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Reflections On The 2012 Pacific Rim Championships

March 17, 2012

John Geddert shares some comments regarding the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships

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Reflections On The 2012 Pacific Rim Championships

March 17, 2012

John Geddert shares some thoughts on the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships.

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Contest Winner Announcements at Twistars Invitational

January 7, 2012

Winners of Success Videos “Gymnastics Homework: Volume 1 “ Prizes can be picked up from the Admissions tickets table Friday Drawings: Maureen Kent Paul Roche Michelle Mulder Saturday Drawings:  jeffreyrharp@yahoo.com Mandy Hintz Brianna Popyk Sunday Drawings: Larry Gotcher Darian Orr Beth Pressley Sunday Grand Prize Drawings Twistars 2012 Summer Gymnastics Camp – One Free Camp [...]

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Winner Announced for the Gymnastics Homework Release

January 6, 2012

Thanks to all the coaches who shared the information and emails about our newest DVD in the Success Videos series: Gymnastics Homework Volume 1. As promised, we have entered all the coaches who participated into a drawing for a complete set of Success Videos (15 DVDs in all!)  Some coaches receiced more than one entry [...]

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Winner Announcement: Fri 12:30 Drawing

January 6, 2012

We are giving away lots of great prizes at the Twistars Invitational in Lansing, MI this weekend! Congratulations to Maureen Kent. Maureen is the winner of Success Videos-Gymnastics Homework: Volume 1. Share on Facebook

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Ask John Q&A: Floor Mat Thickness

December 22, 2011

Question: Hi John, What floor mat thickness would you recommend for use on an unsprung wooden hall floor for an elementary school based gymnastics club? Thanks Answer: I would highly recommend the 2 inch foam backed carpet bonded foam. I think it runs somewhere around $600 per 40 foot roll (6 foot wide). You can [...]

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World Championship Wrap-up

October 23, 2011

I have to say that I have been refreshingly impressed with the overall response to the “behind the scenes” look at the 2011 World Championships blog series. I am relieved that most appreciated the coach’s perspective and did not consider the content gospel but merely insight and opinion. I think the goal of providing an [...]

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Game Day 2: 2011 World’s

October 12, 2011

Receive these Blog updates directly to your email in-box.  Just enter your email in the box to the right.  Then be sure check your email for a message from FeedBurner and click the link in that email to activate your subscription.     ___________________________________________________________ It’s tough to do gymnastics with your feet off the ground and [...]

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GYMNASTICS COACHES – Coaching Compulsory Vault

December 21, 2010

This in the “PART 2” I promised in a previous blog. Part 3 will cover the Round Off Entry style optional level vault. As I mentioned earlier vaulting can be the toughest of all events to coach. First of all, due to the extreme amount of athletic ability that the event requires in order to [...]

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