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double bed trampoline

coach Rick — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:02:44 +0000

First, I recommend to all parents that they not purchase any backyard trampoline.

All are dangerous.

Kids should do trampoline in a club with expert coaches.

Yet it’s worth checking out this innovation.

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That’s the AlleyOop Sports brand DoubleBounce Trampoline by Jump Sports.

JM sent a link to TrampolineSafety.com recommending this brand over SpringFree.

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Beam druggie

coach Rick — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:02:22 +0000

What is it about gymnastics that makes TV screenplay writers look like complete idiots?

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By comparison, MIOBI is ultra realistic.

There’s another clip from that TV show linked from GYMNAST CROSSING – Gymnasts + Drugs = Bad, mmm’kay?

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problem with AAI landing mats?

coach Rick — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:44:45 +0000

I’ve not heard anything about this except from FIG by email:

For the recent Visa American Cup, which took place March 3 of this year at New York City’s (USA) Madison Square Garden and which counts for the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, the American apparatus manufacturer AAI supplied landing mats which have no valid FIG certification and which are incongruent with the FIG specifications currently in force.

Disciplinary procedure has been lodged by the FIG …

Leave a comment if you’ve heard anything.

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gymnastics bar cable failure

coach Rick — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:39:59 +0000

I’m still shocked that FIG approved gymnastics apparatus can fall when just one thing goes wrong?

Why are we still using equipment designed with “single point of failure”?

Vince Smurro was lucky this time.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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crappy Olympic merchandise?

coach Rick — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:52:17 +0000

I-Gym:

At the London Test Event there was merchandise on sale at the venue – except for the one thing I wanted, the Artistic Gymnastics pin badge (why they never thought to stock these, I have no clue!) so I made a trip to the olympic shop which is inside St Pancras station. What a disappointment that was! They only had the Rythmic badge and very little of anything else!

…

I stopped by the St Pancras store today myself. The stock looked junky to me.

What do you think? Are the official Olympic souvenirs disappointing? … They were a HUGE hit at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Queen Elizabeth suggests checking out John Lewis online. Here are their most popular Olympic items.

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Gymnastics Coaching on Facebook

coach Rick — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:01:52 +0000

Facebook has blundered over and over again in how they’ve managed “Fan pages”, later called “Business pages”.

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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Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular

coach Rick — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:33:04 +0000

Catch a sneak peak look at one of Ariana Grande‘s performances at Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular, this time accompanied by Nastia Liukn on the floor exercise.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I’m have trouble getting excited about this. These “Spectaculars” seem to work better for Skating than Artistic.

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offensive gymnastics ad HOAX

coach Rick — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:52:42 +0000

I’d never seen this fake ad before today. It seems to have been a sick hoax with USA Gymnastics and Breyers ice cream the victims.

underwhelmed at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame

coach Rick — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:01:41 +0000

Double Front’s Kristal Sergent Boulden visited the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma:

… The IGHOF website describes its library collection as “extensive,” “second to none,” and “perhaps the largest gymnastics library in the world.”

And yet when I visited the IGHOF, there was no library collection. A staff member told me it was possible that materials were stored in an onsite archive and were not out for display. I am still waiting to hear back from museum staff about what items comprise the library collection.

Aside from the library collection, the IGHOF exhibit is surprisingly underwhelming. …

read more on Double Front

Kristal volunteers to help, if asked.

official site – ighof.com

That’s not the International Gymnastics Federation Hall of Fame, of course, but rather the “International Gymnast magazine” Hall of Fame.

Paul Ziert, CEO of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, has promised their Board will look at Kristal’s recommendations.

new British Gymnast magazine

coach Rick — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:29:40 +0000

Slow loading, annoying to navigate, the latest issue of the British Gymnastics magazine is here.

At least it’s FREE. If you’ve got a fast enough internet connection, see it here.

… Is it any better a reading experience on an iPad? … Nope. @OtotheBeirne cannot get it to open as it uses Flash.

via @GymnationWales

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