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Yoichi Tomita
Yoichi’s 35 years as an elite competitor, coach and administrator include coaching appointments to the USA Men’s Olympics gymnastics teams in 1988 and 2000, as well as serving as the 2004 USA Olympic team chairman. Add Junior National, Senior National Champion, National Team members, as well as World Champion and Olympic competitors to his coaching resume.
His Olympic pupils include twins Dan and Dennis Hayden –alternates to the 1984 team that won the men’s first team combined gold medal ever at the Los Angeles Games. Add five-time NCAA All-American Trent Wells, Yoichi’s own accomplished son, Yewki; and Kerri Strug, who stole our hearts during a humid fortnight in Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Games. In 1998, he was also named the USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year.
Yoichi was a top Japanese gymnast and high school champion who was recruited heavily by colleges in the USA. As a schoolboy he idolized the dominant Japanese men’s national teams of the 1960’s and early 1970’s. He left Japan in 1974 with $1,000 in his pocket and a dream to have a successful gymnastics career in America. After winning an NCAA championship at Long Beach State. Yoichi’s rise to the top of American coaching echelons began in the late 1970’s with the Junior National Boy’s Program in the late 1970’s. He became one of the first coaches to work in this newly-formed program and was influential in it’s early development. Yoichi moved to Tucson to coach young gymnasts at Gymnastics World, the gym he opened in 1982.
Today Yoichi is the chairman of the Men’s Program Committee and the Vice-Chairman for Men on the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors (the USAG is the governing body for gymnastics in the USA).
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DVD
$29.95
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Basic Tumbling for all levels Men & Women
On this DVD, Yoichi Tomita explains simply, clearly and effectively basic tumbling skills, rolls, walkover and cartwheels, and front and back tumbling.
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DVD
$29.95
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Parallel Bar Dismounts
Yoichi Tomita explains clearly and efficiently the progressions and important elements necessary to master the front and back salto dismounts on Parallel Bars.
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DVD
$29.95
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Pommel Horse Single Leg Work and Circle Development
New DVD. On this DVD, Yoichi explains simply, clearly and effectively, the basics of single leg work and double leg circle development on pommel horse. He explains the importance of single leg work for learning and developing the necessary strength to successfully master this difficult event.
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DVD
$29.95
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Strength Training for Junior Gymnasts
On this DVD, Yoichi Tomita shows strength foundations, lower body work and refining skills for the junior gymnasts.
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DVD
$29.95
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The Flyaway for Uneven Bars & High Bar Tuck & Layout
On this DVD, Yoichi Tomita explains simply, clearly and effectively the flyaway for uneven bars and high bar, both in the tucked and layout positions.
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E-report
$5.00
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z Interview/Article: Developing a Strength Program for Junior Gymnasts
This interview with Yoichi Tomita is to help to better understand strength training, how it affects the overall development of the gymnast, and how to structure strength training into the gymnasts training program. It is designed to further develop concepts covered in Yoichi’s Strength Training for Junior Gymnasts DVD.
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E-report
$5.00
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z Interview/Article: Understanding Basic Tumbling
This interview with Yoichi Tomita is to help to better understand what basic tumbling is, how it impacts gymnasts overall training for all events, and how to implement a Basic Tumbling Program into daily training. It is designed to futher develop concepts covered in Yoich's BASIC TUMBLING DVD.
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