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Bring on the FUNNY.

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… The marketing side of me says, “YAY! I support the effort!” It could possibly bring more attention to the sport of trampoline, increasing visibility and interest. You can never have too much attention.

Then, there’s the artist in me. She says, “Do you really want to place rules and parameters on such freedom of movement?” …

That quote’s from Trampoline Pundit linking to a NY Times article on the idea being pushed by some at the Quebec Circus School:

… “The ultimate goal is to have wall trampoline be in the X Games,” said Julien Roberge …

… Roberge, who trains with members of Canada’s Olympic trampoline team and is considered one of the country’s top bouncers, acknowledges that there must be an organized way to judge an event. He and his fellow trampolinist Ignacio Adarve have written criteria for judges to use to assign points to moves and tricks. In a typical contest, bouncers will perform a series of 10 consecutive tricks, each following a bounce on the trampoline. The highest marks will go to those who perform the most difficult acrobatics. …

read more – Defying Gravity With Creativity

I’m not against the idea either. But Wall Tramp is many years away from getting into the X Games, if ever.

Trampowall first gained popular attention at Cirque’s La Nouba in Orlando.

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I’d rank Rick Mercer the #1 comedian on Canadian TV.

And he’s a gamer. He asked Karen Cockburn, Rosie MacLennan and Jason Burnett to teach him some Olympic Trampoline.

… I don’t think it went all that well.

more photos – Rick Mercer Report Facebook

I’ll post video when that bit gets televised.

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For the second day in a row I’ve subscribed to a new Trampoline blog.

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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Have you seen the new Trampoline and Tumbling blog – flipping out TNT?

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

Women’s Prelims
Men’s Tramp

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May 21st – June 12th, 2012.

Gymnastics fans are in for a treat this year, with the 2012 MG, WG, RG, TRP & ACR National Championships all combined into one massive event at Sydney Olympic Park.

Having qualified a full team at the 2011 Artistic World Championships, Australia will look to select a full women’s team to compete at the Games. …

GA – 2012 National Championships to Play a Big Role in Olympic Selection

Anyone else heard the rumour that Peggy Liddick was considering NCAA coaching opportunities after this cycle?

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The Rhythmic Gymnastics Finals concluded the Visa International Gymnastics, which as part of the London Prepares series functioned as Test Event for the 2012 London Olympic Games as well as the final Olympic qualifier. …

Individual All-around

Gold KONDAKOVA Daria RUS 110.450
Silver RIZATDINOVA Ganna UKR 108.750
Bronze ALYABYEVA Anna KAZ 108.075

Group All-around

Gold ESP – Spain 53.250
Silver ISR – Israel 50.525
Bronze FRA – France 50.400
Bronze GRE – Greece 50.400

FIG

Lord Sebastian Coe, Bruno Grandi

Prof. Bruno Grandi:

… “I am pleased that our gymnasts now have a second chance at participation in the Games, an initiative that aims to bring greater justice to the sport. But as with all new concepts, we will need to revisit certain criteria, details, that some feel are still too complicated. …”

… the Finals in Artistic and Trampoline enjoyed spectacular audience success from a media standpoint. “This is the first time that the FIG has independently produced the signal of a Final. We have chosen to embrace a modern philosophy by live broadcasting on our “Gymnastics” You Tube channel. We have integrated social networks into our global communication package, which has proven very successful. …

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I’d agree. Overall the event was excellent, especially for the YouTube Finals feed and videos.

Dwight Normile was more critical of the new system:

… The biggest losers were the Canadian men and Spanish women, both of whom would have qualified under the old rules with their 12th-place finishes in Tokyo.

It would make a lot more sense to use the test event specifically for individual qualification. And if the FIG really wants to raise the level of competition at the Olympics, then it should reduce the number of all-around berths and add more top specialists via the previous worlds apparatus finals. …

IG – Stretching Out: Grading the Olympic Test Event

I’d say the least happy nations under the new scheme are:

MAG: Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Belarus
WAG: Belgium, Korea, Spain, Netherlands

I’m en route to Belgium and will survey some of the WAG coaches.

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Sergio Ricardo Silva Lucas sends us this well edited series of on-bed spotting techniques.

See what you think.

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I prefer not to “catch” if not necessary, so would only use some of these for FUN or as a DEMO.

Leave a comment if you have an opinion.

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One of the Chinese coaches complained about the O2 venue calling the colour scheme “depressing“.

Ws van Wijk pulled up images of the Beijing Test Meet. And the venue once dressed for Olympics.

Test Meet Beijing

Olympics Beijing

Seems it’s normal procedure to save the final decorating for the BIG event.

Hopefully they’ll upgrade the couch, as well.

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International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) executive member Brian Stocks loves the O2 arena, venue for the London Olympics.

But a Chinese coach at Test Meet complained about the red GYMNOVA matting and the depressing colour scheme. It is inferior to Beijing and Athens, but I wouldn’t call it depressing.

I heard a rumour that GYMNOVA is considering replacing the red mats with a darker colour. That would be a shame.

Photographer Eileen Langsley:

… Whilst some improvements have been made since the 02 Arena staged the 2009 World Championships, there has been a real decline in the standard of the lighting. …

Not only was there a low level of light but there were some very strange colour casts – possibly the result of the running down of the lamps as they age. They are due to be replaced for the Olympics but it was a pity that the new ones weren’t in place for this event. …

Where Sport Meets Art – Another step on the Olympic journey.

That link has a photo essay on the victorious host team.

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The London Test Meet has a kiss and cry area. I didn’t hear anybody in the Gymnastics world complain.

Until @KateBamberPA tweeted …

Is this the ugliest sofa in world sport? #rhythmic #gymnastics #FIGTest12

via @BBCSport_Ollie

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FIG has posted the list of nations qualifying bouncers. CONGRATULATIONS

See you in London.

Sixteen spots are available for men and sixteen for women, with gymnasts having qualified their NOCs at the 2011 World Championships in Birmingham (GBR) and the Visa International Gymnastics in January 2012 in London (GBR).

One nominative invitation place either for a man or a women is set aside for the Tripartite Commission. This place will be nominated in due course by the Tripartite Commission.

official list (PDF)

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HE Wenna from China is defending Olympic Trampoline Champion. She had the highest “flight time” (time in the air) of all competitors at the Test Meet, despite being more petite than most.

At the very END of her Finals routine she unexpectedly flew off the Tramp! CONGRATULATIONS and THANKS to the two spotters who jumped to the rescue.

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The coach said she had a couple of very minor injuries from that incident. She’ll be looking for redemption in the same arena come July!

Here’s the FIG wrap-up on Women’s Tramp.

Thanks Shani.

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