2011 – Page 194 – Gymnastics Coaching.com

… The 10-skill requirement for men’s routines has led to the six-pass routine, and inadvertently eliminated corner moves (and probably increased the number of Achilles’ tendon injuries).

So men’s floor exercise, once an exploration of creativity, of rhythm and contrast, has become a monotony of tumbling in a confined space. For the most part, there is no “performance” aspect. …

IG – Stretching Out: Let’s Talk Floor Exercise

There are some excellent comments on that post, too.

JuliaK recommends Tomas Gonzalez as the best routine under the current Code that still has a little bit of style. (15.275)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Many feel that reducing the number of counting skills to 8 instead of 10 would improve artistry. I agree.

In addition, I’d love to see some bonus for artistry and variety. The old R.O.V. (Risk, Originality, Virtuosity) was eventually abandoned for good reasons, but it did make for far more interesting routines. 🙂

finding a gymnastics routine

Searching YouTube can be a nightmare. … Why does Google have such a crappy video search engine?

GymnastTube is an alternative.

And now you can try the new Gymnastike Routines Page and sort (not search) by level, event, meet, and even athlete name.

Gymnastics Routine Videos

This page is still being tweaked for optimal functionality so be patient as we get everything working smoothly.

If I get really desperate, I try Google Video search.

Great West Gym Fest, Idaho

I’ll be traveling Wednesday to my favourite gymnastics competition in the world, the Great West Gym Fest in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Feb. 25-27th.

Olympians confirmed, so far:

Kyle Shewfelt, Mohini, Lu Li (’92 bars gold medal), Joyce Tanac-Schroeder, Missy Marlowe, Jason Gatson, Ilian Alexandrov, Zdravko Stoianov …

Updates to come.

WOGA results …

Jr. ALL AROUND:

Katelyn Ohashi (WOGA) 56.850
Madison Kocian (WOGA) 56.600
Arianna Guerra (Stars-TX) 55.400
Mackenzie Brannan (Capital)
Victoria Moors (Cambridge Kips/CANADA)
Lizzy LeDuc (WOGA)
Anne Kuhm (FRANCE)

Kocian won vault and floor exercise, Ohashi bars and beam
full Jr results

SENIOR ALL AROUND:

Marine Brevet (FRA) 55.250
Brandie Jay (GK’s) 54.200
Briley Casanova (WOGA) 54.150
Sophia Lee (WOGA)
Anysia Unick (Calgary/CAN)
Madeline Gardiner (Cambridge Kips/CAN)
Mira Boumejmajen (FRA)
Brenda Areli Medina (Gym Areba/MEX)

Brandie Jay (GK’s) won Vault. Jordyn Wieber the Bars. France’s Marine Brevet Beam. Anysia Unick won Floor.
full Sr results

Jordyn competed only 2 events.

Ivana Hong and Grace McLaughlin withdrew before the meet, reportedly not quite ready.

I’m getting all this from Mielastic who’s summarizing International Gymnast Magazine LIVE blog on Facebook.

Highlights to come. Weiber’s Bars 14.900. Ohashi’s Beam 15.900.

Stanford at Arizona

The No. 2 Stanford women’s gymnastics team improved upon its best-ever start by beating Arizona, 195.300-194.675 at McKale Center on Friday night. …

However, Stanford’s victory was tempered by an ankle injury suffered by fifth-year senior and all-arounder Allyse Ishino during the floor exercise. Ishino rolled her ankle …

Go Stanford