Oklahoma 2nd WAG & MAG NCAA

Men’s & Women’s Squads Both Finish Second in Nation

Both hit 100% of routines in the Team final. Impressive.

Click PLAY or watch Sooner Gymnastics Double Take on Sooner Sports.

http://www.soonersports.tv/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=26787457&width=400&height=224&property=soonersports

… By finishing second at both NCAA Championships, the Sooners became just the third university in NCAA gymnastics history to have both programs finish in the top two in the same season, joining UCLA in 1984 and Michigan in 1999 when both the Wolverines and the Bruins had their men finish first and women finish second.

… The OU men have won five national titles since 2000 and eight overall, including wins in 1977, 1978, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008 while finishing in the top three nationally in each of the last 13 seasons.

The Sooner women have quickly joined in on their counterparts’ success since head coach K.J. Kindler took over in 2007, finishing in the top three in three of the past four seasons, including a second place finish in 2010 and a third-place standing in 2011.

… The OU men’s team will return 26 of 30 routines competed at the NCAA Championship while the OU women’s squad brings back 21 of the 24 routines from its NCAA competition. …

British Gymnastics Leadership Academy

BG are world leaders when it comes to coach education. Their latest innovation starts kids on the road as young as age-11. That’s very young compared with any other national coaching development program I’ve heard about.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Looks great.

Ponor and Pavlova

No biggie. 🙂

Two legends in the … cafeteria.

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click to see larger original

Catalina Ponor and Ana Pavlova at the Pro Gym Challenge.

One of the very BEST things about this event is the support they are giving to our eldest Elite gymnasts and retired NCAA gymnasts.

Men’s J.O. Compulsories illustrated

Steve Bonham announced new posters and other resources for clubs teaching the American Junior Olympics routines.

The FULL set includes:

Level 3: All Events (9 pages)
Level 4: All Events (9 pages)
Level 5: All Events (9 pages)
Level 6: All Events (9 pages)

Ganba posters

Click PLAY or watch a promo video on YouTube.

Check prices on Ganba Gymnastics.

new gym Vegas – White Palms

White Palms Academy has an Open House June 3-9th.

LIKE that page on Facebook if you want to keep informed.

White Palms Vegas

They will be offering circus, gymnastics, and fitness. Parkour, tumbling, physical theater. And much more.

Uldi Hajdu made the announcement.

You know Uldi if you’ve seen the 2006 film out of Hungary called White Palms.

White Palms

Uldi starred opposite Kyle Shewfelt. It was nominated for an Academy Award.

Universiade Promo

gymnasts391 linked to Emin Garibov 2013 Universiade Games Promo Video.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The 2013 Summer Universiade … Kazan, Russia. The capital of Republic of Tatarstan.

July 6 – 17, 2013. 27 sports. 13,500 athletes. 170 nations.

related – Examiner – What happened to Russian men’s gymnastics? A commentary

Russia is great. For sure. But not nearly as great as they’ve been in the past.

I’m hoping they hit big at home. Win MAG Team. 🙂

Fernando & Orlando Götschin

The Hard Way To Success – Episode 3 – Fernando & Orlando Götschin

… English subtitles. The story of 2 brothers in 1 sport. Trampoline.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Lisa.

register for FREE Tumbl Trak clinics

25 yearsTumbl Trak’s 1-day clinics celebrating their 25th Anniversary are now registering. Focus will be on best practice for precompetitive and advanced recreation girls coaches.

Click through for details on the one closest to you.


May 2013

Thursday, May 23 Tumbl Trak Headquarters – Mount Pleasant, MI
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June 2013
Fri, June 21 YMCA National Gymnastics Training Center – Huguenot, NY
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Saturday, June 22 M & M Gymnastics – New Berlin, WI
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Thursday, June 27 Leading Edge Gymnastics – Everett, WA
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July 2013
Saturday, July 13 Twistars Gymnastics – Dewitt, MI
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Sat., July 20 High Performance Training Camp – Coeur D’Alene, ID
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John Smith at HPTC Idaho 2012
John Smith at HPTC Idaho 2012

Saturday, July 27 Atlanta Gymnastics Center – Atlanta, GA
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Sunday, July 28 Arizona Sunrays – Phoenix, AZ
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As a Tumbl Trak Ambassador, I’ll be clinician at the three in bold.

There will be FUN. More reps, less stress.

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