Author: Rick Mc

With excellent form.

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Anastasia Grishina truly is super talented.

Men’s Gymnastics Perspective posted the now famous Volvo Trucks Epic Splits TV ad. And a couple of spoofs. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch one on YouTube.

Beautiful & difficult.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MjIxNzMxMDU0?related=0&autoplay=false

Watch more video of 10 Arkansas at 7 Alabama on gymnastike.org

I’d like to see more emotion. 🙂

Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series based around a high school football team situated in Texas. …

Critically acclaimed. Great acting. Great writing. It lasted 5 season.

I find Coach Eric Taylor very believable.

Another TV drama set in the context of youth sport, Make It or Break It, was utter crap, by comparison. 3 seasons, 48 episodes, ending 2012.

And that’s a shame.

We’re still waiting for the great, serious Gymnastics TV drama.

A coach more believable than Sasha Belov. 😦

I suspect — as usual — the football series had far more money to hire good writer$.

This is cool.

… flight lasting 64.1 seconds and reaching an altitude of 3.3 metres …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I like the “spotters”. 🙂

You don’t see many American coaches leading international clinics for FIG.

Happily, USA Gymnastics is reaching out to help develop the sport worldwide.

“This first year has been about learning how we can help other countries,” said Penny. “Our goal is to have meaningful impact and move their programs forward toward the elite level.”

A few of the pilot clinics:

Mihai Brestyan of Burlington, Mass., who coached two-time Olympic gold-medalist Alexandra Raisman and 10-time World medalist Alicia Sacramone, conducted clinics and met with athletes, coaches and officials in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa.

David Juszczyk of Broomfield, Colo., who has worked with many athletes including two U.S. Olympians, visited Copenhagen, Denmark, and several other Danish cities. …

The Global Ambassador Program is a partnership between the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), AAI, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and USA Gymnastics. The goal is to provide U.S. athletes and coaches as consultants on a request basis to stimulate the growth of the sport and athlete development at many levels. …

USA Gymnastics extends international outreach through Global Ambassador Program

hmm …

Click PLAY or watch Bridget’s 10 on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Kytra’s 10 on YouTube.

I love Kytra’s routine. But neither are 10.0 for me.

Hal Halverson linked …

Somebody TIME this marathon. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Tom Gibbs, Temple University Men’s Gymnastics Volunteer Coach explains. In a history of the Team.

THE ALL AROUND – Guest Editorial: Temple Men’s Gymnastics:

… remarkable 88-year legacy is one that is too proud to ignore or forget.

The names that follow are merely a microcosm of the richness of Temple men’s gymnastics. It reflects not only their character but also their pride in Temple men’s gymnastics and Temple University. The list could easily be multiplied two hundred times or more. A quick read will show that it has been money well spent. …

read more …

related – Dwight Normile – An Interview With Temple Coach Fred Turoff (Jan 17th)

go to TempleGymnastics.com to see what you can do to help.