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With the great former Stanford gymnast Rico Andrade. A new perspective.

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related – Rico’s Double Twisting Kovacs attempt from 2008 (VIDEO).

harder vaults in the NCAA

Now that Yurchenko layout 1/1 is only out of 9.95 maximum, there’s more incentive to compete other vaults.

CalicoIzzy is compiling a list of women competing alternatives.

Yurchenko doubles
Ashleigh
Ashleigh Gnat, LSU

Piked front 1/2s
Hunter Price, Oklahoma
Alexis Mattern, Ohio State
Bailey Abernathy, Minnesota

Tsuk fulls or Kasamatsu fulls (1/2s?)
Nina McGee, Denver
Emily Richardson, Cal
Mary Jacobsen, Oregon State

Who’s throwing the harder vaults? And other standout skills

Click through to see the rest.

top 10 Cirque du Soleil shows

According to WatchMojo August 2015.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

My own favourite is LOVE. They have it ranked #3.

Their pick surprised me. Many find it too slow moving. Personally, I think the set is fantastic.

Thanks Alex.

Essential Anatomy 5 App

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

You can email a message to your athletes, parents or staff directly from the app.

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It costs about $23. Here are the Apple options.

amputee acrobat Kate Foster

Kate, a former current gymnast and CrossFitter, was told by doctors that she probably would’ve died from the disease if she hadn’t been in such good physical shape. It was only a year before she returned to the CrossFit gym …

Kate Foster | I’ll Show You

Click PLAY or watch the video on TODAY.

… What’s your problem, again?

coach Gerrit Beltman to Canada

Gerrit, age-54, is moving to my city, the new Technical Director at Calgary Gymnastics Centre.

There’s a long back story regarding his unexpected, much criticized, dismissal as Women’s Head Coach of Belgium in 2008

(via GYMpower)

WAG gymnastics judges – GymSymbol.com

WAG judges have probably seen this program in the past.

It’s been offering Code of Points help for over 10 years. Especially good for memorizing FIG shorthand script.

Browse every skill in the Code.

Whenever you have a few spare minutes, review using the QUIZ feature.

Right now the app is only available on IOS.

It’s a one-time purchase (about U.S. $6.99) with no in-app-purchases and no subscription. It’s ad-free.

But the website gymsymbol.com links to additional free resources and videos.