Year: 2016

US Elite Coaches Association Chair Tony Retrosi

Tony:

As of February 1st I have taken the position as Chairman of the US Elite Coaches Association. I am completely intimidated my the past chairman. Mike Taylor, Bill Sands, Tony Gehman have left some pretty big shoes to fill. …

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Click through to read Tony’s Letter to the USECA Membership.

Tony

African American Olympians

Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated February as Black History Month.

Going back to 1980, there are 11 African Americans who made the USA Gymnastics Olympic Team.

Luci Collins (1980)
Ron Galimore (1980)
Charles Lakes (1988)
Betty Okino (1992)
Dominique Dawes (1992, 1996, 2000)
Jair Lynch (1992, 1996)
Chainey Umphrey (1996)
Tasha Schwikert (2000, 2004-alt.)
Annia Hatch (2004)
Gabby Douglas (2012)
John Orozco (2012)

There were a total of 11 Olympic Medals won:

Dominique Dawes (4) 1 Gold, 3 Bronze
Gabby Douglas (2) 2 Gold
Annia Hatch (2) 2 Silver
Betty Okino (1) 1 Bronze
Jair Lynch (1) 1 Silver
Tasha Schwikert (1) 1 Bronze

WENDY HILLIARD GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION

Ron Galimore today works for USAG
Ron Galimore today works for USAG

Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. …

Penev – Yurchenko double double

To pit.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Trying to make the impossible possible #7.4 #gobigorgohome #USAvaulting #USAgymnastics @gymnastkid589

A video posted by Eddie (@eddie_penev) on Feb 9, 2016 at 5:08pm PST

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Cal goes 196.825

HEART this on Instagram.

BEARS. WIN. Cal tallies the SECOND-HIGHEST score in PROGRAM HISTORY with a 196.825! #Strive

A photo posted by Cal Women's Gymnastics (@calwgym) on Feb 8, 2016 at 8:55pm PST

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Sylvie Seilnacht won Vault. We can argue whether or not this should be a 10.0 start. Personally I’m happy to see anything different than Y 1/1.

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Career-high 9.90 AND the vault title? YES @sylvie_seilnacht! ??

A video posted by Cal Women's Gymnastics (@calwgym) on Feb 8, 2016 at 8:10pm PST

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Uchimura Roche and Dragalescu

Kohei has competed most of the major vaults at one time or another.

Click PLAY or watch his Double Front on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch his Dragalescu on YouTube.

I don’t recall him ever competing Tsuk double back.

balancing activities can improve memory

Climbing a tree and balancing on a beam can dramatically improve cognitive skills, according to a study recently conducted by researchers in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Florida. …

The results of this research, recently published in Perceptual and Motor Skills, suggest working memory improvements can be made in just a couple of hours …

Climbing a tree can improve cognitive skills, researchers say

tree-climbing

Thanks Jeff.