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A very cool documentary. Who knew Thailand had Cheer?

In 2011 Thailand tied for 1st place in the Cheerleading World Championships. They are the first international team to hold this title. Unfortunately due to a national disaster in Thailand, the team will not be able to defend their championship on 4/26/2012. See what it takes to be the World Champion.

Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.

You can watch the entire documentary online for $8.

Thanks Monica.

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iC is off to the International Cheer Union (ICU) 2012 World Cheerleading and Dance Championships! Competition takes place this Thursday and Friday, April 26 – 27 in Orlando, Florida. Get ready to see who takes home the gold this year! Will Team USA repeat? Catch all of the updates here at insidecheerleading.com!

Click PLAY or watch a 2011 promo on YouTube. Cheer and dance clips start at about 4min.

Good luck to all competitors.

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Power tumbling coaches pity Artistic tumbling coaches as simpletons. For every drill we use, they use 15 or 20.

This isn’t what you and I are doing in the Artistic gym. …

Brett MacAulay linked to that on the T&T Coaches Canada Facebook page.

For the record, I don’t like young gymnasts overturning their hands. The “classic T” hand position is still what I teach.

For the record, most Artistic coaches pity Cheer tumbling coaches as … simpletons.

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One of their best products. I saw it used first in Melsele, Belgium. Lieven Vercruyssen of EuroTumble.com set one up so the club could try it out.

Easy up.

Small electric pumps and bigger valves have improved the inflation process significantly, over the years.

There are a vast number of drills you can do with that unique apparatus. Useful for every program in the gym. (You can’t have too many inclined surfaces, so far as I’m concerned.)

To see some variations, click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Cost is about $1200. Details.

Tumbl Trak is a valued advertiser on this site.

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Now in it’s 17th year, GymRep is one of the most popular Cheer and Artistic Camps in North America. It’s bilingual: French 1st and English 2nd.

They have 1500 camp spots available — but weeks 1 and 2 are already full for WAG.

NEW for 2012 are 70 spots for boys week 1.

GymRep.com

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Next time your kids tell you the Floor is too hard, show them this compilation.

at 1min – standing step in to triple twist … or double?

at 2:25 – ff quad twist … or triple?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Allison Hack for the link.

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… Flip, fly through the air and runout with the team from the perspective of an LSU Cheerleader …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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In July I visited the excellent Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Pierre de Coubertin is celebrated as “founder of the International Olympic Committee, and considered father of the modern Olympic Games.”

Yet …

The Olympics would be “men-only” Games if founder Pierre de Coubertin had had his way. Inspired by the example of ancient Greece and the ideals of medieval chivalry, de Coubertin saw the true Olympic hero as an adult male.

For him, the Games were “the solemn and periodic exaltation of male athleticism . . . with the applause of women as a reward”….

Women’s long battle for right to compete

Monsieur de Coubertin would approve of pompom waving Cheerleaders on the sidelines, but not competitive Cheer.

Every national flag in the world includes at least one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, black, green, and red.

It is important to emphasize that Pierre de Coubertin never said nor wrote that the colors of the rings were linked with the different continents
…

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Neither do the 5 colors stand for: passion, faith, victory, work ethic, and sportsmanship.

The Olympic museum is in good shape. The Swiss economy is strong. And Li Ning donated $1 million in July.

You can take a virtual tour (VIDEO) on the official website. It may not play in every browser.

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Robert DiVincenzo is a Cheer coach and self-taught tumbler with excellent physical ability. You might have seen him in Bring It On: In It to Win It.

He put this fun video together to showcase his skills. And to inspire others to follow their dreams, regardless of age, sex, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, social class, sport, etc.

It worked for him.

The DiVo I want you to know, this time I’m ready to show…

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Cheerleading not only changed my life, but it also saved my life. Thank you to everyone who has given me the opportunity to shine and reveal my passion for this incredibly unique sport.

Thanks Rob.

“When you have the strength to believe in who you are, you hold the key to your destiny.”

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HGB Backstrand out of Sweden has signed on as an advertiser. Support them supporting this site.

They are big into gymnastics, tumbling, Team Gym and Cheer.

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Since we started the production of the air4tumble we have sold over 300 airfloors around the whole world!

… it rewards your air time if you are tight enough during the tumbling-pass …

… safer on all landings.

The company is adding new apparatus: an inflatable incline, the flip & jump trainer and air barrel.

Details on air4tumble.se

Phone: +46 (0) 31 64 00 34
SMS/MMS: +46 703 64 00 32
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Skype: eurogymnasticequipment
Facebook: Euro Gymnastic Equipment

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So says Carol DeMatteo, an investigator with CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario:

… “We’re seeing more and more girls with concussions,” she tells CTV News.

“Our clinics now are 50/50. And most of those girls have repeated injuries,” she adds.

Brantford, Ont. high school cheerleader Shannon Russell is one of those who’ve been injured. During practice one day in October, 2009, she got kicked in the back of the head and knocked unconscious. The hit left her with a concussion.

“I had short-term memory loss for a few weeks and major headaches,” she says. …

read more on CTV – Some worry girls’ concussions are being ignored

The article doesn’t mention Artistic gymnastics, yet includes this photo:

Mary Atkinson of Arizona State hits the vault during her exercise in the individual event finals during the NCAA gymnastics championships in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, April 24, 2010. (AP / Phil Sandlin)

Aside from that vault, I’m happy to say that Artistic gymnasts are at lower risk of concussion than most other sports, … aside from swimming.

(via Gymnastics Examiner)

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The 425-acre camp in Haines Township, and its offshoots in Wisconsin and California, along with its brand name and licensing rights, was sold last week to Powdr Corp., an investment group that owns nine ski resorts across the country.

Powdr CFO Jennifer Botter said her company is looking to build more camps both inside the U.S. and in as many as 30 foreign countries. …

Powdr’s interest in the camp was sparked by its purchase of Colorado’s Copper Mountain ski resort, where a Camp Woodward-licensed facility, dedicated to winter sports instruction for youth, opened in 2009.

“We became quite enamored of the people — Gary Ream in particular — and really became aware of what the camp was doing for the action sports industry,” Botter said.

Ream is the co-owner of Camp Woodward and the man behind its transition from a gymnastics-centered camp into an action sports mecca. …

Botter said Powdr agreed last month to purchase a majority stake in Camp Woodward from Ream and a few other co-owners, including Ream’s family members. Care was taken during the acquisition not to disrupt Camp Woodward’s summer season, she said.

Botter did not disclose the purchase price, but said Ream will remain president and his executive team will be retained. …

Firm buys Camp Woodward, vows to expand name

What does this mean for Gymnastics and Cheer?

Leave a comment if you’ve heard anything.

(via College Gymnastics Board)

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Do you know the WAS ??

This year’s inductees are:

Gerald George – Lifetime Achievement
Lori Aamodt – Trampoline/Tumbling
Larry Banner – Contributor
Dominique Dawes – Artistic Gymnastics
Chad Fox – Trampoline/Tumbling
Bruce Frederick – Contributor (Posthumous)
Ken Kovach – Professional Acrobatics
Dana Kunze – Diving
Realis Duo – Acrobatic Gymnastics (Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis)
Karl Schier – Lifetime Achievement
Sean Tucker – Extreme Sports

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The World Acrobatics Society (WAS) is a non-profit organization …

… a world-wide organization for the advancement of education, communication and cooperation among all individuals and organizations interested in fostering the growth development and safety of the various acrobatics sports and preserving their histories.

Acrobatics as defined by WAS are those activities which feature aerial rotation (somersaulting and twisting) and balancing of the body (handstands and other balances with and without partners or groups).

Major acrobatic disciplines recognized by the Society include Acrobatic Gymnastics & Cheerleading; Diving (Olympic events & professional divers); Extreme Sports (freestyle skiers & skateboarders); Gymnastics (Olympic artistic gymnastics for men and women); Professional Performers (Hollywood stunt people and circus entertainers); Trampoline & Tumbling; Contributors (teachers, writers, publishers, manufacturers, coaches, judges and innovators). …

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(via Full Twist)

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