Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Jordyn Wieber – FIGHT TO WIN

The latest excellent edit by Chris Saccullo aka iLITTER.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo. Apple users may need to click the Switch to HTML5 Player link bottom right on the Vimeo page.

Sophie Scheder – Bars

Sophie Scheder (GER) is the new Junior European Champion on Uneven Bars : 14.566 (Difficulty : 6.00, Execution : 8.566 …

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Overuse of one kind of skill, in my opinion. But it’s nice to see someone besides Russia win Bars. 🙂

tramp skillz without names

The only rule for Action Sports trampoline is that you can NEVER do any conventional trampoline skill, correctly.

Here are the coaches at Woodward Copper Mountain goofing at the end of the Winter season.

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… I don’t know what to call that triffus at 3min 37sec.

(via Mike Jacki on Facebook)

Winning Balance by Shawn Johnson

Shawn previews her new book. $12.50

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She’s canceled out of Secret U.S. Classic May 26. That’s the final qualifier for Visa Championships in St. Louis, Mo., June 7-10.

She can still compete Visas and try to qualify for the Olympic Trial in San Jose. But I have my doubts that she will.

… Chow said Johnson is still recuperating from a knee injury, and said he wasn’t sure if she’d be able to compete in St. Louis. If she misses that event, she wouldn’t be eligible for the Olympic Trials in San Jose at the end of June, meaning her longshot attempt to make a second U.S. Olympic squad would be over. …

Des Moines Register

But as Shawn says in that video, “Failure’s a wonderful thing“.

A learning experience.

She’s already one of the great champions of all time.

Al Fong – pony tail Beam

Al Fong:

… the pony tail has awesome powers to make a beam routine look polished, precise, and elegant.

Here’s what I mean.

Study any beam routine you admire and you’ll notice there’s a certain rhythm to it, accented by skills, leaps, and turns. The gymnast seamlessly picks up the rhythm after each accent. It’s this quality that keeps the routine flowing even if there happens to be a wobble or balance error. …

1) Snap the pony tail with each turn.

2) After each completed skill or leap / jump combination, stop and hold the finished position until the pony tail stops, then resume. …

Beam Training Secret Weapon

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Mariya LIVCHIKOVA – Floor

The gorgeous gymnast from Ukraine gained legions of new fans.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Event Finals at Europeans.

Watch that double front again in slow motion.

Chandler Eggleston – Shewfelt

Stick It Media on Facebook has been linking to some highlight routines from USA Men’s Jr Olympics 2012.

Here’s the best I’ve seen, so far.

… Chandler Eggleston sticking the first 17.00 VT ever done in JO Nationals competition.

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gymnastics motivation video

An interesting edit. MAG strength training behind a diatribe.

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(via Ferney Lopez Camacho and Emilio Toledo on Facebook)

2015 Pan-Am Games promo

Features gymnast Mikaela Gerber.

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The 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games will be hosted in Ontario, Canada.

(via Mikaela’s coach Susan Barrett-Manjak on Facebook)