Author: Rick Mc

Grossfeld has represented the United States as a gymnastics competitor or coach in seven Olympic Games, seven World Championships, six Maccabiah Games, and five Pan American Games — in addition to many other major gymnastics events.

Click PLAY or watch his Horizontal Bar on YouTube.

He’s still an active coach. And never seems to miss a major international competition.

Gymneo, from France, sells books and posters.

But the real buzz is for their new online video tutorials. 6 1/2 hours in total. In French.

€159 for a 1yr subscription.

How long will it be before they offer the same product with voice over in English?

I assembled their free Stalder teasers to see the sequence of instruction.

Click PLAY or watch video 1/6 on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516851121678304

Click PLAY or watch video 2/6 on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516853935011356

Click PLAY or watch video 3/6 on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516868838343199

Click PLAY or watch video 4/6 on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516887868341296

Click PLAY or watch video 5/6 on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516908761672540

Click PLAY or watch video 6/6 on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516918255004924

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Mark Folger posted a series of Sole Circle and Stalder drills for beginners. He’d like to see girls compete those elements as early as Level 5 in the new J.O. 2013-2017 rules.

I agree with Mark’s introduction to that post:

… Have you ever wondered if toe shoots (sole circles) may be easier for some of your gymnasts to learn than clear hips? Do you have talented gymnasts who struggle with free hips? My personal experiences would have me answer yes to both of these questions. …

Madi went 9.70 on Beam in the BIG SHOW Level 8 Event Finals. A personal best.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Great West Gym Fest)

Delta Gymnastics of Vancouver, Canada WON a contest at the Great West Gym Fest.

Prize?

PIZZA PARTY with Olympian and World Champion Gymnast Chellsie Memmel.

Click PLAY or watch highlights on YouTube.

(via Great West Gym Fest)

Thank JAO for the link.

Cute.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/OTgxNjk1NzQ1?related=1

Watch more video of #2 OU vs. #5 UCLA on gymnastike.org

Oklahoma could be ranked #1 over Florida by Monday.

Roach Gymnastics from Washington State have a TEAM Vault warm-up.

Very specific.

ALL of their Level 7 girls looked strong on the compulsory Handspring at the 2013 Great West Gym Fest. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That’s Jacoby Miles‘ gym.

Go Team Jacoby.

(via Great West Gym Fest)

Kendall Covey from Metropolitan Gymnastics had the top Vault score in Level 9 at the Great West Gym Fest 2013.

Olympian Chellsie Memmel was impressed.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Updating the competition home page and Facebook page has gone better than ever this year.

The celeb line-up for ‘DWTS’ Season 16 won’t officially be revealed until Feb. 26, but HollywoodLife.com has EXCLUSIVELY learned of the first three people cast!

A source close to the show tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively that current Bachelor Sean Lowe, celebrity chef Bobby Flay, and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman are the first three stars to have joined the show’s cast. …

Hollywood Life

(via WOGymnastike and Examiner)