnastics books?, Rick McCharles. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new pommel mushroom - Gym Trix, Rick McCharles. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new TumblTrak tumbling “Air Floor”, Rick McCharles. One of the best innovations in equipment in years. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video Paul Hunt comedy bars 1981, Rick McCharles. The best gymnastics comedian ever. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new GymSmarts.com articles for coaches, Rick McCharles. Steve Butcher, Dan Connelly, Michael Taylor, Yoishi Tomita, Mas Watanabe and more. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new “spring” beam, Rick McCharles. Safer beam approved for Jr. Olympic age group competition in the USA. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new self-spotting beam belt, Rick McCharles. Controversial beam belt. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new professional NCAA recruiting videos, Rick McCharles. Springboard Video will put together your tape. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new TumblTrak vaulting “Porta Table”, Rick McCharles. My favourite training device, especially for Yurchenko. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video DVD - Balance Beam - It’s About Stability, Rick McCharles. Debbie Rodriguez, Byers, California. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new video - Ri Jong Song - Floor Exercise, Rick McCharles. Triple-twisting double back mount, though he failed to make finals in Athens 2004. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new “form foam”, Rick McCharles, post on GymnasticsCoaching.com. Using a sponge between the feet as an incentive to keep form.
Christchurch School of Gymnastics
new “Vertimax” conditioning device, Rick McCharles. Used mainly for lower body conditioning, an excellent though expensive piece of equipment. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new videos shoulder stretching device, Rick McCharles. Designed by Peter Soul of Integrity Gymnastics in Ohio, this simple U-shaped rod keeps the shoulders stretched while doing handstands and pirouettes. Works instantly.
Peter also built a device for introducing forward hipcircles on a bar. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new “Spring Free” backyard trampolines, Rick McCharles, post on GymnasticsCoaching.com. A "safer" tramp for your yard.
new gymnasts cliff jumping, video posted by Rick McCharles. Coach Dave Adlard, Funtastics, Idaho asks all his gymnasts to jump off a cliff. Also wall climbing and the 26ft high balance "beam" on the high ropes course. All excellent activities for learning how to overcome mental barriers. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new introducing “flyaway”, video posted by Rick McCharles. Coach Rachael Tart, Funtastics, Idaho demonstrates a fun activity for small kids. She throws them into the pit like flyaway. One 6-year-old does double layout. GymnasticsCoaching.com
new padded pommel horse, Rick McCharles. You can buy pommel pads, but coach Miguel Costante, at Altadore made his own. The padding decreases the distance from the top of the horse to the pommels making skills, especially long travels, easier. GymnasticsCoaching.com
Altadore Gymnastics
new mushroom with tire tube, video posted by Rick McCharles. Coach Miguel Costante, at Altadore uses an inflated tire tube around the mushroom for the advanced boys.
