Author: Rick Mc

Olympic Trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan:

… is promoting a Dove campaign — “Girls Unstoppable” — to help raise awareness about body issues among young female athletes. …

MacLennan said she suffered from self-doubt when she saw that there were a lot of trampolinists who were smaller and skinnier. Her mom Jane was always there to help her see herself in a positive light. …

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… Together, we can help them build strong self-esteem and body confidence so they don’t quit doing the things they love. Get involved and make a girl in your life unstoppable.

Download our toolkit of confidence-building activities …

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Wow.

Tough tumbling line.

To watch you could click on the embed on this site. Or click through to Gymnastike.

The embed has no video ad. The Gymnastike page does.

I mention this as I’m a bit irked at Gymnastike for not being more transparent on which of their links lead to the membership only videos, and which are free to all.

Normally I’d tell people to go to Gymnastike rather than watch on this site. But right now, if you are not a paid Gold member, you should be leery of wasting your time on a Gymnastike link. Not knowing in advance whether or not you can watch it.

I’d recommend you to join Gymnastike Gold, but I’m also irked they are so reluctant to tell folks the price of membership up front. (My personal philosophy is not to buy any product that has deceptive or hidden pricing.)

All that said, this is a very cool tumbling sequence. Thanks for posting it Gymnastike. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch Nia Dennis on Gymnastike.

http://region5insider.gymnastike.org/embed/MTE2NzA4MTQ0?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of Nia Dennis on gymnastike.org

related – Checking in with Junior Elite Nia Dennis

NCAA Finals 2013.

LOVE the Comaneci.

Dabritz tied for second in the uneven bars competition at Pauley Pavilion, just missing the distinction of being the first Utah uneven bars champion since Kristina Baskett won the award in 2006.

Competing first out of 10 competitors, Dabritz hit her routine and earned a 9.9. …

Utah’s Dabritz finishes second on bars

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Merde. 😦

Gymnast Yvette Moshage last Thursday has torn the anterior cruciate ligament of her left knee again. …

GymPOWER

She’d come back from ACL surgeries in 2008 and 2011.

Many first got to know her via the The Hard Way To Success – Episode 1 – Yvette Moshage documentary.

Get well soon.

USA Level 10 Championships go this weekend in Minneapolis.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://region5insider.gymnastike.org/embed/NDQ5NzA5MDE3?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of 2013 JO Level 10 Nationals on region5.gymnastike.org

British and English Espoir champion, Georgia-Mae, talks to BGtv about the 2013 British, dealing with competition nerves and hopes for the future.

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The British Gymnastics video team do fantastic work. 🙂

Despite the big balance check, here’s your Champion 2013.

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Many wanted Danusia Francis @danusiafrancis to win. But she had a fall. 😦

Danusia’s OK with the nickname DanFran, by the way.

(via Katy Jones on Gymnewstics – Four No More)

Balance Beam Situation speculates:

Florida

It will be harder next year. I have to think Florida remains the title favorite since it is difficult to argue against a core of Sloan, Hunter, Johnson, and Caquattuses, but for the first time in several years, the Gators are losing a significant number of top routines and not necessarily replacing them with equivalent freshmen. They will become more reliant on a core of oft-injured elites. …

UCLA

This will be the unrecognizable team next year. The Bruins are losing half of their routines from Super Six. Usually, that would be cause to expect a plummet, but while it is difficult to project any team to improve that loses a gymnast like Zamarripa, this team is gaining so much next year that improvement is absolutely possible as long as the injury spirits have moved on to another team. Twelve routines will go, but Peszek, Lee, Larson, Mossett, Gerber, and Cipra should contribute far more than twelve as a group. …

read more – Where We Stand Now

NCAA women’s gymnastics analysis that refuses to compete with calm confidence

I’d like to thank Balance Beam Situation for the superb coverage last season. See you in 2014.

… How would ads look if gender roles were reversed?

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The funny stuff starts at 2min 45sec.

… over 475,000 views since … April 3, 2013.

… Representations of Gender in Media, is a school project that was created for a Women and Gender Studies class at the University of Saskatchewan by Sarah Zelinski, Kayla Hatzel and Dylan Lambi-Raine.

The group wanted to show how the media portrays gender roles and stereotypes in advertising. …

U of S Student Video Goes Viral: Interview

When will women STOP buying those magazines?

related – I’ve never bought anything from Abercrombie & Fitch. And never will. Here’s one good reason why.

Another of those bizarre but fascinating edits from CICI.

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