We use something that's called 'zinkzalf' in Dutch, Google says it's 'zinc oxide ointment in English. After that you can use Vaseline (do you know that in Australia?). For me this is a quick and effective solution for rips!
Hi everyone, I am interested to hear experiences from other gymnasts, former gymnasts coaches etc. Are there any nice gymnastics blogs to follow? I googeled but I only found these ones: https://gymnasticscoaching.com/ and https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/blog/. Do you follow any other nice blogs?
I really love to watch floor routines, especially when the gymnast, routine and music seems to be one. I read this article about the top ten artistic floor routines of 2015: http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/38455-top-10-artistic-floor-routines-of-2015#.WSsYOmjyjIU. Eythora Thorsdottir came...
Do you guys do workouts on music in the training? In my opinion workouts are so much more fun with music! I really like the 'who run the world' and 'uptown funk' workouts and I use the tabata song for different strength exercises. But does anyone have other nice workouts which I can do with my...
I knew that you can inquire the D-score (and not de E-score of course). But I didn't know that you can inquire the neutral deductions? Is that a rule in the USA or is this stated in the FIG?
In the Netherlands you have a really nice community on Facebook in which people sell second hand leotards to each other. It's called 'Tweedehands turnpakjes voor meisjes en jongens'. There are a lot of leotards of famous brands which you can buy and it's not that expensive! I bought a lot of my...
You're Dutch right? Then you can find the routine times here:
http://www.kngu.nl/uploads/turnen_dames/Documenten/Informatie/Reglementen/NTS_2013_Reglement_Keuze_aug14.pdf
The maximum duration depends on your level on beam and floor (supplement). Bars is not timed indeed. The times for beam...
I found this inspirational gymnastics video which I really like!! Do you guys have some other inspirational gymnastics videos? I would like to see them :)