Author: Rick Mc

From Ivan Cuk, Editor in Chief:

The new issue starts with an article by German authors Thomas Heinen, Pia Vinken, and Konstantinos Velentzas addressing a very interesting dilemma of twist directions.

The second article is the contribution by Trevor Dowdell from Australia who is exploring characteristics of coaching.

The third article is about the reliability of judging in men’s artistic gymnastics at the University Games in Belgrade 2009, written by a group of authors from Slovenia and Hungary: Bojan Leskošek, Ivan Cuk, Istvan Karacsony, Jernej Pajek and Maja Bu?ar.

The fourth article comes from Slovenian author Matjaž Ferkolj who has researched kinematic characteristics of Roche vault on vaulting table.

The second issue of our journal concludes with an article from Portugal in which José Ferreirinha, Joana Carvalho, Cristina Côrte-Real and António Silva analyze the evolution of flight element on uneven bars from 1989 to 2004.

It’s all free. Click through to the home page for links (PDF) to each article.

Science of Gymnastics Journal

This guy is as good as they get in Acrobatic Gymnastics. But who is he?

UPDATE: Cirque’s Stacy Clark confirms this is Artur Bezkorinnyy, a graduate of the Kiev Circus School.

Click PLAY or watch Artur on YouTube.

(via Lost Art of Hand Balancing)

Cincinnati Gymnastics offers a “Parents Night Out” for Valentine’s Day. Drop off your kids at the gym for $25ea.

Good idea.

Video clip featuring womens gymnastics in promotion of the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships.

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Pacific Rim this year features Artistic, Acrobatic, Rhythmic and Trampoline sports April 29th – May 2nd, in Melbourne, Australia.

2010 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships

I heard a rumour that Gymnastics Australia CEO Jane Allen is leaving. True?

Alabama had the better Bars in a showdown of super powers.

The No. 2 Alabama gymnastics team (6-1, 4-1 SEC) defeated the No. 6 Florida Gators (4-2, 3-1 SEC) 197.425- 196.6 Friday night in Coleman Coliseum. Despite questionable weather conditions earlier that day, attendance was still more than 12,000. …

Tide bounces back against Florida

Geralen Stack-Eaton won the AA with 39.625, her career best score.

The #1 college gymnast, Susan Jackson, refuses to miss a routine.

Susan won her school record 6th straight all-around with a 39.525.

And she’s leading her team up and up. Last weekend LSU beat #1 Alabama. Tonight they tied their high team score of the season with a 196.475-190.775 win over Texas Woman’s.

I was starting to have my doubts about Shayla Worley. But now with 2 strong AA meets over the past 2 weekends, you have to count Shayla one of the favourites to win the individual NCAA championships.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor (from last weekend) on Gymnastike.

This routine is strong, but doesn’t blow me away.

Georgia, at home, won 196.725-195.872 over No. 3 Arkansas.

Shayla won the AA with 39.375. That won’t be enough to hold her rank at #2 in College gymnastics.

Post meet she tweeted: WE ARE BACK AND HERE TO STAY BABYYY

Another good pick by Quitters Try.

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More videos from malimalimali123.

… the No. 2 ranked Alabama Gymnastics team returns home this Friday at 7:30 p.m. to take on No. 6 Florida in another top-10 match-up.

“I’ve said all along I think Florida might be the most talented team in the country,” Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson said. “We’re excited to have them here and excited to be back at home in front of our great crowd after two weeks on the road.” …

No. 2 Ranked Gymnastics Faces No. 6 Florida on Friday

I’ll be checking in via the internet. But watching the Winter Olympic Games opening ceremonies on TV.

Friends in the States are telling me NBC coverage there is much inferior to host Canada.

Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s post on front giants. The next step.

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It’s from GymDrills.com.