Author: Rick Mc

I really like Mackenzie and have followed her progress for years. Her Bars have elite potential.

… but who are these judges?

International elite gymnast Mackenzie Brannan earned a perfect 10.0 for this jam-packed uneven bar routine during the exciting event finals session of the 2012 Alamo Classic in San Antonio. Watch for Brannan as she makes her senior international debut this year and works to achieve her dream of qualifying to the 2012 Olympic Trials.

Click PLAY or watch her competing L10 on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NzY3NTg4MzUx?related=1

Here’s one system that worked for us at Taiso.

Short. Simple. Not too onerous for the coach.

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Those were photocopied back-to-back twice. Folded. One copy kept in the gymnast’s file, the other sent home to the parent on the second last week of the Recreation session.

I posted some thoughts over on RecGymnastics. Leave comments there, if you have strong opinions on the topic.

We’re still looking for Rec Experts to guest post on that site. Email me if interested.

Rick_McCharles |a| hotmail.com

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OU’s Jake Dalton on floor (15.900) at Illinois (Jan. 28)

http://www.twitvid.com/embed.php?guid=BOIE3&autoplay=0

via @StickItMedia

The giant Canadian flag in Calgary is still at half mast. Sarah Burke will not be forgotten.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Brett.

Alabama 196.325 – Auburn 196.250 … close

… “I know that when it counts, she’s going to be right there on fire,” Alabama coach Sarah Patterson said of Priess. …

Record crowd at Auburn sees Ashley Priess help Tide gymnasts escape with a victory again

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It’s only one festival every 4yrs. But the Olympic reach is far, far greater.

‘Sport at Heart‘ — the award-winning film featuring David Beckham, Amir Khan, Dame Kelly Holmes and Sir Roger Moore; set London on the road to success. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The video was filmed in 2004 as part of the bid, Roger Moore age-76 at the time.

That’s it. Inspired, I’m off on a 90min run. 🙂

(via Adriana Pop on Facebook)

The Russian gymnastics magazine is available free online.

If only I could read Russian.

(via Tatiana Nabieva Online on Facebook)

Olympic Gold Medalist Julie Foudy interviews the World Champion, her Mom and Coach.

Click PLAY or watch it on ESPN.

http://player.espn.com/player.js?pcode=1kNG061cgaoolOncv54OAO1ceO-I&width=576&height=324&externalId=espn:7509384&thruParam_espn-ui%5BautoPlay%5D=false&thruParam_espn-ui%5BplayRelatedExternally%5D=true

Jordyn’s handling the media onslaught terrifically well. About the same way she’s handled every other challenge.

related – JULIE FOUDY SPORTS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Oh Stanford…what’s going on with you? Do you need to talk to someone? A parent or guardian or trusted adult? …

Something’s going on with this team and it’s not pretty. …

Pak Salto

I’ll bet they wish they had Canadian hero Kristina Vaculik back. She’ll be returning to the team Sept. 2012. 🙂

Recall that Stanford was ranked #1 much of last season before being knocked out of NCAA Championships by mighty Kent State.