Author: Rick Mc

There is a ton of Covergirl coverage online.

Click PLAY or watch podium training on Gymnastike. She competes Ricna.

http://c1403192.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/player.swf

(via Aunt Joyce)

related from bogwoppit on Chalk Bucket:

The first few links are specific to gym, the next are all about periods.

Sports and Menstrual Periods: The Female Athlete Triad

http://www2.usa-gymnastics.org/publications/technique/2004/5/hip.pdf

All About Menstruation

Menstrual Problems

Teaching Your Daughter about Menstruation | Puberty vs Adolescence | Parents | sexualityandu.ca – Your Link to Sexual Well-Being

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Coaches can easily measure Peak Height Velocity (PDF), a very accurate indicator of maturity events.

Thanks ….try this.

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Menarche is the first menstrual cycle, or first menstrual bleeding.

… Girls experience menarche at different ages. The timing of menarche is influenced by female biology, as well as genetic and environmental factors, especially nutritional factors. The average age of menarche has declined over the last century but the magnitude of the decline and the factors responsible remain subjects of contention.

The average age of menarche is 11.75 years. It is about 12.5 years in the United States …

Of course with gymnasts menarche is often later. Intense training can delay it. And coaches tend to select late maturing girls as gymnasts.

There’s an interesting post on this topic on the Chalk Bucket forum.

As a male, I’m oblivious. The female coaches council the girls on menarche, one of life’s turning points.

Leave a comment if you have advice on best practice when the time comes.

One of the Gymtastics girls posted this on Facebook.

She’s quoting Nadia.

For many years coaches have suggested that Cirque du Soleil “help” those sport disciplines who provide most of their acrobatic employees: Artistic Gymnastics, Acrobatic Gymnastics, Trampoline and Tumbling.

There have been some initiatives.

For example, Cirque pays a cash prize to Senior gold medalists at the Canadian Championships.

Now something new. In 2008 a contractual agreement was signed with Cirque provinding support to the F.I.G. Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee.

Some coaches are financially supported to train athletes in their own gyms. Scholarships were made available to active athletes.

And now Cirque is providing some support to gymnasts working together in a camp in the Ukraine, in preparation for a future world tour with “Quidam”.

I don’t know the details. All this I got from an interview with Bernard Petiot, Cirque du Soleil Vice-President Casting and Performances, at the World Acrobatic Gymnastics championships in Warsaw.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Brett MacAulay linked to this saying, …

I think the first trick is Miller Miller Plus holy cow batman!

I love this Leonard Cohen song. Couldn’t resist posting it.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymtage.

“Hallelujah” sung by Jeff Buckley.

Describing himself as an ‘educated balancing performer’, he has been sculpting his abilities since the age of five. The skills have taken him through circus troupes and across the globe.

Describing his performances as ‘expressions of art’, Eskil is currently touring with a team of 10 people as part of a documentary about his incredible achievements. …

see more photos – Don’t let go of me! The incredible extreme artists balanced precariously over a cliff

Thank Stacey for the link.

Dec. 31 – Jan. 2nd, 2011 – New Year’s Invite – Disney World

Jan. 28 – 30th, 2011 – Sun & Surf Spectacular – Coral Springs, Florida

Links for both in the right hand navigation.

St. Mary’s Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Thanks Nick Blanton.

Sat. July 24 in Chicago, Illinois.

Universal Sports:

Reigning world champion Bridget Sloan and world silver medalist Rebecca Bross headline an impressive field set to compete in the 2010 CoverGirl Classic on .

2008 Olympic silver medalist Alicia Sacramone is scheduled to begin her comeback at the meet, where she will attempt to qualify for the national championships.

The CoverGirl Classic is the last chance for women to qualify for nationals. For those who have already qualified like Bross and Sloan, the event marks a final opportunity to test new skills and tune-up routines.

Other athletes to watch include world vault champion Kayla Williams, who will compete for the first time under the guidance of legendary coach Mary Lee Tracy, and Alexandra Raisman, who trains with Sacramone and has posted strong international results her first year senior.

Jordyn Wieber headlines the junior field. The 2008 junior champion is back in action after helping the U.S. claim gold at the Pacific Rim Championships in April.

Don’t count on all the big names actually competing. Or competing all-around. Still, I think it’s going to be a terrific meet. I’m hearing Alicia is looking better than ever on Vault.

Watch online at 8PM Eastern UniversalSports.com/gymnastics.