What a year it has been, and 2010 has started off with a BANG!!

Our YouTube views are going off the charts…Thank you for all that have visited, and for those of you that haven’t yet…better get there for your Gymnastics Minutes Tips…all the other coaches are there!!

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Mas Watanabe writes about  Competition Goals

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Learning the Glide Kip   DVD by Dan Connelly Learning the Glide Kip will help you teach you a successful glide kip on uneven bars. The kip is one of the fundamental skills needed for bars, and a complicated skill of timing and strength for the beginner/intermediate gymnast to do correctly. You will learn conditioning drills before learning the kip, some of the fundamentals of the glide, and some of Dan’s favorite kip drills with demonstrations of each in this comprehensive DVD. (More info). $29.95

Balance Beam Dismount Basics DVD by Tammy Biggs Tammy Biggs, continues her in-depth balance beam skills basics with this Developing Balance Beam Dismount Basics. In detail she breaks down each critical portion of developing dismounts from the beam. From the stretch jump, root skills needed and punching, to single flipping, and beginning double backs, she clearly and succinctly explains basics of each part of the cartwheel, round-offs and back handsprings as they relate to the beam dismount. This DVD is a must for anyone wanting to perform advanced dismounts, and the body positions are clearly performed by the demonstrators from Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy. (More info). $29.95

]]> http://gymsmartscommunity.com/blog/2010/01/08/new-jan-dvds/feed/ http://gymsmartscommunity.com/blog/2010/01/08/welcome-wibiya/ http://gymsmartscommunity.com/blog/2010/01/08/welcome-wibiya/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:57:36 +0000 Tom & Reiko Beach http://gymsmartscommunity.com/blog/2010/01/08/welcome-wibiya/ Do you have a web site that needs updating?  I have some, and I wanted to add social media awareness to the site…enter Wibiya.  Now I have an apps bar that shows my visitors where to find us without them leaving the site, and I get stats!

Search the site, translate it, show my latest on YouTube, Facebook friends, twitter, latest blog entries, let them share the page with friends. Put on a chat, show realtime users.

It took me about 30 minutes to set everything up, and was so simple to add to a blog or website. So as I work on updating my site, I have at least added something new to it.  Check it out at: GymSmarts!

GymSmarts Top DVDs for 2009

Five Sets ranked in the top 20…

1. Mas Watanabe’s Tumbling Set
2. Tony Gehman’s Advance Tumbling Set
3. Mas Watanabe’s Bar Set
4. Mas Watanabe’s Vaulting Series
5. Beth Gardner’s Preschool and Rec Gym 1-3

Top 10 individual DVDs:

1. Tammy Biggs – Leaps and Jumps
2. Tammy Biggs – Beam Complexes
3. Mary Lee Tracy – Core Strength
4. Mary Lee Tracy – Circuit Training
5. Tammy Biggs – Flexibility
6. Tony Retrosi – 5 Bar Skills
7. Tammy Biggs – Round-off
8. Tammy Biggs- Flipping Drills
9. Tammy Biggs – Aerials
10. Debbie Rodriguez – Beam Stability

Purchase any of these that you missed at: http://gymsmarts.com

Don’t forget to visit: www.GymsmartsCommunity.com. for more coaching information, comment back to the coaches. New posts by:

• Alison Arnold: New GymSmarts Video

• Beth Gardner: Role Models in the Gym: Team Kids & Gymrats

• Mary Lee Tracy: Purpose of Contests, Coaching Male & Female Athletes, Planning for Competition Preparation, “Clean Eating” for Gymnasts, Purpose of Verifications, Connection of Conditioning to Improvement, Handling Athlete / Coach Frustration

• Mas Watanabe: Front Handspring to Front Somersault Technique Part 2

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We have over 30,000 views in just a couple of months!

The Ball   DVD
by Mary Lee Tracy

A conditioning circuit from Mary Lee Tracy using the Swiss Ball and the weighted ball
The Ball, continues her popular series for conditioning athletes and developing great body shapes and strength. Exercises work on the upper body, core strength, balance and posture.   (More info). $29.95

Balance Beam Handstand Complexes  DVD
by Tammy Biggs

Learn the essential handstand skills for balance beam with warm-ups. This video covers handstand drills for beam warm-up. The video covers handstand walking, arm use, one arm handstand, straight arm blocking, using the alternate leg and the complete complex.
(More info). $29.95

• Mary Lee Tracy has been busy posting on her blog..tell our coaches what you would like to hear about.  Let us know what you want. 

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Circuit Training for Muscle Endurance   DVD
by Mary Lee Tracy

THow to increase your athlete’s ability to do full sets, finish strong and be safe. Mary Lee Tracy’s DVD, Circuit Training for Muscle Endurance, covers this rarely covered but extremely important topic. We normally talk about muscle and plyometric strength, but not muscle endurance capabilities necessary to compete effectively. This video covers two different muscle endurance circuits that Mary Lee uses in her gym.  (More info). $29.95

Yurchenko Progressions Part 2 - Flipping   DVD
by Tony Retrosi

Learn how to Successfully and Safely Develop the Advanced Yurchenko Vault.  Tony, Retrosi’s DVD, Yurchenko Progressions Part 2 – Flipping continues the development of this extremely popular vault from his first video Yurchenko Progressions. He begins with drills to improve landings and cover how to improve the flipping and twisting elements of advanced twisting Yurchenkos.
(More info). $29.95

Yurchenko Progressions 2 Disk Set (1 & 2)  DVD
by Tony Retrosi

Training your mind is as essential
Learn how to Successfully and Safely Develop the Advanced Yurchenko Vault. Tony Retrosi’s Yurchenko Progressions clearly covers all the elements needed to successfully teach the Yurchenko Vault. On the first DVD he breaks the vault into six distinct elements: the run, the hurdle, the round-off, the back handspring, the flip, and the landing. Included on the video is a section that puts all the elements together. The second disk begins with drills to improve landings and covers how to improve the flipping and twisting elements of advanced twisting Yurchenkos.
(More info). $54.95

GEW - Gymnastics Educational Workshops have announced their schedule for 2009!!

GEW offers affordable workshop that provides tools and ideas to improve, educate and motivate gymnastics class instructors to teach recreational and preschool gymnasts.

Workshop Dates & Places

* Fri 5/29/2009: GEW-May29 & 30 USAG WA State Clinic
* Sat 7/11/2009: GEW-July 11 & 12 Camp
* Sun 8/23/2009: GEW-Aug 23-Raleigh NC
* Sun 8/23/2009: GEW-Aug 23-Chicago, IL
* Sun 8/23/2009: GEW-Aug 23-Atlanta, GA
* Sun 8/30/2009: GEW-Aug 30- Kansas, MO
* Sun 8/30/2009: GEW-Aug 30-Kalamazoo, MI
* Sun 8/30/2009: GEW - Aug 30 - Virginia/DC area
* Sun 9/13/2009: GEW-Sep 13-Denver, CO
* Sun 9/13/2009: GEW-Sep13-Milwaukee, WI
* Sun 9/27/2009: GEW - Sep 27 - Columbus, OH
* Sun 10/4/2009: GEW-Oct 4-Indianapolis, IN
* Sun 10/4/2009: GEW - Oct 4 - Philadelphia Area

www.gymnasticseducationalworkshop.com