Year: 2010

Got high praise this time around.

Click through to Full Twist for a run down by nationality.

It’s frustrating to be a Dutch mountain climber.

So they built this …

That’s Klimcentrum Bjoeks in Groningen, the north of Netherlands.

Learn more about it from a 2009 UK Climbing article.

(via The Adventure Blog)

… Stone Works wall in Carrollton, Texas claims that they’re actually the world’s highest.

In Rotterdam at the World Gymnastics Championships, it was a delight to hang out with Brigid McCarthy (The Couch Gymnast and Couch Gymnast magazine), Anne Phillips (Gymnastike) and Blythe Lawrence (Gymnastics Examiner).

There were many other bloggers, journalists and photographers there too, but I spent most of my time with these three gymnastics fanatics. It’s insane how hard they work.

I can confirm that Brigid is an extremely fast typist.

Let me once again dispel the myth that bloggers make a lot of green doing what we love. We don’t. And neither do 99.99% of the other citizen journalists on the web.

The quality of blogs is mixed, as you know. But at least we’re working with noble purpose. And irrational dedication.

If you’ve got something to say, start one of your own on WordPress.com. It’s free.

NastiaFan101 notes in an IG forum thread on Romanian Yurchenkos:

… It pays to do an Amanar with flexed feet, crossed legs, and a slight knee bend because you’re only going to lose -0.10 for each, for a grand total of -0.30. That’s nothing. …

To be fair, almost every gymnast has crossed feet on vaults of 2 1/2 twist or more.

Yet I agree that the deduction should be greater. Gymnasts who can keep form, rewarded more. Crossed feet are a very obvious error.

Some coaches spend more time ensuring their gymnasts keep tight legs twisting, Al Fong, for one.

Canadian coach and Sports Psychology Consultant Rachelle Valel had her Master’s thesis edited into a book.

… the process and emotion an elite athlete faces when contemplating retirement. This research has practical applications in sport psychology and coaching. Sport identity, motivation and accomplishment are discussed as factors that contribute to a positive or negative retirement experience. The sport of gymnastics is highlighted due to the unique challenges athletes face at a young age. …

Sport Retirement: The Experiences of Elite Female Gymnasts

What does the former WTC chair think about WAG rules today?

… She doesn’t like them.

GYMmedia exclusive interview with the long-time President of women’s Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Jackie Fie (USA)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Amanda Turner linked to videos of the 2010 World Champion … back when she was still falling off Bars in competition.

Show that to your kids.

Amanda has links to Beam and Floor from 2004, as well.

Funny cuz it’s true.

This cartoon is 10min long, but worth watching.

… a humorous example of a situation most coaches have encountered at one time or another.

Click PLAY or watch it on xtranormal.

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Thanks Jason.

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I’d almost given up on getting any more videos from FIG.

Click PLAY or watch another great edit of day 1 Apparatus Finals in Rotterdam on YouTube.

Love the kick out on Chen Yibing’s dismount. What a deserving World Champion!