Entries from June 2010 ↓

Congratulations.

… the 2000 U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastics Team will be awarded their Olympic team bronze medals at a special ceremony on Aug. 11 in Hartford, Conn., in conjunction with the 2010 Visa Championships. …

Amy Chow, Jamie Dantzscher, Dominique Dawes, Kristen Maloney, Elise Ray and Tasha Schwikert. Morgan White was named to the team but withdrew just prior to the Games due to injury, and Alyssa Beckerman was the alternate. …

The IOC recently stripped China of its 2000 Olympic Games women’s team bronze medal because one of its athletes did not meet the age requirement.

USAG

This is coach Krista Morris. She’s celebrating her brief holiday from the gym by doing gymnastics atop Mt Remus, Alberta.

besthike trip report

Fun at the Flip Fest camp.

Posted on the Flip Fest Summer Camp Facebook page.

Great idea.

This week’s gymnastics technique video features a low impact yurchenko full vault drill used by the University of Minnesota women’s gymnastics team and Coach Jim Stephenson …

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

They have a traveling rig connected to a twisting belt set up above their trampoline. Jim takes us through the drills they’re able to do on the station to teach all types of vaults: yurchenkos, tsukaharas, and even handspring entry vaults. The biggest advantage of a drill like this is that it’s low impact for the gymnast meaning they can do high reps of them without the pounding on their bodies.

Click PLAY or watch U Of Minnesota Traveling Rig Vault Station on Gymnastike.

Here’s a similar twist belt concept. This is Calgary Gymnastics Centre Trampoline sports, coach Brett MacAulay.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It slows down the skill brilliantly.

… Ultimately, however, I’d prefer not to use a belt, if possible. Or to use one as little as possible. Better the athlete do it themselves.

Marie Sophie Hindermann photoshoot.

more photos on GymFever (Romania)

MostepanovaFan:

Montage of Anna Pavlova on beam from 2001-2010. Easily my favourite gymnast of current times.

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481095ymg on IG forum created a Beam routine out of skills Anna has competed in the past:

Roundoff layout mount (E), front aerial (D), + side somi (D), + kolesnikova (D), switch ring leap (E), flip flop (B), + flip flop (B), + back layout to two feet (E), kotchetkova (D), + flip flop (B), + layout step out (C), full turn w/ leg at horizontal (C), onodi (D), + omelianchik (D), sissone (A), + sheep jump (D), roundoff (B), + back layout 3/1 dismount (F)

E 1
D 2
D 3
D 4
E 5
E 6
D 7
C 8
D 9
D
D
F 10
… old code counting 10 skills

CV = 1.00

4.40 + 1.00 + 2.50 = 7.90

That really surprised me. With that A Score (she would’ve had to complete every connection) she probably could have won any competition she was in without a fall. Thoughts everyone?

This post is for the 15 coaches, all successful, who took the 6-day course at CGC last week.

All course videos and links are now posted on the official Level 3 Coaching Clinic 2010 (MAG and WAG) home page.

Clinicians: Kyle Shewfelt, Adam Wong, Jeremy Mosier, Valérie Oudin Arsenault and Rick McCharles.

Always wanted to be an Olympian?

… This may be as close as you can get.

• 18 years old by 1 January 2012
• Available to volunteer for a minimum of 10 days at either, or both, of the Games.
• Eligible to volunteer in the UK according to UK immigration laws.
• Able to attend a minimum of three training sessions prior to the Games.
• Agree to, and pass, certain security and background checks.
• Applicants for specialist sport volunteer roles must additionally be available for the Test Event which is planned to take place at North Greenwich Arena in January 2012.

details on British Gymnastics

No accommodation provided.

Gymnastics Examiner has a good write up on last weekend’s World Cup meet in Portugal → China, Vietnam on the rise at World Cup Portugal; while Daniele Hypolito, Chen Yibing rising again

… The biggest surprise of the meet was Vietnam’s Phan Thi Ha Thanh, who made history for her country with silver medals on vault (13.762) and floor (13.475). Vietnam has never won a World Cup medal in gymnastics. …

Thi Ha Thanh Phan

Flavius Kocz (ROM) tumbled out of 3 1/2 twist to win Floor. (VIDEO)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

MostepanovaFan has posted over 500 videos, some of the best on the WWW.

Last week at Altadore I was very impressed with this new skill. She finds it fairly easy up on to a “freeway” beam cover.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Coach – Katelyn Niro.

Mas Watanabe:

Now we are done with the competition season evaluation so that the next step is to think about setting new goals for next year. …

Here is the main emphasis for setting a goals for the off-season.

1. Area of basic refinement for all the events

2. Retaining learned skills:
*. Maintaining good rhythm and timing
*. Further refining of technique & improving amplitude

3. Selecting new skills to learn:
*. Determining the proper progressions
*. Determining the area of specific strength necessary

4. General & specific areas of strength development

5. Artistry of gymnastics development:

*. Flexibility improvement
*. Improvement of dance and artistic expression

GymSmarts Mas Watanabe – Transitional Period and Goal setting

Seems to me that numbers of competitors must be increasing in the USA.

Great news. Acrobatic Gymnastics is a terrific sport.

The country’s best acrobatic gymnasts are heading to Kissimmee, Fla., for the 2010 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships, July 24-28, at the Silver Spurs Arena.

The Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships showcase more than 500 of the nation’s top and up-and-coming acrobatic gymnasts, from the junior and senior elite to Junior Olympic Levels 5-10. …

read more – USAG

Top U.S. acrobatic gymnasts will perform demonstrations and exhibitions during the 2010 Visa Championships, Aug. 10-14, in Hartford, Conn.