Author: Rick Mc

Andreas is awesome.

Though he failed to include his new element (double twisting Kovacs) at the 2014 World Championships, it looks brilliant here in a German League competition.

Thank Tassilo du Mesnil for the link.

Update. Here’s another angle linked by GymFever2012.

Gymnastics is a dangerous sport. We have to do everything we can to prevent traumatic and overuse injury.

Al Fong points out that we ALSO need do everything we can to avoid illness.

Do:
– Eat nutritiously and stay away from junk food, including sodas.
– Get plenty of sleep and rest.
– Practice proper hygiene –wash your hands often, brush your teeth, use deodorant and mouth wash.
– Regularly clean your wrist bands to prevent rips on your wrists.
– Keep your finger nails and toe nails trimmed.

Don’t:
– Drink from the same bottle or share the same spoon or fork with others.
– Spray your mouth from the spray bottle at the chalk tray.
– Lick your fingers or hands as you chalk up during bars.
– Spit on your hands.
– Tear your rips. Instead, neatly clip them with finger nail clippers.
– Workout without properly warming up and stretching.

Do’s and Don’ts

related – Coach Cassie – Healthy & Easy Snacking for Gymnasts: Pre, During & Post Workout Printable

AJ Lovatt.

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The Assembly accepted ten new national federations: Afghanistan (AFG), Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH), Central African Republic (associated member – CAF), Caymen Islands (CAY), Mauritius (MRI), Nicaragua (NCA), Sudan (SUD), Uganda (UGA), Zambia (ZAM) and Kosovo (KOS).

At the close of this 80th Congress 2014, the FIG counts a total of 142 member federations, of which 138 affiliated and 4 associated. Continental distribution is as follows: Europe, 50 members; Asia, 38; the Americas, 28; Africa, 24 and Oceania, 2.

via email from André GUEISBUHLER, FIG Secretary General

To the non-gymnastics fitness community.

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(via gymnastikfabriken)

The Cyr wheel (also known as the roue Cyr, mono wheel, or simple wheel) is an acrobatic device popularized in the early 21st century. It consists of a single large, metal hoop and is similar in some ways to a German wheel, with the acrobat spinning inside the wheel while maneuvering around the stage. …

The cyr wheel was further popularized as a circus skill by numerous acrobats and circus artists during the 1990s and later by Daniel Cyr in 2003, who presented the first cyr wheel circus act at the 2003 Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris. … Cyr claims he created it without any awareness of previous similar devices …

A beautiful edit.

… Brad Dalke was 12 years old in the summer of 2010, and entering the seventh grade, when he announced a verbal commitment to play college golf at Oklahoma.

Dalke has been trumped by a full year. Last month, 11-year-old Ben James of Milford, Conn., told Connecticut head coach Dave Pezzino he plans to carry a UConn bag beginning in the fall of 2021. …

Golf Week – 11-year-old commits to Connecticut

How much stupider can this get?

Can I verbally commit my unborn daughter to compete for OSU?

Zari Goldmann via the Swing Big email newsletter:

“How do I get my kids to make the corrections I’m telling them to? …

1. Don’t overload them – too many corrections is almost as bad as none. …

2. Have them repeat it back …

3. Have them say it before their next turn …

4. Decrease difficulty and increase expectations …

5. Reinforce it when they do make changes

read more …

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