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Elite Canada 2010 will be hosted in Airdrie, Alberta March 11-14th.

World Team Selection Event (France)
Indo Pacifics Selection Event ( Japan)
Youth Team Selection Event

Basic Format Trampoline , Tumbling , DMT, Synchro

All National Level Athletes 11 years of age and older can compete.

CONTACT: DEREK HANSON
(403) 212-5728 | dhanson AT abgym.ab.ca

Thanks Brett MacAulay.

From @theallaround on Twitter:

Current USA tumbling champion, Kalon Ludvigson, to compete in MAG at 2010 Winter Cup with Olympians Horton, Aremev and Tan.

That would be awesome.

But can a super back tumbler actually put together an FIG Floor Routine?

Click PLAY or watch Kalon on YouTube.

UPDATE: Confirmation on USAG.

On the invitation of Katy Younger, I made the short drive from Calgary to Airdrie, Alberta to check out a new facility.

Awesome.

Coach Jamie Atkin custom ordered a custom built “Super Tramp”. It’s HUGE.

Edge is one of the top Trampoline and Tumbling clubs in Canada.

But it’s also got a terrific facility now for WAG.

more photos

This new state-of-the-art facility is four times larger than our previous home and will provide participants with an incredible gymnastics experience. …

official website

Congratulations to everyone out in Airdrie, population about 30,000. You’ve got a world class gym.

Watch a video of the gym under construction on YouTube.

Drop-in $12 / class:

Teen drop-in (13-19): Wed @ 8-9 and Sat @ 5-6

Adult drop-in (18+): Tues @ 8-9 and Sat @ 5-6

Airdrie Edge is close to the monster new Cross Iron Mills shopping mall.

ABC Nightline posted this article on Jan. 4th.

Most Dangerous ‘Sport’ of All May Be Cheerleading
With No Regulatory Framework in Place, Cheerleading ER Visits Have Skyrocketed

Currently Cheer is the target of a lot of negative press, some of it deserved.

In the past Trampoline Sports were a media target. At other times, elite Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. Many times I challenge comparatively uninformed journalists when they make misstatements.

But it’s hard to dispute much in the ABC video – When the Cheering Stops (8min)

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I do think Cheer needs to do better at training and certifying coaches, especially in tumbling.

On the other hand, there are a surprising number of superb coaches and athletes for a comparatively new sport. Some of the spotters are as good as the best Artistic coaches.

Over the past 10yrs I’ve been converted to a Cheer fan. It’s wonderful to see so many hundreds of thousands of athletes participating.

Update: Check the comments. Geoffrey Taucer feels different.

We need to do more to educate the general public on the health benefits of Cheer.

Greg Townley (U.K.) is a young power tumbler coached by the great Damien Walters.

(If you’ve not seen Damien’s videos, you don’t use YouTube.)

Damien posted this highlights reel of his student.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I just saw this on GymNiceTic. Thanks.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The first gymnast to do “Miller” on an Artistic competition Floor was Steve Elliot (a power tumbler), decades ago in the NCAA. It’s been very rare since.

Our World Champion does it with ease. Is Kohei Uchimura the greatest AA gymnast of all time?

GymNiceTic linked to a a related post on the American Gymnast blog.

Andy Thornton posted 4 Floor routines from the Japanese Men’s Championships 2009.

Here’s Kohei .Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Great landings. Especially the triple twist.

Click through to watch the other 3 routines. Okiguchi mounted with double pike with a full-out to a punch front 1 ¾. INSANE.

Shusuke mounts with Tamayo, laid-out double Arabian. That’s the skill where Kyle Shewfelt shattered both knee caps during podium training at World Championships.

American Gymnast – What the heck was that??!!

Update: After Andrew saw this, he posted the routines of Justin Spring and Ri Jong Song competing Miller.

shergymrag found more information on Florida coach Shane Downey who was paralyzed on a tumbltrak in 2000.

… I’m even more convinced that Shane should take some responsibility for his accident. As sher says, he’s certainly experienced enough to know to ask for a spot if he might need one.

This is the first I’ve heard of this catastrophic injury.

A Jacksonville jury awarded a former gymnastics coach $25.5 million today for injuries he suffered at an Atlantic Boulevard gym that left him a quadriplegic.

The bulk of the award is for medical expenses required by Shane Downey, 32, who was injured on a piece of tumbling equipment in 2000, said his attorney, Mitch Woodlief.

Jurors found North Florida Gymnastics and Cheerleading 100 percent negligent for not supervising Downey on the equipment. Downey, who now lives in Texas, fell and broke his neck.

Jacksonville.com

I’m suspicious of the American legal system. Not knowing any of the details, I’m still wondering how the coach can be 0% responsible. Leave a comment if you know anything of this incident.

An update from Bekah on the IG Forum on Cheerleader / Powertumbler Kiara Nowlin.

She’s on the U.S. national tumbling team and won gold in Double Mini and Tumbling at this year’s Age Group Games in the 13-14 age group. She’s also the Double Mini and Tumbling U.S. Junior Champion.

Click PLAY or watch her 2009 VISA Championships tumbling lines on YouTube.

No deduction for “chest low” on landing on that piked full-in.

KiaraNowlin.com

Valentin Uzunov of The Gym Press points us to this awesome kid. How tall could she be?

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

That’s Mai Murakami whom Blythe on Gymnastics Examiner referred to as The next women’s gymnastics superstar?

Want to see a double double? She can do it — as a second pass. A 3.5 twist? Showed it in September. A double layout? Not a problem. A triple full? Does it on floor, does it off beam.

The Japanese women’s gymnastics team is certainly on the ascent.

More videos like this on the Gibson Athletics SaltoCafe YouTube channel.

Update – Andy Thornton’s take on Murakami. He feels Japan could push for a team medal, perhaps even by next World Championships.

I love this system of introducing tumbling used by Tony Retrosi.

It’s fun. It’s safe. And it’s very difficult to make major mistakes in tempo tumbling working downhill. (If the kids are still making errors, increase the angle of the down ramp.)

Click PLAY or watch it on Tom’s GymSmart’s blog.

I like this drill too for introducing twisting, though it’s one of many.

Back twisting from whip back guarantees the beginner will twist “late”.

Late is great.

A long (10min 25sec) highlights reel from many disciplines, including contortion. Some new (to me) footage of Junior.

bboy, power move, acro, punisher, the end, cico, guillaume, demon, dahma n, kheiro, junior, tricks and combo, brazil, breakdance, gymnas tics, sport, thomas, flare, air flare, vrille, marcio, superphazers, morgan hamm

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks bboysistou.

by site editor Rick McCharles.

The International Gymnastics Federation moved from Moutier to a new building in Lausanne, Switzerland earlier this year.

It’s conveniently located close to the train station.

This past summer, on recommendation from Keith Russell, I visited the new digs. And was very impressed with the operation.

Meike Behrensen, F.I.G. Media Operations Coordinator, gave me a tour.

(You’ve probably noticed how well and widely Meike has been getting information out to the world in recent months. I’m getting updates every couple of days from multiple sources. Thanks.)

I felt a bit sheepish entering the lovely historic building after all the less than positive things I’ve had to say about F.I.G. over the years. But you won’t find Bruno Grandi at the FIG offices. Nor
Nellie Kim.

Here the FIG employees work frantically trying to keep all the events and programs worldwide on track.

It’s not easy.

I was impressed with everyone I met: young, enthusiastic, energetic, multi-lingual. To survive working for FIG you must have a lot of good qualities.

On this blog we mostly cover Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. But in Lausanne they administer Trampoline Sports, Rhythmic, Aerobic, Acrobatic, Gymnastics for All, … and much, much more.

Consider this a shout out for the F.I.G. Staff. We really appreciate what you are doing for coaches and athletes.

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