Author: Rick Mc

Cassey Ho, creator of Blogilates, has posted a Youtube video that will force you to think about yourself, your thoughts, comments and actions. The video has over 2 million views since it was posted one week ago. The “Perfect” Body makes quite a statement in two minutes. Casey is fit and toned but finds herself second guessing her body after reading negative social media comments. …

Hard Body

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I’d been counting Keatings Pommels the best in the world. When he hits.

But 2013 World Champion Kohei Kameyama, age-26, is even better.

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So energetic. So atypical for an elite gymnast. This would kill in College gymnastics. 🙂

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Silver medal at Europeans.

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Starting today. #thencata

The top 8 teams will battle it out.

@OnoNoKomachi1 posted a graph of the loss of D1 teams since 1982. Green is Division 1 Women’s Gymnastics. Purple is Division 1 Men’s Gymnastics.

She notes that both Men’s and Women’s team numbers were “crashing” until the introduction of Title IX legislation. Title IX did help women’s College sport, including Gymnastics.

Those stats came from an NCAA® document called Sports Sponsorship and Participation Rates Report.

Hopefully both MAG and WAG have bottomed out. And we can dream of new teams being added.

Lindenwood, a new in 2012-2013 Division 2 school, was ranked 50th of 82 teams on Road to Nationals. They scored 195.800 this season!

George Washington University just went from 6 scholarships to 12 scholarships.

There is hope.

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Our 2015 NCAA Champion competing Feb 13, 2015.

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Akash was the 2015 NCAA Champion in the all-around.

via @GymWeekly

We KNOW that athletes from the lesser sports should be cross-training Gymnastics.

But should we encourage our gymnasts to play other sports?

I think so. As long as they don’t get injured.

… If it takes an infographic of [football head coach] Urban Meyer’s football recruits at Ohio State [the Buckeyes won the first ever College Football Playoff National Championship in January] to shift the paradigm in youth sports, then so be it. The image above clearly demonstrates that the overwhelming majority of his recruits are multi-sport kids. …

This is not new information, but it has caused quite a stir. Here is what it says in a nutshell: To be an elite level player at a college or professional sport, you need a degree of exceptional athleticism. And the best medically, scientifically, and psychologically recommended way to develop such all around athleticism is ample free play and multiple sport participation as a child.

Why? Well let’s see what the experts say …

… Steve Nash, who got his first basketball at age 13 and credits his soccer background for making him a great basketball player …

Are all sports the same?

No, they are not. They each require specific athletic, technical, and tactical skill sets. Some sports, in order to be elite, require early specialization, such as gymnastics and figure skating. Other sports are so dependent upon physical prowess (American football, basketball, volleyball, rugby, and others) that the technical skills and tactical know-how can be developed later. …

Can you guess the one thing that most elite athletes have in common?

related – Is It Wise to Specialize?: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Early Sports Specialization and its Effect Upon Your Child’s Athletic Performance

Thank coach John Carroll for the link.

Interesting and entertaining choreography.

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Taylor has an equally interesting and entertaining interview on GymCastic 146: Taylor Rice and The 2015 NCAA Championships

Whole body vibration is an interesting topic. But these things are hilarious. 🙂

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