Author: Rick Mc

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That’s Kelsey Kato at Avant Couer in Idaho.

Of course the “spotters” will drop the rope if any of the kids get tangled. A pool noodle works even better. 🙂

Happy
Valentines

High protein / fat. Vegetables and fruit. Some ice-cream.

Calisthenics and light dumbbells.

Her name is Marilyn. 🙂

(via 70’s big and Blair Lowe on Facebook)

Is it Valentine’s Day? … Or April Fools?

Over on the (normally excellent) Gymnastic Bodies strength forum there’s a bizarre thread:

Need urgent help…
by Zingam

See, most guys seem to like smaller women but I like them tall like 6 feet at least. There is one big problem though – they tend to weight quite a lot – 154 pounds wouldn’t be unexpected.

So what would you recommend to do to gain the strength to get one up and carry her around without breaking myself. … I actually can do it but I’m not convinced that I am strong enough and that I won’t get injured some day. So I need to train.

Click through to read the advice given. 🙂

(via Blair Lowe on Facebook)

One highlight from Stoi’s ‘Best of 2011’ post.

Best BEAM

Clara:

I didn’t see much beam I particularly liked last year. Dearly departed Porgras declined – still moved beautifully, but everything interesting was slowly sucked out of the routine. …

So I’m going leftfield – Danusia Francis at British Nationals. Lovely carriage and posture, and she got to show it off at Worlds this year. News flash GB coaches – you get about one athlete a decade who can actually do this event. Don’t waste her. …

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No confidence in that dismount. But Danusia looks like a future NCAA Beam Champion to me. 🙂

Read more profane hilarity on Stoi! – A Belated Best of 2011

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Gym Dynasty keeps a continually updating list of available NCAA College Gymnastics Camps.

Erin attended Boise last summer. And I’ve got a feeling I’ll be cheering her one day as a Bronco.

Boise State Gymnastics Camp: July 23-26, 2012 (Girls Age 7-19)

Contact: Lindsay Ward
Phone: (208) 426-1288
Email: lindsayward1 (a) u.boisestate.edu

Sign up early for the College(s) of your choice. Check the list — so far — of 2012 College Gymnastics Camps.

2012 NCAA Regional Gymnastics Championships

University of Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena
Seattle

details – 2012 NCAA Gymnastics Regionals at Washington

The other WAG Regionals go the same date:

Auburn (Auburn Arena)
Illinois (Assembly Hall)
Arkansas (Barnhill Arena)
North Carolina State (Reynolds Coliseum)
Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center)

Thank Carly Dockendorf for the link.

Tony from Sweden likes Igor Cassina’s combination skill in training:

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gedatzeni will need to add that to his Unique Gymnastics compilation video.

gedatzeni from Australia put together the greatest montage all-time of rare Skills & Combinations. SUBSCRIBE.

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1. Mark Sohn (USA) – 1/1 Kehr mount
2. Koji Yamamuro (JPN) – Honma + 1/4 to long hang
3. Steven Legendre (USA) – Double Front + Front Double Twist
4. Kelly Lang (USA) – the ‘Lang’ I & II
5. Miguel Rubio (ESP) – Full Ono to one-armed giant + Immediate Jaeger
6. S. Yokoyama (JPN) – Kip to V-Sit
7. Ahmed Al Dayani (QAT) – Tippelt Half to Upperarm
8. Ross Bradley (USA) – Stalder with 2/1 pirouette
9. Hiroyuki Tomita (JPN) – O’Neill
10. Ryan McCarthy (USA) – Front Uprise Layout 1/1 to upperarms
11. Shirai Kenzo (JPN) – Back 7/2 + Front 1/1
12. Daisuke Nakano (JPN) – Triple Back [tucked] – Rings
13. Chen Chen (CHN) – G Flop [Stokli + Stokli + 1080 wende]
14. Ryan Lieberman (USA) – Felge Makuts
15. Jesus Carballo Jr. (ESP) – Carballo I
16. Sean Doolan (USA) – Front Triple Twist + Front Salto
17. Shirai Kenzo (JPN) – Back 5/2 + Front 2/1
18. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) – Double Twisting Kovacs Attempt – 2008/2009
19. Makoto Okiguchi (JPN) – Lou Yun + Front 1 3/4
20. Vladimir Novikov (USSR) – Front Uprise to V-Sit
21. Giovanni Quintero (COL) – Belle with 1/1 to upperarm hang
22. ??? (LAT) – Dorsal Giants + Immediate Gienger
23. Alberto Busnari (ITA) – DSA Handstand with 720 Travel to Flairs
24. Danny Rodrigues (FRA) – Azarian to Maltese + Front Uprise V-Cross
25. Max Whitlock (GBR) – Forward Salto with 5/2 Twists – Rings
26. Sam Oldham (GBR) – Back Double Twist off Parallel Bars
27. Flavius Koczi (ROU) – Back 5/2 + Front 5/2 [attempt]
28. Jeff Crockett (USA) – Double Twisting Balabanov
29. Ri Se Gwang (PRK) – Full Twisting Double Tsukahara
30. Ryosuke Baba (JPN) – Stoop 1/2 + Kolman
31. Cyril Tommassone (FRA) – Li Ning + Back Scissor to Handstand
32. Huang Yuguo (CHN) – Front 2/1 + Van Roon
33. Ji Lianshen (CHN) – Stalder 1/1 to el-grip + Balabanov
34. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) – Stoop 1/2 + Liukin
35. Prashanth Sellathurai (AUS) – Spindle Magyar between Pommels
36. Hikaru Tanaka (JPN) – Kasamatsu Stretched to Roll Out – Floor
37. Paul Ruggeri (USA) – Uprise 1 1/4 Straddle Front to upperarms
38. Matthieu Jordan (FRA) – Triple Back Salto Piked – Floor
39. Matteo Morandi (ITA) – Marinich to Feet
40. Jeff Bender (USA) – Back Uprise with Counter Salto
41. Tim McNeil (USA) – Bezugo on a Single Pommel + [flop series]
42. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) – Double Back with 5/2 Twists – Rings
43. Lee Joo Huang (KOR) – Healy to Mix Grip [single rail] + Jaeger transfer
44. ??? (JPN) – Full Twisting Triple Back Somersault – High Bar
45. Kelly Lang (USA) – Suarez – High Bar
46. DJ Bucher (USA) – Layout Belle – Parallel Bars
47. Matthias Fahrig (GER) – Arabian Double Pike with 3/2 Twists
48. Glen Ishino (USA) – Triple Layout – High Bar
49. Epke Zonderland (NED) – Diamidov 1/4 + Healy
50. Shirai Kenzo (JPN) – Quadruple Twist
51. ??? (USA?) – Guzcoghy with 1/2 Twist … Doug Stibel. (thanks Nick)
52. Steven Legendre (USA) – High Rybalko
53. Guillermo Alvarez (USA) – Front Layout with 3/2 Twists – High Bar
54. Michael Strathern? (USA) – Back 3/2 + Marinich
55. Epke Zonderland (NED) – Cassina + Kolman
56. Ian Makowske (USA) – Stoop Hop with 1/1 Pirouette to mixed-grip
57. Regulo Carmona (VEN) – Momentary Back Lever to Inverted Cross
58. Daniel Keatings (GBR) – Chiarlo + E Healy + Healy
59. Yang Hak Seon (KOR) – Handspring Front Layout 3/1 Twist
60. Vladimir Gogoladze (USSR) – Straddled Healy – Parallel Bars
61. Li Xiaopeng (CHN) – Forward Uprise with Double Pike to upperarm
62. Timo Niemela (FIN) – Double Kovacs [attempt]

What’s the toughest skill there?

I’d love to vote for Uchimura’s double twisting Kovacs attempt. But of the successful skills shown, maybe it’s Ri Se Gwang’s Tsuk double with 1/1 twist.

Leave a comment if you have an opinion.

Thanks @SyqueCaesar … and good luck with that Olympics thing. 🙂

Blythe:

… I posted a few things 1996 double Olympic gold medalist Shannon Miller said during a live webchat with The Seattle Times. Someone asked Miller directly whether she had ever vaulted a double-twisting Yurchenko, which was something of a rarity in her era. …

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