Author: Rick Mc

Junior Olympic competition USA, scores out of 10.0 maximum.

National gymnastics judge Marian Dykes talks to a group of coaches at the 2011 GAT Convention on angles and releases on bars. In this segment, they discuss the various ways to get into reverse grip on uneven bars.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NjI0NTE4MTMz?related=1

Watch more video of GAT Convention 2011 on gymnastike.org

I quite appreciate specific deductions specified at this Gymnastics Association of Texas Congress session. Great feedback for coaches.

Tokyo World Cup Women’s All Around Results:

1) Huang Qiushuang CHN
2) Yu Minobe JPN
3) Kim Bui GER
4) Nadine Jarosch GER
5) Mary-Anne Monckton AUS
6) Georgia-Rose Brown AUS

Two weeks ago, Huang won the Stuttgart World Cup (58.032).

via @Double_Front

Click PLAY or watch her Stuttgart routines on YouTube.

She’s the overall winner of the new gymnastics World Cup Cat A II series. Where does she pick up the prize money? 🙂

Taylor Lindsay-Noel is the Seneca gymnast who was paralyzed from a fall while training a Bars dismount over 3yrs ago.

We’ve not heard much from her since. … Until now. 🙂

She’s launched (like others) a campaign to have Ellen invite her to the TV show.

Click PLAY or watch Taylor’s pitch on YouTube.

She might not get to Ellen. But the campaign itself is a great way to bring awareness to spinal injury research. Not to mention a very good reminder to every coach and gymnast who hears her story to be CAREFUL in the gym.

Thanks Taylor.

She asks that you link to her video. Or reach out to Ellen herself:

Ellen’s Facebook or Twitter

Thank Claudine for the link.

A new promo video from the Nordic Championship in TeamGym that was held in Larvik, Norway in September.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

TeamGym competes running single mini-tramp rather than double mini-tramp currently being competed in Birmingham. Amazing triffus skills.

Thanks Robert Andersson for the link.

Laura on Between the Olympics is trying to second guess the judges from the World Championships Beam final, doing detailed analysis from video.

For example …

Let’s compare Raisman and Ponor’s leaps. one got credit, one didn’t.

… It looks pretty close. Honestly, I would downgrade both. Neither of them seem to have twisted completely. …

Of course the judges have a different angle, accounting for some of the discrepancy.

To follow that and give her feedback:

2011 Beam Finals Part 1: Calculating Difficulty

Beam Finals Part 2: Discussing Downgrades

What a career.

Ups and downs. And finishing with a silver medal at S.E. Asian Games.

A Vietnamese site calls their gymnasts kings and queens after winning medals in 11 out of 14 Finals in Artistic Gymnastics at the recent SEA Games.

WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND
1. Phan Thi Ha Thanh (Vietnam) 53.217
2. Do Thi Ngan Thuong (Vietnam) 49.700
3. Lim Heem Wei (Singapore) 49.484

results on IG

Do Thi Ngan Thuong was the first gymnast to represent Vietnam in Olympic competition in Beijing … but tested positive for the banned substance furosemide. 😦

… Do surprised fellow athletes and coaches when she embarked on a comeback five months ago, following the two year doping ban ending. She ended her career with a total of three medals from this edition of the South East Asian Games – a silver in the All Around, and gold medals on both the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam.

… Thuong was on the ebb after the doping scandal at Olympic 2008 in Beijing . That the saddest memory in her life.

“For me, this is a big lesson for me and will never repeat it. I also hope that it will be a lesson for young athletes and they will be able to stand up against whenever they fall,” …

After graduation from the Sports and Physical Training University, Thuong has become a coach in Hanoi. She is in charge of seeking young talents …

GYMMIN’ MIEL

Jerry Wright again posted a detail preview of the Men’s NCAA Gymnastics season.

He mentions the Pre-season Coaches Poll:

1. Oklahoma
2. Illinois
3. Michigan
4. Stanford
5. California
6. Penn St.
7. Ohio State
8. Minnesota

But expands on that with his own predictions:

I see any one of five teams capable of winning the 2012 NCAA Team Title. Illinois, Michigan, Oklahoma, Stanford and Penn State; should make this a most interesting season …

But names Illinois as best of the best:

Illinois will have the return of Paul Ruggeri from serious injury and if he is at full strength the Illini will be very strong. Paul is capable of contending for first place honors in FX, V, PB and HB and is a Nissen-Emery favorite. Along with Tyler Mizoguchi they field two outstanding talents.

From last year’s 3rd place team the Illini return virtually everyone, making them very strong candidates to win the Big Ten and Nationals. …

College Gymnastics – COLLEGE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION – N C A A M E N’ S G Y M N A S T I C S – PREVIEW 2012 (PDF)

Another helmet cam video posted by Auburn’s Jeff Grabba.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NzU5NTE4MDQ3?related=1

See more of these videos.

I like this edit for it’s blend of College level skills and (essential) conditioning.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Nebraska has two new assistant coaches this year: Heather Brink and Dan Miller.

Crazy Tony Retrosi took his TumblTrak Air Pit rafting.

That’s from Tony’s new site – PRODUCT REVIEW, TumblTrak’s AIR PIT

We used it for vault
We used it out on the floor for double back and full in back out timers.
We used it over at bars behind the low bar for Over shoots and we stood it up on end to use it to help with clear hips.
I even threw it over the trampoline and used it for some vault drills.
The last thing I did was flip it upside down and we took it white water rafting. WARNING- DO NOT DO THIS. WE ARE STUPID. 🙂

It’s American Thanksgiving. I’m thankful that a great company like TumblTrak advertises on this site. And I’m thankful to be having Thanksgiving dinner today with founder Doug Davis.