International gymwheel aces at the IRV-seminar

Former World Champion Wolfgang Bientzle (GER) as a lector

It is a good tradition, that the International Wheel Gymnastics Federation (IRV) is inviting to an achievement seminar with international participation in the week after the WORLD TEAM CUP.
After the world elite met in the Palatine Wolfstein, one chose Taunusstein this year.
Not without reason, because it is there where the wheel gymnastics club of the TSV Bleidenstadt holds the yearly so-called "Easter seminar".
Why should one not do something in combination then, especially since the "wheel gym guru", the many time former world champion Wolfgang Bientzle (GER) came all the way from Chicago to give forth his knowledge and experience as a teacher.
But it was not only a seminar for the actives.

Monika Vaethbrueckner (GER) teacher of the seminar participants

Tamura Motonobu (JPN)

This time the seminar was also a special further educational means for trainers and judges.
40 participants in total from Japan, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Germany were hungry for information, in order to improve their already high gymnastics niveau. Surprising that even with current world champions amongst the athletes like the Dutch Kirstin Heerdink (winner of the vault final 2009 in Baar/Switzerland) and the vice-world champion of vault, Ruth-Kari Krokeide (NOR), or the vault world champion from 2007, Tamura Motonobu from Japan, such seminars are being used to work further on their abilities.

Until Friday afternoon it will be more hard training and then the participants will leave each other again, for some until the next world championship 2011 in Arnsberg.

Also trampoline gymnastics is part of the seminar program...

Some will celebrate a reunion somewhat earlier, because already in July the IRV is calling the gymwheel gymnasts to a further international seminar in Spain. This trainings camp in Valencia from the 18th until the 28th of July is however an open seminar and made for participants of diverse ability levels.
* Franz Obry (GER)

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