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The latest news, gossip from the World of Gymnastics!

Here’s a sample video tutorial from Lee. Teaching Ring swing. (using straps or — as Lee would call them — ”loops”)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (12min)

The goal is to swing to invert cross position as efficiently as possible. The kids need learn to keep the shoulders low.

See the interesting trench pit at 7min 30sec.

Great stuff. Exactly what Edouard Iarov, former Men’s National Coach of Canada, recommends. Delay the gymnasts going for handstand until they are able to keep arms relatively straight.

This site is must follow for all serious MAG coaches. Both coaches are on twitter.

GymnasticsPlanet.co.uk

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We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read. …

These changes will take effect on March 1, 2012.

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Some are freaking out.

That’s dopey. Not much is changing. Here’s a much more measured assessment:

Read Write Web – Tech World Overreacts to Google’s New Privacy Policy – How Does It Affect You?

… You know what you can do? Stop sharing things you don’t want tracked. …

Before and after March 1st best advice is not to do anything online you’ll regret in future. Somebody, somewhere could be tracking it. And it probably won’t be Google. They’re one of the least evil players.

If you want to dig into this deeper, the best authority is Jeff Jarvis. He’s the author of:

• What Would Google Do?
• Public Parts
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related – Student-Athlete Privacy

On Gymnastike, Anne commented on some NCAA schools using a 3rd party service called Varsity Monitor to follow their team online.

They flag “questionable conduct“.

That’s a bit scary. But I suspect Universities are mainly worried about what their high profile basketball and football players say. Gymnasts are probably the least of their worries.

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It’s by LEIGH HENNESSY ROBSON, Owner and Coach of the Acadiana Center for Trampoline Techniques in Lafayette, LA.

Leigh is a film maker and Communications professional. It shows.

Check a recent post on the American women.

Trampoline Pundit

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Couch Gymnast posted a few to humourous effect, including this one from Danell Leyva (who’s flooding my Twitter client. Slow down, dude.)

see more gymnastics tweets

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Jenny links to videos from the Trampoline Olympic Test Meet, noting that the Men’s videos are better.

Women’s Prelims
Men’s Tramp

Click PLAY or watch Dong Dong’s optional on YouTube.

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check out the site translated to English

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photo Tandoori Poulet on Facebook

It was Blythe’s birthday last night. Celebrating.

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For now they publish only in Spanish. But I get every post sent to me Google translated into English. Here’s a sample:

The Spanish team gymnastics arrived yesterday in London to participate on Tuesday, in the pre-Olympic tournament that will distribute the final berths for the 2012 London event, marked on the calendar of these athletes for four years. …

… Jesus Carballo emphasizes the preparation of all hard selected. “This tournament is novel. So far, after the World Cup, the gymnasts down the intensity of your workouts, but this year has maintained a high level of demand “, which even led them to train hard during Christmas. …

Spain seeks his place in Olympics

(Google translated)

… You can get the general idea of what was posted originally in Spanish, but the translation is far from perfect.

It’s nice to see such a professional site dedicated to the Spanish language.

On a sad note, Manuel Carballo withdrew from the competition with a knee injury dismounting PB.

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Sigh …

But once again I’ve got the Gymnastics Coaching Facebook page operational. You can LIKE that page here. Until Facebook breaks it again.

That’s trampolinist Karen Cockburn in the graphic.

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