Year: 2011

If you were unable to watch the meet on Universal, it’s starting to appear on YouTube.

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On YouTube you can find all 7 parts of the original broadcast.

(via Going for Gold)

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Casio is official sponsor of XGames 17

(via Greg Marsden on College Gym Fans)

Greg told me that Kristina was not all that heavily recruited. Yet went on to be one of the greatest NCAA gymnasts of all time for Utah.

Amanda Turner on Facebook linked to this drawing by Koichi Endo of the highest value vault in the Code, so far.

YANG Hak Seon (KOR) new vault.

Handspring fwd. and salto fwd. str. with 3/1 turn “Yeo 2 with 1/2”. … A-score is 7.4

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WOW. I still cannot believe how easy he makes that look.

I watched the (crappy) TV show with a group of coaches last night. This entertainment was outstanding.

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Traces is a Montreal-based professional circus troupe. They made it plainly obvious that America’s not got much real talent this season.

Details.

Great potential.

Nica’s beam routine at the Covergirl US Classic in Chicago. This is her first year as an International Junior Elite.

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Big mount. Long tumbling series. Onodi in combination. Continuous movement. Interesting choreography.

Yekaterina Vandisheva

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Recommended by Brigid.

Have you ever fallen down stairs and been injured? I have. Twice.

John Templer has written the first theoretical, historical, and scientific analysis of one of the most basic and universal building elements: the stair.

… two volumes present a detailed study of stairs and ramps – the art and science of their design, their history, and their hazards.

…The second volume shows the dangers stairs present. Drawing on twenty years of human factors research on stairs, Templer sets out what is known about slips, trips, and falls and how best to design stairs to avoid their inherent dangers. He discusses the physiological and behavioral relationship between humans and stairs and walkways, the question of gait and slippery surfaces, and the various types of falls and the injuries that result. Perhaps most importantly, Templer proposes the idea of the soft stair, which could substantially reduce the annual epidemic of stair-related deaths and injuries.

John Templer is Regents’ Professor of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. …

Amazon – The Staircase: Studies of Hazards, Falls, and Safer Design

John Templer is the world expert on stairs. Turns out they are one of the most dangerous hazards in our daily lives. Escalators are not nearly the waste of money I’ve always assumed them to be.

Teaching LANDING and FALLING skills is one of our highest priorities.

That’s the consensus of commentaries online.

Aunt Joyce = CoverGirl Classic–Final Thoughts

Stoi – Easy, breezy, beautiful (?), Covergirl.

Tsuk the Pain – The Good, the Bad, and the All Around

Going for Gold – Covergirl – Results and Musings

Double Front – What We Learned from the CoverGirl Classic

Between The Olympics – Covergirl Classic Seniors Results, Videos and Analysis

One highlight is Alicia Sacramone. Barring injury, I see her on the American team for Worlds.

Click PLAY or watch her 3 apparatus on YouTube.

That Floor routine will be ready. No problem.

… Let’s project Team USA assuming Alicia as Captain. You need Bars.

I doubt Marta wants to put CoverGirl Champ Aly Raisman up on Bars. (VIDEO)

Mihai Brestyan:

“It is hard to find in just one gymnast all you need for Bruno Grandi”

The all-arounders with better Bars than Aly (dozens) may end up be selected over Aly for Tokyo. Especially if some Bar specialist (i.e. Anna Li) gets picked.

Despite the lack of artistry of many routines at CoverGirl, I’m still increasingly confident that USA will be Team favourites for Tokyo … and likely the favourites at Olympics 2012.

The competition – China, Russia, Romania – have far less depth. You can see what happened to Russia when they had injuries to 2 key gymnasts. In putting together the jigsaw puzzle of winning team, Marta has far more puzzle pieces to choose between.

Leave a comment if you feel I’m wrong.

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A movie about his life and career was planned in 2010. Is that project moving forward?

A long but entertaining edit on the talented British gymnast.

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Those trash bin shots at the end look real.

(via littlemissgymnast)