DWTS – Shawn Johnson quickstep

Very acrobatic.

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(via Examiner)

For comparison, here’s rehearsal at the Not So Dancing With The Stars Tour. 🙂

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(via Brigid Couch Gymnast McCarthy on Facebook)

Kellogg’s Tour of Champions

9/16/12 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. … fan video …

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One innovation is a Tumbl Trak Air Floor built into the tumbling diagonal.

(via Triple Twist Gym Blog on Facebook)

Disability Gymnastics GBR

… Disability Gymnastics is ‘Pan-Disability‘, (in other words; it means that it is accessible to people with any impairment). The Disability Gymnastics competitive structure is growing fast and at the pinnacle of this structure, National Disability Gymnastics Squads are also now in place for Men’s, Women’s, Trampoline and Rhythmic Gymnastics. …

BG – About Disability Gymnastics

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(via Disabled World)

ILLINOIS tops NCAA preseason poll

Ono informs that the Men’s College preseason poll rankings posted on Troester have changed.

1 Illinois
2 Michigan
3 Oklahoma 
4 Penn State
5 Stanford 

GymInfo – 2013 Men’s Gymnastics Pre-Season Coaches Poll

Justin Spring’s reigning national champion gymnastics team was ranked No. 1 in the preseason GymInfo Coaches poll, which was released Sunday.

Illinois received six of 15 first-place votes. …

Illini gymnasts rate top spot

GymCastic – Louis Smith

Episode 4: Louis Smith, Spanny’s Athlete Oath, Making Men’s Gymnastics More Popular

Guest appearance – Dvora Meyers

Listen to it here. Or subscribe via iTunes.

related – Uncle Tim has been posting like a madman. All MAG coaches should be following that blog.

Gabrielle Douglas montage

Another excellent collaboration with Chris Saccullo on the video edit, D. Santos rapping the mash-up.

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Camp of Champions, Spokane

Dan Alch helped organize a training camp fund raiser at Northwest Gymnastics for coach Mike Armstrong, who’s ill.

160 athletes enjoyed working with 30 top coaches. 3rd Level Consulting, Tumbl Trak, and many many others contributed.

Leave comments on Dan Alch’s Camp of Champions Facebook.

Human Flag supporting woman

Dominic Lacasse. Special thanks to Geneviève Bérubé. On September 28th at the circus school of Quebec city.

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(via All Things Gym)

One to watch: Jordan Chiles

Here’s a name you might want to remember, Jordan Chiles. At just 11 years old, Jordan is already training some big skills …

It’s a shame she’s 9 months too young for the 2016 Rio Olympics. …

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Click PLAY or watch fwd 3/1 twist punch layout on YouTube.

Tkachev is looking good. (VIDEO)

Jordan lives in Oregon and trains at Naydenov Gymnastics with her coaches Erika Bakacs and Dimitri Taskov. She trains around 32 hours a week and is working hard to qualify elite for the 2013 season. …

Triple TwistOne to watch: Jordan Chiles

Pommel circle drill

Nick Blanton:

… lengthen the body using mats and a low Pommel Horse both in the front and the back sections of a basic circle.

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