Los Angeles School of Gymnastics Blog

Coach Yefim Furman at the Olympic Park in Rio Brazil

Gymnastics is a sport of physical excellence, where complete control over your mind and motor skills is of the utmost importance. We teach that here, through a series of championship quality coaches and Olympic quality training regimens. We operate on the principle that anyone can be a gold-studded gymnasts, and that even if they're not they will still have the time of their lives practicing and reaping the benefits of the sport. These attitudes have helped us produce incredible athletes, attract amazing talent, and be voted one of the best in the west.

This Week at LASG

Press Release: Head Coach Yefim Furman in Rio, Brazil
A recent press release was written about our Head Coach Yefim Furman, who has been consultiong for NBC at the Rio 2016 Olympics and reporting to us from the ground floor:
Click here to read more about our Olympic Fever

Mommy Poppins 'Best of LA' Competition
The 2016 Mommy Poppins 'Best of LA' competition is coming to a close soon (this Saturday) and the Los Angeles School of Gymnastics is a FINALIST for the 'Best Sports Program or Class' category. Mommy Poppins is offering a chance to win one of four free prizes, two of which are PAID FAMILY VACATIONS, for anyone who votes.
It takes only seconds!
Click here to fill out a vote for our school and be entered for a chance to win

 

Feeling the Rhythm

Our Olympians in Training
This last month 30 children in the country were chosen, after testing in the New York Olympic Center, to train with our team of world-class Olympic gymnasts.

Not just one, but two of our students were chosen.

Once there they were able to practice more advanced rhythmic gymnastics techniques, watch the Olympics in person, and meet some of the best athletes competing for our nation. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.

Led by Diana M., a coach here at the Los Angeles School of Gymnastics, the girls compete on our schools rhythmic gymnastics team. Diana herself ranked into the top 12 in the nation when she was competing, which is why training future champions is her expertise. She has 16 years of a serious gymnastics career under her belt, and so she easily produced two rhythmic gymnastic prodigies that were able to train alongside the best professionals in the nation.

Upcoming Olympic Events
The only events left for Olympic gymnastics are rhythmic gymnastics taking place this weekend, August 19th through August 21st. Gymnasts will compete in the Individual and Group All-Around events through the weekend, displaying a smoothness of movement that is more graceful than a soft wave in a pond. Make sure you don't miss this athletic competition, starting this Friday, but if you do we will be reporting on it regularly.

Olympic Sized Review

Not Everything that Glitters is Gold
These Olympians have trained their entire life to reach the level of skill that has won them 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the world. From around the age that they start school in the U.S., these men and women representing our country have trained with dedication and heart to master the skills of their trade. Their commitment demands a special level of respect, regardless of how close they came to being the top athlete in the world. They are all still Olympians.

Recap of Events This Week
This last Sunday August 14th the Women's Uneven Bars were fought out, narrowly putting Aliya Mustafini from Russia above Madison Kocian who took 2nd for Team USA. The Men's Pommel Horse shortly followed with two champions from Great Britain placing in the top two seats, and Alexander Naddour from the U.S. coming in 3rd. The Women's Vault came up next giving Simone Biles another gold medal to add to her trophy case, which must be getting full at this point.

This last Monday, August 15th, brought the U.S. 2 medals from women's gymnastics. In the beam Laurie Hernandez fell .133 points short of 1st place, but will be coming home with a silver medal, and Simone Biles came in behind her for a 3rd place finish. 

Tuesday August 16th was a day full of success, as Team USA brought home 4 medals from gymnastics. Danell Leyva was our biggest competitor that day, taking 2nd in the Mens Horizontal Bar and 2nd in the Men's Parallel Bar. In the Women's Floor Exercise, Simone Biles took a strong 1st and Aly Raisman brought us the silver, bringing us to 12 medals in gymnastics.

 

The Commitment Makes the Champion

 

The Gymnast Who Made History
Pictured above is Simone Biles, an Olympic Gymnast who's won 5 medals, tying the record for most medals won by a gymnast at a single Olympics. How did she get to the point of borderline record breaking? By battling her way through local, state, and national championships. Biles ranks as the most decorated American gymnast, beating a 20 year old record, and practice is how she managed it. That and a drive to compete. She sacrificed a college scholarship to compete professionally in gymnastics, all with the goal of competing in the biggest international competition there is. You would think she must have been born tumbling, but surprisingly Ms. Biles has only worked with a trainer since the age of 8. A student who enters our facility earlier than that has the potential to become a future record holder, look out Simone.

Creating Champions Here at Home
While not every young child can become a world-class gymnast, the benefits of competing are still plain to see. A child who practices gymnastics learns strength, balance, flexibility, social skills, mental function and disease prevention for conditions such as cancer, asthma, diabetes, and obesity. With the rate of obesity in highschool students being put at 14% (a figure from 2015), it shows how critical it is to fight preventable diseases. The best way to do it is through exercise.

Competing is also healthy for developing students. Competing in a sport has been shown to raise self-esteem, reduce dangerous behaviour, and teach children an understanding of healthy competition. As competition is a big part of life as your children enter highschool, then into adulthood, it is so beneficial to learn how to compete in a productive way.

There are plenty of local competitions coming in the following year, keep an eye on our blog and social media pages to keep up with the latest on everything gymnastics!

A Few Reminders

Don't forget to support our facility and help us bring an Olympian out of your community. Vote for us at mommypoppins.com/voteandwin and you could win free prizes, as well as letting everyone in town know that we're as good as our credentials show.

Support our students, our coaches, and the nations greatest athletes by watching the Olympics with your little athletes this last weekend of events. Specifically tune in to the rhythmic gymnastics coming up this weekend. Even if you don't believe your child will make it to the Olympics, don't they deserve all of the benefits gained from taking part in our Olympic-quality training? 

Of course they do. To sign your child up for a class at the Los Angeles School of Gymnastics, contact us at:
(310) 204-1980
Or info@lagymnastics.com
Get your little athlete started with our classes, we're only 2 weeks into this seasons classes!

This weekend we have two competitions and LASG is excited to hear soon about their great performances. We will be having the Girls LA Cup Invitational Competition and Boys LA Lights Conference Championship. These competitions are for Qualifications for State Competition which leads to Regionals and then lastly Nationals. We are rooting and without a doubt highly confident that our students will be going the distance!

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Luckly, was able to have a quick second interview of one of the many students attending this weekend's competition, as all are completely focused to be the best. Caught him taking a minute break,

From the picture below we have Mason Stokdyk lvl8,

,who got 3rd on the P-Bar (Parallel Bar) from the previous competition known as the Azarian cup.

Confidently Mason is "Excited and Ready!" for this weekend as you can see with his striking pose in the picture above. He has an uplifting spirit and remarkable amount of energy, it was difficult for him to stay seated. He was anxious to go back to practice to hone his skills to perfection, and glad to have him for the second to show what kind of confidence our students have for the upcoming competitions to qualify for state and we have no doubt they have the potential to do so.

Below are some of the competing boys of L.A.S.G.

Followed by the girls who are adamant and focused, where when they fell, they had a strong front that showed their mentality was not phased each time they fell (which was rare) and got up and tried again until they feel closer to perfection.

We can't wait to hear about their results!! Thank you for reading and have a great day!

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