Author Archives: Adam Paterson

“Conditioning Exercise of the Week” – Straight Body pull to hang

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Adam Paterson

Here is another exercise from our Straight arm circuit – currently used by our Junior National team. A fairly simple exercise to use which links nicely to straight arm Ring work – Azarian etc The gymnasts should try to maintain … Continue reading →

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Louis Smith features in video for Sport Relief 2012 single

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Adam Paterson

Check out this video from British Boyband JLS featuring GBR star – Louis Smith This is the official song for Sport Relief 2012 Nice to see a gymnast in the forefront of the campaign…. What do we think?

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Instant video analysis software now available for Iphone and Ipad!

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Adam Paterson

To any of our users who have ever used Dartfish, Silicone Coach or something similar know how useful replay technology can be useful to our coaching and our gymnasts. You may also know that they take quite of investment if … Continue reading →

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New Floor Skill from Kieran Behan (IRE)

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Adam Paterson

Kieran Behan has a reputation of being some what of a floor specialist and is known for his classy style. Kieran’s coach, today text me very excited with a new variation of Japanese Handstand on Floor. They are hopeful to … Continue reading →

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“Conditioning Exercise of the Week” – Basic Rolling Routine

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Adam Paterson

Here in this video we show a  basic roll routine used on a daily basis with our gymnasts. Many coaches have there own variations of this routine but these routines generally include many back extension rolls to handstand, with 1/2 … Continue reading →

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New Video from Lee Woolls – Yamawaki/Jonasson

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Adam Paterson

Yamawaki & Jonasson video from Lee Woolls – CBGC This great little video shows the clear stages of swinging & Honma in preparation for Yamawaki type elements. Visit Lee’s Youtube channel here

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