China – Men’s Group – Acro Worlds

Very impressive.

… 24th Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships – Levallois (FRA), July 10 – 12, 2014. China (Zhou Yi, Wang Lei, Tang Jian, Wu Yeqiuyin). Men’s Groups Dynamic, Qualification …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via GymCastic)

Gym Gab – Gymnastics parents

Here’s an idea long overdue.

A Gymnastics blog for parents.

gymgab

How was gym today?” is a question every gym parent wants to ask their kid on the car ride home.

Unfortunately this age-old, open-ended question loses it’s importance when the word “fine” become the oh-so common answer.

Here is a list of 25 questions to ask your athlete (not all in the same day of course), that will provide some welcome variety to you and your athlete!

4. What compliment do you remember most today?

9. If you could have worked only one skill today, what would it have been?

14. Pick one word to describe your attitude during workout.

23. What do you want to do different tomorrow?

Gym Gab – 25 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR GYMNAST

Click through to read the rest.

ANZ Bank supports Commonwealths

The New ZealandBlack Flips” are all in. Looking for a best ever Team result and some Apparatus finals.

The girls trained together at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics. Here’s just one story of dedication towards this goal.

feats of strength

The very last exercise in this compilation I’ve never seen before. Planche push-ups in series clapping behind the back on each.

Thanks Bede.

Rebeca Andrade could win YOGs

She’ll certainly be one of the favourites, especially with no American competitor.

Gym Blog Brazil posted video from a recent training camp verification.

Click PLAY or watch Rebeca on YouTube. (fall on Beam)

Click here to watch Jade Barbosa, Flavia Saraiva and others. (Portuguese)

Other podium contenders include Yan Wang (CHN), Elissa Downie (GBR), Sae Miyakawa (JPN), Laura Jurca (ROU), Silk Tutkhalyan (RUS) and Sydney Townsend (CAN).

The other young Brazilian, Flavia Saraiva, could win YOGs if Rebeca was not, for some reason, able to compete.

Thanks Cedrick.

Gabby leaves Chow again

The gymnastics reunion between Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas and coach Liang Chow lasted less than three months.

Chow confirmed that Douglas has left the gym to search for a new coach. …

“I think we worked hard together,” Chow said. “We achieved our goal. I think Martha (Karolyi, U.S. national team coordinator) was happy at the camp, physically and with her gymnastics skills.

“We made good progress.” …

Des Moines Register

Chow and Gabby

via Nico on GymFever