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Thanks Lawson.
Gymternet:
Back in April, the Dutch women aiming to make the European Games team had to participate in a two-day team trial, one in Amsterdam on April 25 and the other in Beekbergen on April 30. …
(Lisa’s) floor routine on day two was excellent, however, earning a 14.467 for her expert tumbling, including a Dos Santos with just a small hop to the side, a stuck double front, a 1.5 to front full, and a double tuck with a slight hop back. …
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I think the Dutch ladies have a very fair shot of making the podium in Baku, especially if they stay consistent. Wevers seems to have a very clear head in competition this season and will likely be counted on to go four-for-four in the team final; between the two trials as well as the international challenge in Flanders two weeks ago, Wevers hasn’t faltered yet and will be a strong presence as she continues in her quest. With Top and van Gerner at her side – Top hoping to count big scores on vault and floor, van Gerner on bars and beam with floor a bonus for her – they have a very nicely balanced team and should do great things at the European Games, both as a team and in making individual finals.
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I’m en route to Buckeye for their annual Summer Camp as a Tumbl Trak Ambassador.
To celebrate I’m posting Jason’s recent training video of Gabby, Nia and the team. Very businesslike. No hype.
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Nina’s from Belgium.
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HUGE upgrade. Podium training – European Games Baku 2015
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(via gymnastikfabriken)
Syque Caesar was named assistant coach of the Stanford men’s gymnastics team, as announced Wednesday by head coach Thom Glielmi. …
Caesar was a star for Michigan in the NCAA and has Worlds and Olympic experience competing for Bangladesh.
Ray Williams in Psychology Today:
Canadian researcher, Dr. Joanne Wood at the University of Waterloo and her colleagues at the University of New Brunswick who have recently published their research in the Journal of Psychological Science, concluded “repeating positive self-statements may benefit certain people, such as individuals with high self-esteem, but backfire for the very people who need them the most.” …
For most gymnasts and most people, they do work.
Affirmations and positive self-talk only work if we believe them. We can only change our behavior if we believe we can. Don’t get rid of affirmations and positive self-talk but make sure to use them correctly. …
(via Tony Retrosi)
Lauren Hopkins posted an assortment of pics from European Games.
Though some media has been banned from Baku, they let this chicken into Azerbaijan.
… up to 88 male gymnasts (26 teams and 10 individuals) and 89 female gymnasts (26 teams and 11 individuals) will compete, from 14 to 20 June, at the National Gymnastics Arena …
… Qualification is spread over 2 days with 3 men’s artistic gymnastics (MAG) and 2 women’s artistic gymnastics (WAG) events taking place in parallel per day and the results serve as the team standings (CIV). A team consists of 3 gymnasts, all 3 gymnasts can present their routine and the 2 best scores count towards the team total.
In the all-around final the top 18 competitors (max. 1 per country) on all events combined will compete for the title. …
Podium training is on June 13 and is open to media …
Lauren Hopkins posted a good preview:
Russia, with a team featuring two Olympians (Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina) and last year’s Youth Olympic Games champion (Seda Tutkhalyan), has the potential to run away with the team gold. This is the only certainty in Baku, and yet even this could go awry.
Komova hasn’t seen major international competition since 2012, Mustafina has sat out since last year’s Worlds and it’s unclear what level of difficulty she’ll be showcasing, and Tutkhalyan is a ticking time bomb with her consistency, capable of putting up great scores on vault, beam, and floor, but often falling victim to her own nerves. ..
Giulia STEINGRUBER, Fabian HAMBUECHEN, Tomi TUUHA and Eleftherios PETROUNIAS are all flag bearers for their respective nations. There may be more. 🙂
PETROUNIAS is actually competing the AA here, required by Greece for him to qualify to this team.
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