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Yao Jinnan and Tan Sixin made a splash in their first Sr. International, the Challenger Cup Cottbus (GER)
For commentary, click over to Couch Gymnast – Cottbus Qualification Results
Starting in 2011, the former FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cups of the category B will run under the label “FIG Challenge Cup” and represent an open series. This year, all FIG Challenge Cups stage Individual Apparatus Finals.
Prize money of 25,000 CHF …
Full MAG and WAG prelim results.
9.900 UB Open Team Cup Video by Gordon Estes
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That’s from Gymnastics Examiner – Must-see stuff from the Houston National Invitational with links to …
Joey Hagerty – H Bar: It was the final routine of the distinguished but often under-the-radar career
Charlie Tamayo – Floor
Level 10 gymnast scored a perfect 10 on floor at the 2011 Alamo Classic in San Antonio!
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/OTUzNDc2MTgz
Watch more video of 2011 Alamo Classic on gymnastike.org
What’s with the recent J.O. perfect 10s?
This was a good routine. But with a number of conspicuous small deductions.
Julie Croket (BEL) wins AA ending floor with full-in pike, back 1.5-Rudi, back 2.5-fr full, dbl pike; Maddie Gardiner 2nd with super beam including dbl wolf turn, Onodi, side aerial change leg, dbl pike dismount; Asuka Teramoto (JPN) 3rd.
Peng Peng Lee went 14.30 on Bars with Jaeger, Bhardwaj (Pak full), dbl layout dismt.
10.00 UB Open Team Cup Video by Gordon Estes
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Nice. (From our angle we can see small form breaks on cast.)
Note that Briley doesn’t arch over the low bar, unusual for a WOGA gymnast. She started there at age-6, coached by Valeri and Anna Liukin from early on.
(via Bloop …)
Amy Chua has been a Professor at Yale Law School since 2001.
She came into public attention recently after publishing her third book, a parenting memoir, titled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.
In it she describes her efforts to raise her children in a strict Chinese tradition.
According to a Wall Street Journal article her 2 daughters were not allowed to:
attend a sleepover
have a playdate
be in a school play
complain about not being in a school play
watch TV or play computer games
choose their own extracurricular activities
get any grade less than an A
not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama
play any instrument other than the piano or violin
not play the piano or violin
In 2011 western children lead lives too undisciplined, in my opinion. For many sport is the only area of their lives with rigour. Responsibility. Accountability. Consequences.
The Chinese Gymnastics Blog took up this topic, linking to an extreme GTM (Gymnastics Tiger Mother), Dr Leow Mei Ling. Her daughter is Malaysian gymnast Emma Ooi.
details on New Straits Times
OK … That family takes discipline too far.
This is a starting point for a long discussion. Leave a comment if you have an opinion.
Published in USA Gymnastics Technique magazine 1999, this is still the definitive article. One I like to hand out to parents.
By Wm A. Sands, Ph.D.
Motor Behavior Research Laboratory
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
University of Utah
… What are the benefits of gymnastics?
A few of the key points:
• Gymnasts are among the strongest, pound for pound, of all the Olympic athletes.
• Gymnasts are among the most flexible of all athletes.
• Gymnasts are very good at both static and dynamic balance.
• Gymnasts learn early to fall without injuring themselves.
• Gymnasts are among the smallest and lightest of athletes.
• Gymnastics is a reasonably safe sport.
• Gymnasts tend to do very well in school.
• Gymnastics shares with other sports the opportunity to learn about teamwork, sportsmanship, fair play, dedication, patience, dedication, perseverance, and planning.
• Gymnastics helps people learn to work hard for objectives that can take years to achieve.
• Drug abuse in gymnastics, while not unknown, is extremely limited
read the entire article – Why Gymnastics – by Bill Sands (PDF)
Brittney posted this …
Preteam girls doing level 5 bar routines, giant drills, front giant drills, and stalder drills. Most of these girls were ages 6-8 at the time (Spring 2010). …
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I particularly like the forward giant drills at a young age and stage. Very safe. Super preparation for the future.
Thanks for the link, Jacob.
This is the 20th annual. Congratulations.
L’International Gymnix kicks off March 10 in Montreal and features Canadians Madeline Gardiner, Coralie Leblond-Chartrand, Christine Lee, Sabrina Gill, Victoria Moors, Vivi Babalis, and Brianna Clark and International guests Alina Martynova (RUS), Jessica Gil Ortiz (COL), Georgia Wheeler (AUS), Venus Romaeo (GBR), Jessica Hogg (GBR), Asuka Teramoto (JPN), Julie Croket (BEL), and Brianna DeJardin (BEL).
Also Kristin Klarenbach.
Grace Chiu is posting some pics on Facebook.
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