Settled Into Portugal

Hello,

So I have finally gotten some sleep and woke up to a bright ray of sunlight dancing into my room across my face this morning. I did get time to bounce yesterday and tried out the trampolines. So far they seem very powerful but much quicker then the slower beds back at home. Every competition they are different and it is up to the athlete to adapt and still muscle through routines no matter the situation of the equipment.

As for the food, the meals are all served at the venue which is a short bus ride or a 15 minute walk away. The chicken we had literally tasted like Swiss Chalet and was probably the juiciest chicken I have ever had:):) The hotel is very nice and quaint and has a housey warm feeling with the decor. I love being in Portugal, or any European country because the atmosphere is relaxed here. In North America it seems everyone is too busy to be friendly or to have fun because we are so concerned about making money. Here they are comfortable with working less hours and having less in their pocket.

After I woke up the team decided to go to the beach to check out the area and relax before afternoon training. The beach was amazing, with the fresh Ocean water splashing onto the shore for miles. I have taken many pictures and you can see them on my fan page.  Link is below. As for now I have training in about an hour and hopefully I will be use tot he trampolines now that I have had some sleep. :)

 Picture Links:

http://www.facebook.com/GregoryVRoeTrampoline?ref=ts

:D

Off to Portugal

Hello everyone,

I am off to Portugal today at 8:10 pm Toronto time for a world cup. This world cup has more contenders then the average world class competition and should prove to be very interesting. There was a mix up with my flight and instead of going to Brussels, Germany, I am going to Munich, Germany and then off to Lisbon, Portugal and then finally Farrow, Portugal. I have training Thursday where I can play with the trampolines and decide what one I like most. Normally I pick the trampoline with less athlete's on it so I can get more turns. Friday morning is the syncho mens prelims and later that day is the men's individual prelims.  Finals would be a great goal and if I hit some good routines I think I can come top 10. Finals will be saturday, and Sunday will be the flight home.  I have to admit I am not as well prepared for this competition like I normally am. I have been juggling many different responsibilities and have found it hard to put a lot of effort into training with things such as work, trampoline shows, media sponsorship, organizing school etc. After this competition, good or bad I will be turning up the intensity on my training and decreasing work by about 30 hours to ensure I can focus more on my training.

With that said I believe I can do well and hope I do because it would be nice to land a few good routines to get this new year off to a great start. Wish me luck and hopefully  I will have some good results when I get back. Hopefully a personal Best :)

Background 4 Hire

Hello everyone,

I was speaking to a close friend the other day and he happened to mention a talent agency named Background4Hire (Bg4Hire). You have to register and put in all your information such as profile picture, sizes, hair colour etc. There is a tab called " Special Skills" and here you click the skill sets you have such as "instruments", "acrobatics", ETC. The company will then put your profile in the database and whenever a movie set director or producer needs a person with your skill set, your profile will pop up and they may pick you to help out in a movie or commercial. It could be anything from teaching a young child how to play a simple song on a piano to doing a triple backflip on a trampoline in a movie. It only costs $28 per year and for the amount of jobs that come up it proves to be a pretty good opportunity for anyone with a special skill set to make a bit of extra cash on the side.

Check it out at:

www.bg4hire.com

thanks:)

Training Video Post

I am getting ready for Portugal and decided to put up a video of training. It was definatly not my best training but I just wanted to show what I was planning on. I hope to do a 16.4 which would put me in finals if done at my best. We will see how it goes at Portugal. :)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmDyibVWmE0&feature=youtu.be

There is the link. I hope to be doing a 17.0 by this up coming season.

Thanks,

:)

Routine at Nationals gone Wrong :)

Hello everyone,

I just found this old routine and wanted to post it. It is of me trying Jason Burnett's Beijing Olympic routine in 2008. It did not work out to well. I started good and then lost height very quickly and ended up scraping my head on the trampoline and flying off. Check it out :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXAOr5boqhc&feature=youtu.be

This video is also on the "Videos" tab and can be viewed at anytime :)

Enjoy

Level 3 Technical

Hello everyone, I am currently taking my level three technical course at Skyriders. It is nice to see some coaches that I have not seen for a while such as the funny guys from Airborne trampoline. We basically reviewed a lot of level 2  material. Spotting Birani's, back fulls, rudys and randys  took a long time today to get through. Dave Ross is the instructor and went into detail about the mechanics of trampoline. I have gone up with Florin from Halton Hills and he is having a good time learning about the world of trampoline.  I have to be up early tomorrow so I will leave it here just as a quick update:)

Goodnight everyone,


Greg

Coaching tutorials

Hello everyone,

I will be starting a video tutorial aspect of my websites and just wanted to inform everyone to look out for it. I will be taking videos of myself and other athletes learning skills and explaining some ways I teach certain skills based on my coaching and athletic experience. I will be combining my gymnastics and my trampoline background in these tutorials. Example:

I will make a video of how to teach a proper handstand and then make a video of how a handstand will help teach an athlete a front layout. 

I will be building up to hard skills such as triple flips and multi twisting singles and doubles. I will be building skills up WITHOUT a foam pit or belt. Not every club has it and coaches should be able to teach any skill with or without the belt. 

Again I know I say this all the time but this is MY OPINION. It is simply to coaches and athletes thinking about potentially different ways to learn skills. 

Today I will try to make a tutorial about how I teach a handstand if I can find an athlete who can do a good one at summer camp or during my private lessons today. 

Please leave comments and suggestions :)

thanks:)