Month: September 2016

Kellogg’s tour cast announced

Update – Madison Kocian is training at UCLA. Laurie Hernandez is on ‘Dancing With the Stars‘. Neither will be able to perform at many tour stops.

The Final Three? 🙂

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The 36-city Kellogg’s® Tour of Gymnastics Champions kicks off Thursday, Sept. 15, in Spokane, Wash. …

The 2016 U.S. Olympians participating in the Tour are: The Final Five – Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman; men’s gymnastics – Chris Brooks, Jake Dalton, Danell Leyva, Sam Mikulak and Alex Naddour; rhythmic – Kiana Eide, Monica Rokhman, Jennifer Rokhman, Kristen Shaldybin and Laura Zeng; and trampoline – Nicole Ahsinger and Logan Dooley. 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin, 2008 Olympic balance beam champion Shawn Johnson and 2012 Olympic team champion Jordyn Wieber are also on the cast. Due to athletes’ schedules and personal commitments, the cast will vary from stop to stop. …

World acrobatic gymnastics mixed pair medalists Axel Osborne and Tiffani Williams; World medalists Ashton Locklear (2016 Olympic replacement athlete), MyKayla Skinner (2016 Olympic replacement athlete), Donnell Whittenburg (2016 Olympic replacement athlete), and Brandon Wynn; and 2016 Olympic replacement athlete Ragan Smith. 1996 Olympian John Macready and 2004 Olympian Mary Sanders are also part of the Kellogg’s Tour. The cast of gymnastics champions will be joined by local gymnasts at each tour stop. …

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Four years ago they had a Tumbl Trak Air Floor Pro under the tumbling diagonal of the Floor. That worked well. I hope they have something similar this time around.

compete in BERMUDA

November 11 – 13th, 2016.

International Gymnastics Challenge

Adriana Forde:

Our 2016 meet will once again feature an USAIGC qualifier for all USAIGC members striving towards the 2017 National/ World Championships at the end of June 2017. After the feedback from last year, we are excited to announce that we are also holding separate competitions for both USAG Boy and USAG Girl competitors across the same weekend.

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Grotto Bay Resort
Grotto Bay Resort

I’m planning to be there on an FIG Coach Education assignment. 🙂

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Romanian team moves back to Deva

Nicolae Forminte again Head Coach.

Instead of moving forward into the future this looks to be an attempt to return to past greatness. I hope it works. But a small nation like Romania most likely needs centralized training.

fangymnastics posted more information

Bea Gheorghisor worries this decision was meant to please everyone. Not solve the problems.

Lauren is more optimistic.

via Gymternet Clan

U.S. sexual misconduct complaints against coaches

A Georgia judge ruled on Monday that sexual abuse complaint files compiled by USA Gymnastics should be released to the public, offering a look into the Olympic organization’s policies for handling child abuse.

The ruling, by Judge Ronald K. Thompson in Effingham County State Court, was celebrated as a victory by some former gymnasts who were victims of sex abuse. USA Gymnastics opposed release of the documents.

USA Gymnastics said it plans to appeal the ruling …

The judge said he is concerned about protecting the privacy of innocent parties, including victims and their families. Their names and medical records will be redacted. The names of coaches who have not been convicted of a crime also will be redacted. Thompson said the court will redact the files and open them to the public by Sept. 30.

Georgia judge to unseal USA Gymnastics sex abuse records

If you want more on that story listen to GymCastic episode 220. Jessica O’Beirne has been following the issue closely.

Jackson Payne to Calgary

Canada’s Olympic alternate Jackson Payne is moving 3 hours down the road to train at Calgary Gymnastics Centre.

 
Jackson has had great coaching from Liang Cheng at Capital City Gymnastics. But Liang is increasingly busy with his company Inspire Sports setting up recreational Gymnastics clubs in China.

proposed changes in Vault values

From this list I’d say Rudi looks the most over-valued. (Smart to train.)

It’s very similar to Kasamatsu + 1/1 (what WAG calls Tsuk double twist) yet that vault is worth 0.2 less.

– Produnova (7.0 > 6.4)
– Rudi (6.2 > 5.8)
– Tsukahara full (5.2 > 4.8)
– Tsukahara 1.5 (5.5 > 5.2)
– Tsukahara double full (6.0 > 5.6)
– Tsukahara 2.5 (6.5 > 6.0)
– FTY (5.0 > 4.6)
– 1.5 Yurchenko (5.3 > 5.0)
– DTY (5.8 > 5.4)
– Amanar (6.3 > 5.8)
– Lopez (5.6 > 5.2)
– “Mustafina” (6.0 > 5.6)
– Cheng (6.4 > 6.0)

… The vault devaluations are to account for the gymnasts losing 0.5 in requirements on the other three apparatuses. Requirements are worth 2.0 instead of 2.5.

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Personally I’d prefer the Produnova be banned rather than count on FIG WTC to massage the rules to the point where dangerous ones are no longer attempted.

Click PLAY or watch some Rudis on YouTube. (2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIjOwyGR2Wo

What woman competed the best Rudi all time? Alicia?

Leave a comment if you have an opinion.

Bryony Page – surprise Olympic silver medalist

How Britain’s first ever Olympic trampolining medalist Bryony Page suffered from the yips

Max Whitlock’s new ride

Olympic star Max Whitlock was today further recognised by picking up a Golden Leaf car from Aylesbury Nissan.

max-car

via Gymternet Clan

how the new Code affects Beam

ASSuming the DRAFT Code is approved, Simone’s composition suffers least of those routines analyzed by Balance Beam Situation.

2017 VERSUS 2016: A BEAM COMPARISON

Sanne Wevers Beam

another inspirational Under Armour ad

I love this series of ads.

This one features Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. Voiceover by Cam’s mother, Jackie Newton.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlWydlDrK00

Prince With 1000 Enemies is a quote from Watership Down (1978).