best Horizontal Bar routine in the world?

Danell in training, doing his 17.2 start bar routine. The best he’s ever looked.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)

a gymnast’s life – photo/poem

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The author of that poem is unknown. The video editor is BRAIESMOM, inspired by her daughter Braie Speed.

(via sophgymnast on Chalk Bucket)

related – Do You Remember When? (VIDEO)

Wild Rose 2012 cancelled

Bad news.

” Due to major illnesses in families of two (2) key members of the Organizing Committee, the 2012 Triple Flip Wild Rose has been cancelled. This decision was not made lightly. Both families are now focusing on their loved ones as they will be going through a difficult time in the next few months. “

wildrosegymnastics.com

Larisa Iordache wins EYOF

The European Youth Olympic Festival has finished. Medals.

I’ll be posting video highlights over the next few days.

… unsurprisingly, Larisa Iordache of Romania has taken the AA crown at the 2011 EYOF meet in Trabzon. The little Romanian s capable of massive difficulty across all the apparatus and is shaping up to be Romania’s future star performer. Hot on her heels was were two star Italian juniors, Erika Fasana and then Elisa Meneghini. ..

Couch Gymnast – Iordache Takes EYOF AA Title

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Not bad.

Could her timing be perfect to be the surprise winner in London?

See more WAG videos on littlemissgymnast.

Russia won Men’s Team over GBR and Switzerland.

Courtney Tulloch from GBR won the Men’s AA.

Chellsie Memmel – Floor

Add the double layout second pass, and this is a top routine at any level. Smart choreography … aside from the inexplicable sequence to finishing pose. What’s with that?

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

Cirque du Soleil – Zarkana

Martha Teichner takes you behind the scenes of “Zarkana,” the new $50 million Cirque du Soleil production at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Framed around the new show, this news piece looks at the big picture, including interviews with billionaire owner Guy Laliberté.

Click PLAY or watch it on CBS News. (after the ad)

http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf

introducing back roll – reverse pirouette

This popular blind change drill I find more problematic than actually doing the blind change from giant on Bar.

To simplify, Al Fong recommends learning it off a box.

Click PLAY or watch the drill on YouTube.

Al really is a genius of progression. Find more great drills on his YouTube channel.

you run like a girl

LIKE A GIRL

You run like a girl
You jump like a girl
You hit like a girl
You tumble six feet over
a four-inch beam like a girl!

Author unknown

(via sophgymnast on Chalk Bucket)