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I’ve pretty much given up on the series, myself.

But the new gymnastics TV show is a HIT.

… Halfway through its 10-episode freshman run, the drama series set in the world of competitive gymnastics has received an additional 10-episode order.

The second batch of 10 segments is slated to air in the first quarter of 2010.

Airing after ABC Family’s top-rated series, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Make It” ranks as the network’s second-highest-rated series ever. …

ABC Family doubles number of episodes for “Make It”

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by site editor Rick McCharles

Traveling in Italy, I couldn’t help but notice how many skinny women are here.

Why?

Is it the super model diet? Caffeine, Nicotine, and ….

Or is it simply that Italians eat less than we do in North America. I never see them eating while moving. In a car. Or walking.

Eating is an event to be done sitting down. And normally only 3 times a day.

Here’s our newest innovations in fast food.

New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Taco Bell’s New Green Menu Takes No Ingredients From Nature

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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For the second Summer in a row, I missed camp in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada.

Judging from some of the Facebook photos, looks like the girls had too much FUN this year. Energy drinks? At night?

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From Tom & Reiko Beach of GymSmarts:

… two new DVDs this month!! Punch Front for Balance Beam from Mary Lee Tracy, and another great one from Tony Retrosi, Combination Tumbling.

GymSmarts will be at:

National Congress Aug 13-15 in Dallas, TX

Region 1: August 21-23 Santa Clara, CA

GAT – Gymnastics Association of Texas, Austin, TX Sep 4-6

Region 5, Sep 18-20, Schaumburg, IL

Don’t forget to visit: GymsmartsCommunity.com for more coaching information, comment back to the coaches. New posts by:

Mary Lee Tracy: Another trip to the Ranch, Preparation for Peak Season

Mas Watanabe: Double Board Drills parts 1 & 2

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Visit The Gymnastic Minute for free quick tips on training from our coaches! We have over 30,000 views in just a couple of months!

Whew.

GymSmarts has been BUSY.

The best starting point is their home page: GymSmarts.com

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Download the high resolution PDF version from Rik Feeney’s Gymnastics Training Tips.

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Makuhari Messe, Chiba on July 18 – 19. A small but very strong field of competitors.

International Gymnast has some great photos from the meet:

click screen shot to see them

Japanese Men, Chinese Women won the Team Competition

In the women’s competition, Huang (Qiushuang) scored 58.900 to take the gold over Russian juniors Aliya Mustafina (58.250) and Tatiana Nabiyeva (57.450). …

In the men’s competition, Japanese star Uchimura defeated Germany’s Fabian Hambüchen for the title. Japan’s Kazuhito Tanaka won the bronze. …

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Over 4000 posts are missing from this temporary version of the blog. Trying once again to restore it.

GymnasticsCoaching.com does not work right now.

http://gymnasticscoaching.wordpress.com/ is working, though.

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He confirmed it on his blog:

The MRI I took yesterday told me that I tore my ACL after the high bar landing at the Japan Cup. Right now we’re in the process of scheduling a day to get it surgically repaired (hopefully sometime next week). While I’m definitely bummed about getting hurt, I’ve never thought to myself that going through all the injuries is not worth it. Gymnastics is a constant battle between pain and injuries and I do this sport because of that drive I have inside me to one day make the Olympic team.

For some reason, I see this injury as an opportunity in disguise. …

… read more

His club, Stanford University, made history this past season by becoming the first NCAA team to win the national academic team title and the NCAA team championship in the same year.

(both stories via Inside Gymnastics on Facebook)

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Andrew from Alamo Gymnastics Center asks us this question:

Every year we search for a fun meet early in the year to take the entire team too. Would you please start a topic of “best meets you’ve gone to, and why” to give us some more ideas of good meets? Here are some of my favs and why:

Hard Rock Invitational – Mesa, Arizona (Team awards is a real Fender electric guitar!!! Individual AA gets Hard Rock Jackets, Live band during the event, after event party)

Mary Lou Invitational – Houston, TX (Individual AA gets IPod, Team money awards, guys and girls sides, Olympians everywhere)

Lady Luck – Las Vegas, NV (Vegas, college meet included, meet site is a casino)

My own favourite meet is the Great West Gym Fest in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. It’s the best by far, overall, of any meet I’ve seen anywhere. The awards system is particularly outstanding.

Only once have I attended Chicago Style. But The Largest Women’s Gymnastics Invitational Meet in the World is highly recommended!

Seems to me the early season meet in Cancun, Mexico is hot right now. It’s called the Cajun Classic, hosted in early January.

What are your favourite meets? Especially early season meets?

No need to limit those to the USA. They could be anywhere in the world. Leave a comment.

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Videos available include:

Olivia Courtney on bars
Nastia Liukin on beam
Sabrina Vega on floor
Ivana Hong on beam
Kayla Williams on vault
Cassie Whitcomb on bars

I didn’t earlier post that Universal Sports had online coverage of the recent Cover Girl competition.

I didn’t because so often in the past their coverage was “not available in my region“. I live in Canada.

It’s frustrating getting that message. Much love is lost for USA only websites, internationally.

But these routines are available to me currently in Austria. Thanks Universal Sports!

Click through to their Gymnastics Home Page to watch the routines.

Some of the Universal coverage has made it’s way to YouTube, as well.

Check out the MONSTER tumbling from powerhouse Kayla Williams. Triple twist side pass!

(via About.com Gymnastics)

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She’s in good shape. Ready to compete all-around.

I think Bridget Sloan is the gymnast to beat.

Marvin and Bridget in 2006 - photo by flaw13

It’s a good time to be Marvin Sharp. The Indianapolis-based coach guided Bridget Sloan to an Olympic silver medal last year and then added fellow Indy native Samantha Peszek to his Sharp’s Gymnastics Academy roster after Peszek’s former coach, Peter Zhao, returned to his native China.

Marvin Sharp

Now, Sloan and Peszek, not just gym-mates but also close friends, are poised to battle it out for the U.S. national title in Dallas next month.

How did Sloan and Peszek become the favorites?

… read the entire article on Inside Gymnastics – SHARP AND FOCUSED

Marvin Sharp began his coaching career in Oregon in the late 1980′s. He credits much of his success to early coaching influences such as Dick and Linda Mulvihill, Bob Levesque, and Stormy Eaton. …

Sharp’s Gymnastics Academy

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Olivia Courtney of Orlando, Fla./Orlando Metro won the all-around title with a score of 57.40 at the CoverGirl Classic at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. 2008 Olympic Team alternate Ivana Hong of Plano, Texas/WOGA, finished second with a 56.450, and Kaitlyn Clark of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Precision Gymnastics finished third with a 55.050. The CoverGirl Classic was the last opportunity for women to qualify for the 2009 Visa Championships, being held Aug. 12-15 in Dallas, Texas.

Hong led the first three rotations of the competition , but had difficulties on her uneven bar dismount in the final rotation. Courtney hit a double-twisting Yurchenko on vault to pull ahead of Hong and win the title.

Courtney said, “I’m very happy to win the all-around title. I’ve been working hard and I’m happy my hard work paid off.” …

read more and get full results on USAG

Gymblog points out that Jr. Kyla Ross from Gym Max in California actually had the second highest AA score:

… Olivia Courtney, winner of the senior division, scored 57.4. Ross had 57.0 — not bad for your first elite meet. Ivana Hong, second among the seniors, had 56.4. …

Kyla Ross — one to watch

I was much impressed with the Gym Max girls last year at Level 10 JO Nationals. This result is not surprising.

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Stick It Media linked to this, another good news story about David.

… David Durante paid a visit to Classic Gymnastics and Cheer Academy.

Durante, 29, was an alternate member of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.

Tricia Adamo, one of the owners of Classic Gymnastics, said she and her son, Parker, first met Durante when her son’s gymnastics team went on a trip to the Olympic trials.

Adamo said she exchanged emails with Durante and asked him if he would be able to come to her gym to conduct a clinic for aspiring male gymnasts. In late June, Durante came to Marlboro to host the clinic.

Durante, who grew up in Garwood, said, “For me to be able to come, especially here in New Jersey where it all started for me and I have such close ties to, it’s always nice for me to come back and contribute.” …

Durante said he will likely retire from competition following recent knee surgery.

Most recently, he worked as an assistant coach for the Stanford University gymnastics team. Durante is a Stanford graduate.

“It nice to go back and be able to help out the program. We won the national championship this year,” Durante said.

Durante will soon be moving to Rome, Italy, after he was voted into the Athlete Advisory Council (AAC). He explained that the AAC is comprised of athlete representatives from every sport and he will be the gymnastics representative. Durante is expected to serve in that position until the 2012 Olympics in London. …

full story – U.S. gymnast offers tips to future stars

Congratulations Dave.

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