Year: 2011

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(via Gymnastics Examiner)

Doug Davis of Tumbl Trak feels the new air floors are good enough for the most advanced tumblers. Even for Trampoline Gymnastics Power Tumblers who compete Rod Floor.

I have my doubts. The timing is so different.

But Doug just might be right, the technology improving.

Click PLAY or watch the Gymnova on YouTube.

To transition to competition surface, you can add a mat to the top.

Click PLAY or watch a Tumbl Trak video on YouTube.

Chelsie Memmel trains regularly on one.

Training on these surfaces are much more fun, much safer. But are there any advantages over a normal Tumbl Trak?

related – air4tumble

Leave a comment if you’ve coached on thicker air floors.

BOOK LAUNCH
Monday September 26th, 2011

Alexandra Orlando is an Olympic athlete who dedicated seventeen years of her life to the sport of rhythmic gymnastics, winning almost two hundred medals. She was Senior Canadian National Champion by the age of sixteen— a title she won five times, earning her the reputation as one of the few non-Europeans competing at the highest level in this sport …

Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships is in progress in France.

… Gymnasts placing among the top 15 in the All-around qualify their country directly for the Olympic Games 2012 in London, while ranks 16-24 will have participation rights at the second Olympic qualifier, the test event on January 16-18, also in London. …

FIG

Final Destination 5 is a 2011 3D horror film …

The gymnastic set piece has been praised as “anxiety-filled”, “a beautiful example of successful comic suspense”, “Hitchcockian edge-of-your-seat suspense”, and “inventively grotesque”. …

I wouldn’t go that far. But it is slightly more realistic than Make It or Break It. (renewed for another season)

Will Emily Kmetko come back to training with a baby !?

Click PLAY or watch the movie clip on YouTube. (stop at 4min to avoid the death on Beam)

Candice, is played by actress Ellen Wroe, a former gymnast for Crenshaws. She did much of that footage herself.

One of the stunt doubles is Canadian gymnast Brittany Rogers.

(Link via Tim O’Donovan)

Anne from Gymnastike continues her series on the new College recruits.You can click on the gymnast’s name to watch video interviews and routines.

STANFORD will be even more insanely great than last season. I can hardly wait. (They do lose Kristina Vaculik for a year.)

Alex Archer, Precision, L10
Pauline Hanset, Premier Athletics, L10
Ivana Hong, WOGA, Sr. international elite
Samantha Shapiro, All Olympia, Sr. International Elite
Becky Wing, UK National Team, elite

… this team will be one to watch! This recruiting class has it all – artistry, international flare, and experience. Ivana Hong was a 2008 US Olympic alternate and 2009 World bronze medalist on beam, and a 2-time US National Champion. Hong has not competed since 2009 when she tore her ACL in the selection camp for the 2010 American Cup and I believe gymnastics fans around the world share in my excitement to see her back out on the floor. To continue, former US National team member Samantha Shaprio will add immense artistry to the lineups and college training should be easier on her injury-prone body. Becky Wing was a member of the 2008 British Olympic team and the 6th place British team at the 2007 World Championships. She is an elegant gymnast, a mature competitor, and is exceptional on bars and beam.

NCAA Preview: Meet the 2011-2012 Freshmen! (Teams 11-20)

related post – NCAA WAG Freshwomen (1-10)

Interesting and original edit. Great music: Dubstep – Sierra Leone

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Jordyn’s training great at World’s camp. Hit 4 routines day 1 aside from over-rotating one tumbling pass. She’s the favourite in the AA for Tokyo, I’d say.

Disclaimer: This could change in case of last minute injury or illness

There was some confusion over the “official” traveling team to Tokyo. This is it.

Jiang Yuyuan, Wu Liufang, Sui Lu, He Kexin, Yao Jinnan, Tan Sixin, Huang Qiushuang

Click PLAY or watch a TV feature on YouTube.

Translation:

Yao: My goal is to win gold.
Interviewer: Which one?
Yao: First team. Then I do my best in AA.

Lu: Our major goal is next year London. This year more importantly is experience for the new players.

Narrator: Currently Huang is the alternate but can still be change depending on the condition leading to World 2011.

MAG to Tokyo are still (so far as I know) …

Chen Yibing
Teng Haibin
Feng Zhe
Zhang Chenglong
Lu Bo
Guo Weiyang
Zou Kai (alternate)

Couch Gymnast spent some time at MLC Gymnastics in Melbourne, posting an interesting interview. Jeb talks about his visits to WOGA and AOGC and his impressions of VISA Championships.

Interview: High Performance Coach Jeb Silsbury

Juniors in bold.

Andy Thornton’s “Dream Team” if only ability is taken into consideration:

Jordyn Wieber
McKayla Maroney
Alicia Sacramone
Katelyn Ohashi
Kyla Ross
Lexie Priessman

Alternates
Aly Raisman
Mackenzie Caquatto

This is well worth a read – American Gymnast – The Numbers Might Surprise You: The Real USA Dream Team?

One of the many specious reasons for the FIG age requirement is the fear that unethical coaches will push young girls too hard.

But is it ethical to ban Katelyn Ohashi from World Championships when on a good day she’s better than any of the Seniors in Tokyo on that apparatus?

Time ran out.

2011 AUSTRALIAN Mens Artistic World Championships Team
Joshua Jefferis – AIS/QAS
Sam Offord – AIS/SASI
Thomas Pichler – AIS/QAS
Prashanth Sellathurai – AIS/NSWIS
Luke Wadsworth – AIS/VIS
Luke Wiwatowski – AIS/QAS

Travelling Reserve
Sam Simpson – AIS/QAS

Gymnastics Australia

Here’s a story in the Japanese press from before the announcement:

Veteran gymnast Naoya Tsukahara, still awaiting word regarding his plan to change citizenship to represent Australia at the World Championships, headed Down Under on Sept. 7 hoping for some good news.

“I can only pray now,” Tsukahara said recently, while in Japan to take part in the All-Japan Senior Championships for competitors who have finished high school or college. …

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Naoya Tsukahara competed 1996, 2000 and 2004 (gold) for Japan. His father, of course, is Mitsuo Tsukahara.