https://twitter.com/J_Horton11/status/287208782084317184

gymnastike.org on Facebook:

Adorable! A gymdad just posted this on twitter saying, “found this on my daughters wall this AM. She’s 10 today. Anything missing from her list?”

Lauren Hopkins:

Many NCAA programs have ridiculously awesome recruits coming in this year, from big name elites like U.S. Olympian Bridget Sloan and Canadian superstar Peng-Peng Lee to the fierce yet lesser-known J.O. athletes like 2012 national champions Randii Wyrick and Keeley Kmieciak. We at the Couch Gymnast have complied a list of our Top 20 favorites coming in for the 2013 season. Who are you most excited to see? …

NCAA: Twenty Freshmen We Can’t Wait to See!

That post links to related Couch Gymnasts articles:

The 2012-13 Season NCAA Master Schedule with Lauren Hopkins

NCAA for Beginners: Understanding College Gym with Brigid McCarthy

NCAA for Beginners: 10 Reasons Why with Brigid McCarthy

NCAA for Beginners: Meet the Teams with Danelle M. Pecht

Click PLAY or Brigid’s College Beam training on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Njk0NjY2MDQ1?related=1

Watch more video of University of Florida 2013 Preseason on gymnastike.org

She’s not going to give away many tenths this season.

San Jose State is one of the NCAA Teams opening the season tonight.

This is how to promote College Gymnastics. 🙂

See the full size promo photo on Facebook.

(via coach Kristi Marks on Facebook)

WOGymnastike continues a series on when-they-were-young. This time Vika Komova.

Click PLAY or watch her IMPRESSIVE Floor from 2007 on YouTube.

See the other apparatus via this link: 12 Year Old Viktoria Komova (Video)

Here are the responses to the first question in TCG’s … Retrospective. The first question was;

What was your gymnastics highlight/s of the year and why?

TCG 2012 Retrospective: The Highlights

You’ll be surprised to read so many gymnastics pundits so happy with the past year.

And with wildly different highlights.

Chris Saccullo

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I first fell in love with Aliya Mustafina at the 2010 Worlds. She was dominant. Confident. Yet media shy. Dashing away from the press areas as quickly as possible.

I loved her comeback too.

What a psychological case study. Intriguing.

But in the ranks of best gymnasts all time, Aliya has plenty of weaknesses. Especially form. I use her and Nastia as examples of how NOT to teach young gymnasts to twist.

Gymnastike:

Your votes are in! The 2012 Gymnastics Breakout Performance of the Year is….

Elizabeth Price at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials!

Ebee:

“I think the best quality about my gymnastics would be being able to hit big routines when the competition time comes.”

… And she’s the girl to beat in 2013, so far.

As Steve Martin said, “Comedy is not pretty.”

THE ONION:

By the conclusion of the 2012 London Games last Sunday, promising 12-year-old gymnast Alexandra Davids had already begun working diligently on an inspiring personal backstory for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“I’ll have to get cut from a team at some point or maybe fall just short at a really important competition,” said Davids, who added that temporarily living in a homeless shelter … would make her story more touching.

“If I could suffer some sort of serious injury and have doctors tell me I’ll never be able to compete again, that’d be perfect. Basically anything where I can capture the hearts and minds of the entire nation by defying the odds to win.” …

Future Olympic Star Hard At Work On Her Backstory

That’s The Onion. A parody news site.