My favourite gymnastics competition anywhere.
Feb. 25-28, 2011
… jot those dates down on your calendar. Meet Director Dave Adlard is planning the best GWGF yet. Details TBA.
official website – Great West Gym Fest
Year: 2010
Government reintroduces competitive sport
This from the U.K. …
Two out of three schools are rewarding all pupils on sports days to ensure that nobody feels left out, according to a survey.
Teachers want to be ‘inclusive’ and give prizes to both winners and losers to stop anyone’s feelings being hurt.
The findings come as the Government has pledged to reintroduce competitive sport into the country’s primary and secondary schools. …
read more in the Daily Mail
Personally I’ve never been conflicted on this issue.
In school, gym and life we should recognize and reward both participation and winning.
The two aren’t mutually exclusive.
At Island Gymnastics Academy Camp, for example, all athletes get the camp t-shirt. A few were singled out for their excellent work that week.
No problem.
Being both a good winner and loser is a lfe skill we can easily teach through sport.
18-foot-high balance beam
Elite Gymnastics Stars posts articles something like The Onion.
At first glance you’re not sure whether they are real … or FAKE.
This one for example:
Maine gymnastics coach forces students to perform on 18-foot-high balance beam
“It teaches them to pay attention,” says Clint Murdoch
(BATH, MAINE – JULY 7, 2010) – Gymnastics coach Clint Murdoch doesn’t believe in hitting his girls when they perform badly. He never kicks them out of the gym when they throw tantrums. If they gain weight, he wouldn’t think of recommending they go on a diet.
Murdoch doesn’t hand out any of the punishments coaches normally come up with to keep their girls on the straight-and-narrow. He doesn’t have to.
Murdoch, who owns Murdoch Gymnastics Academy in Bath, Maine, has found a better way: a balance beam set 18 feet off the ground. …
… “Girl shoots off her mouth? Up the ladder. Elects not to get to workout on time? Up the ladder. Can’t stay up on a beam that’s a measly four feet off the ground? Up the ladder – and you can bet she’ll stay on the one that’s eighteen feet in the air.” …
read more – Elite Gymnastics Stars – Going up the ladder in Maine
There’s much more content on that site. … You need a sense of humour, though.
what is a double-mini?
A double mini-trampoline is smaller than a regulation competition trampoline. It has a sloped end and a flat bed. The gymnasts run up and jump on to the sloping end and then jump on to the flat part before dismounting on to a mat. …
Wikipedia Double mini-trampoline
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
CoverGirl Classic gymnasts
CoverGirl Classic July 24 in Chicago.
VISA Championships Aug. 10-14 in Hartford, Conn.
CoverGirl is the last qualifier for VISA Championships. USAG posted the 75 Junior and Senior gymnasts expected to compete. Texas has by far the most competitors of any state.
Don’t be surprised if some of the big names already qualified to VISA’s withdraw. They won’t compete if not ready.
In addition, the Challenge Division competition, featuring up-and-coming gymnasts goes on Friday, July 23 and Sunday, July 25 in Chicago. Looks like a great weekend!
Gymnastics Examiner has a terrific CoverGirl preview.
Gymnastike will be in Chicago. Click through for videos of most of the competitors.
The Senior division is scheduled to be aired live on Universal Sports at 7pm on July 24th.
Sam Peszek – top 10 reasons to do gymnastics
2008 Olympian Samantha Peszek shares her top ten reason why kids should get involved in gymnastics.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
cheer team – Calgary Stampede parade
The Pythons impressed at the Calgary Stampede Prelude Parade on Friday, July 9th!
Here’s Jenni Chong flying. Photos posted by Kimberly Blais on Facebook.
Personally, I think they should cut Dan.
The Pythons train out of Altadore Gymnastics in Calgary.
Boy’s Gymnastics Camp, NFLD
by site editor Rick McCharles
Here’s a glimpse of training at a 4 day camp in St. John’s, Newfoundland July 5-8, 2010.
Boys age eligible for Canada Winter Games 2011 and 2015 were invited.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube .
That’s Cygnus Gymnastics, a terrific facility located above and over-looking a large grocery store.
If interested, visit the home page of the camp for more information.
Mary Lee Tracy – tumbling
Mary Lee posted a series of 7 videos from her Tuesday night live online presentation for USA Project 2012 – Tumbling complex for floor.
Click PLAY or watch video #1 on YouTube.
Click through to Mary Lee Tracy’s YouTube channel to watch the additional videos.
Commonwealth Games – Aussies in it to win it
WAG Head Coach Peggy Liddick:
… Australia is determined to defend its team title from the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she said.
“We’re going out to win the Commonwealth Games, and I’m going to put my best team out there,” …
Gutsy call.
It’s going to be tough for the 5 girls competing in Delhi to fly on to World Championships in Rotterdam for World’s. Two major competitions back-to-back.
England will not be sending their top gymnasts, instead staying focused on World’s.
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The Australian Championships are in progress:
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Beijing Olympian Georgia Bonora has taken out her first national all-around crown and in doing so staked her claim for Commonwealth Games selection at the 2010 Australian Women’s Gymnastics Championships in Perth tonight. …
Doubling as the selection trials for both the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 FIG World Championships – the first qualifying event for the London 2012 Olympics –Australia’s stars are not only vying for national titles but the opportunity to wear the green and gold.
Picking up from where she left off last night, Bonora put in another steady performance at Challenge Stadium, tallying 55.050 for a combined score of 109.375, to defeat Mary-Anne Monckton (104.00) and fellow Beijing Olympian Shona Morgan (103.225). …
Bonora was clearly ecstatic yet surprised by her new national title.
“It feels so strange. I never thought I’d be a national champion. I never thought I was that girl,” said Bonora
“I knew some of our strongest girls weren’t competing but it was still a surprise. I wasn’t really focussed on the results, I just wanted to stay on the apparatus.
“I didn’t compete to the best of my ability out there but I’m still improving. I have a lot of upgrades to add on vault and floor, and I need to clean up my bars and beam.
“It would be so exciting to go to the Commonwealth Games.” …
read more – Gymnastics Australia
more information and results linked from the event page
Gymnastics Coaching.com 