tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
George Thomas recommends a free, open source alternative to Dartfish.
It is mostly used by sports coaches and athletes to explore, study or comment a performance.
Click PLAY or watch a demo of what it can do on YouTube.
Minimum requirements:
Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7) + .NET platform 2.0 or above.
A good article in the NY Times by MADELINE LEVINE:
PHRASES like “tiger mom” and “helicopter parent” have made their way into everyday language. But does overparenting hurt, or help? …
Decades of studies, many of them by Diana Baumrind, a clinical and developmental psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that the optimal parent is one who is involved and responsive, who sets high expectations but respects her child’s autonomy. These “authoritative parents” appear to hit the sweet spot of parental involvement and generally raise children who do better academically, psychologically and socially than children whose parents are either permissive and less involved, or controlling and more involved. …
Hitting the sweet spot between overparenting and underparenting
… The iPad has “invaded” the pool deck and revolutionized the way diving coaches train their athletes, says coach Aaron Dziver, who guides the careers of Canadian Olympians Alexandre Despatie, Reuben Ross, and Jennifer Abel. …
Over the past year, Dziver says it has become the norm to see international coaches raising aloft their iPads en masse during competitions to record and analyze the dives of their athletes. …
Dziver uses an app called Baseball Coach Plus HD and adapts it for diving. … $2.99 …
Be careful not to buy the Tom Daley game, by accident. 🙂
Al Fong told us that he prefers iPad analysis over any and all of the fixed video review systems he’s seen in Artistic gyms.
related – Major College Football Teams Join a Growing Number of NFL Teams Adopting The iPad
I saw this on I GOT NOTHING.
Summer Gymnastics Camps are ending.
Click PLAY or see photos from the Camps hosted by Gym Momentum.
Tony Retrosi will be presenting at the first ever Alberta Gymnastics Congress in Canada, Oct 11-14, 2012.
From a new Uchimura tumblr.
If you aspire to have gymnasts train the most difficult skills, you first must physically and technically train athletes to “land“. Many of the Vault injuries in competition we’ve seen of late are athletes who train only on mats in a pit.
To compete triple double, you need train at least quad double. (VIDEO)
The Women’s Technical Committee should research the best “landers” in the sport, and set ideal models on how to do so most safely. Those would be the correct (not deducted) techniques.
(via Gymnast #391)
All possible new Olympic sports.
… a decision due at the IOC Session in Buenos Aires in September 2013. The IOC Executive Board will add another to the mix in February when an existing Olympic sport gets cut. …
… While baseball-softball, karate and squash have the finance to promote their bids internationally, some of the smaller federations don’t have the money to invest in promoting their profiles globally. …
Around the Rings – IOC Warns Sports Bidding for 2020 Olympics Against Lavish Spending
I’d wager on recently merged baseball-softball getting back in. Then roller sports.
Personally, from that list, I’d vote for sport climbing. 🙂
related:
• Skateboarding in the Olympics?
• The Summer Olympic Sports of the Future
• White pushing for Olympic skateboarding
(via sportsmyriad)
Fruit of the Loom underwear is a new advertiser on NBC during the Olympics.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
My favourite is Traveling Rings.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
One more featuring former UCLA gymnast Kiralee Hayashi.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thanks wordsmith.
High Speed video. Cats. Physics. Weightlessness. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
GiGi was not hurt during the making of this video. We took great care to make sure she would be safe.
… this involves some serious math. (PDF) …
(via Kottke)
The terrific Canadian gymnast who was unable to try out for the Olympic Team is back in the gym with Elvira Saadi. And looks pretty good after a long break.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Good to see you back. 🙂
Thanks @GrishinaFan
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