Year: 2011

Path 2 is getting rave reviews. It’s a free app for iOS (iPhone) and Android.

The interface is gorgeous. Like the new Facebook Timeline, but far better.

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http://vimeo.com/32856179

Path 1 was considered a joke when originally announced because of it’s 150-friend limit. Then they turned down $100 million Google dollars buyout.

Confident, or what.

Indeed. It may be that private social networks like Path might be the future. I’d like to test it by having all of my coaching staff, or all my competitive team, sign up for the same Path.

Get the app via path.com.

Leave a comment if you’ve used Path 2.

Jeremy linked to this fun edit. Over 1.5 million views.

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Happy Hanukkah.

Coach Kazukuni Ohno on Facebook claims their girls training quad and quintuple turns are tearing the Beam cover. 🙂

original photo on Facebook

That’s Iketani Gymnastics Club in Japan.

American Girl is (a line) of 18-inch dolls …. The dolls portray ten-year-old … girls …

… sold with accompanying books told from the viewpoint of the girls. …

They are a sponsor of the world’s biggest gymnastics competition, Chicago Style.

Rumour is that next year’s doll of the year will be a gymnast named McKenna Brooks.

Doll Diaries has a photo that comes from Time Out Kids NY magazine.

NOT available for Christmas.

(via Sports Girls Play – Next American Girl Doll of the Year Is a Gymnast)

I’m surprised how many Men are using twists to increase start value. They are difficult to land and easy to deduct.

Click PLAY or watch Kenzo on YouTube.

Not as good as Kent Caldwell, but pretty incredible.

… Yet my main reaction watching that routine is to bemoan the lack of artistry. Rush, rush, rush.

Andy Thornton:

… I wish we could start from scratch and make things simpler again; I wish we could shred the hundreds of pages of documents that have turned this sport into something none of us understand anymore and go back to the basics of why we all loved this sport to begin with. …

On the 1st Day of Christmas, Gym Santa Gave To Me… A Brand New Code of Points!

RELATED – Gymnastics Zone – Coverage Roundup of Bruno Grandi’s Letter on Gymnastics Scoring

Mary Wright on how special needs kids enjoy her program at Olympus, Utah.

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http://vimeo.com/33450558

(via Rec Gymnastics)

My go to site for Men’s Artistic Gymnastics in the States is Stick It Media.

Ron’s posted a good summary of recent happenings for USAG and NCAA – Random Thoughts on Men’s Gymnastics – 12/20/12

One link from that post:

University of Michigan men’s gymnastics sophomore Sam Mikulak (Corona del Mar, Calif./Corona del Mar), the 2011 NCAA all-around champion, is one of two gymnasts selected to represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Test Event, to be held Jan. 10-13 at North Greenwich Arena in London, England. …

The event, part of the ‘London Prepares Series,’ is being held to test aspects of competition, as well as the workforce, condition and performance of equipment. Additionally, the results and scoring aspects of competition will be put under the microscope.

Mikulak Selected to Compete at 2012 Olympic Test Event

I have no idea why. 🙂

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Madison Square Garden
New York, N.Y.
March 3, 2012

Here’s a fun edit featuring the invited Americans.

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That was edited by Chris or CSac (twitter.com/CSaccullo). iLITTER YouTube channel. Subscribe.

I’m going to make an effort not to refer to this meet as the SCamerican Cup this year. It’s the American Cup.

(via Examiner on Facebook)

Tony Retrosi has the fix for that. 🙂

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