Another training camp is in the books! Every year I pick a motto for camp.
This year was: ‘WE MAKE CORRECTIONS NOT EXCUSES”
Gym Momentum Training Camp Boston had gymnasts and coaches from throughout North America as well as some gymnasts from Iceland.
Thursday night we started with orientation and open training with their personal coaches. I knew right away that this was going to be a great camp. All the gymnasts and coaches were so hungry to learn the Gym Momentum staff was super energized to meet their expectations. Thursday night all coaches and staff met to go over the training plan for the weekend and then we had a round table discussion on establishing a realistic time line for gymnastics success.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday we trained 2 sessions per day getting to each event twice per day while leaving time for open training for the gymnasts (with Gym Momentum Staff) while their coaches had clinic time. Friday night Brian Pickard delivered a lecture to the coaches on Conditioning and Recovery. Saturday night Jeremy Mosier did a lecture on incorporating trampoline drills into workouts.
With ALL the gymnasts working so hard it was honestly difficult to find a “Hardest Worker” in each group. After much deliberation the coaching staff came up with:
Group 1: Elizabeth, Yellowjackets, Massachusetts
Group 2: Rebecca, Acrotex, Texas
Group 3: Sarah, Athletic Edge, New York
Group 4: Katy, Acrotex, Texas
The SPIRIT of MOMENTUM, given to the gymnast who overall made the most corrections and just kept trying went to
Maddie, Spectrum Gymnastics, New Hampshire
As this is our 2nd year running Gym Momentum Training Camp we also gave out awards to the gyms who showed the most improvement over the last year. Those gyms who took the corrections they were given last year and continued to work on them through out the winter. These gyms won a coaches spot FREE for Gym Momentum Camp 2016! (July 14-17, 2016)
- Acrotex, Texas
- Athletic Edge, New York
- River Valley, New Brunswick, Canada
- Jean’s Gym, Massachusetts.
Congratulations to all the gymnasts and Coaches. Keep up the good work,
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
The Gym Momentum Staff for 2015 were:
Vaulting
- Jamie Donkin
- Tony Retrosi
- Vasko Vetzev (96, 2000 Olympic Team)
Bars
- Daire Oceallag
- Jeremy Mosier (World Championship Team T&T)
- Brian Pickard
Beam
- Carly Meyer
Tumbling
- Wendy Bruce-Martin (1992 Olympic Team)
- James Parent
Dance
- Jody Nichols
TEAMS ATTENDING GYM MOMENTUM CAMP
- Acrotex. Austin, Texas
- Aerials Gymnastics. Spruce Grove, AB, Canada
- Arlington Aerials. Arlington, VA
- Atlantic Gymnastics, Dover, NH
- Athletic Edge. Staten Island, NY
- Evergreen Gymnastics. Lisbon, NH
- Gymfest Gymnastics. Pittsfield, MA
- Jean’s Gymnastics. Marlboro, MA
- Pegasus Gymnastics. Calgary, AB, Canada
- River Valley Gymnastics. Woodstock, NB, Canada
- Spectrum Gymnastics Academy. Londonderry, NH
- Sterling Academy of Gymnastics. Sterling, MA
- Stjarnan Gymnastics. Reykjavik Iceland
And our wonderful hosts: Yellow Jackets Gymnastics. Middleton MA
I am in the process of editing all the photos and videos. I will have a separate post for all of those. If you have a photo or video that you would like to share- KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING! Send it to me!
– As many of you know, Tim Korman, lost his battle with cancer a few weeks before Gym Momentum Camp. This was a terrible loss to the gymnastics community and the Yellowjackets gymnastics family. Profits from Gym Momentum Camp this year will be sent to a foundation of his families choice. A few of the Gym Momentum Staff also have RETURNED their pay check so that money can also go into the foundation.
