He was certainly an unforgettable character.
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Category: Gymnastics
Dave Tilley on Flexibility
Dave put everything together in one place — looking at Flexibility from a medical perspective.
It’s long.
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improving straddle cast handstand
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China’s Worlds teams
Liu Tingting, Li Shijia, Tang Xijing, Qi Qi, Chen Yile
Xiao Ruoteng, Lin Chaopan, Zou Jingyuan, Sun Wei, Deng Shudi
National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling
Acrobatics & Tumbling is a relatively new American College sport exclusively for female athletes.
The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics has recommended that all three divisions of governance structure add Acrobatics & Tumbling to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program Aug. 1, 2020.
There were 29 NCAA colleges and universities sponsoring teams in 2019. The sport must reach 40 varsity programs to move forward to the NCAA governance structure for championship consideration in future.
Athletes are recruited as bases, flyers or backs. Some compete only the tumbling portion. Each team has 30 members or more. Baylor, the top team in 2019, has 50 on their roster as I post.
Scholarships are available. Numbers and amount vary school-to-school.
Competitors come from disciplines including Acrobatic gymnastics, Artistic (often Levels 8-10), Trampoline & Tumbling, and competitive Cheer (often Levels 4 & 5).
The harder competition surface is typically a basketball floor with roll mats on top.
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Sunisa training Bars
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Laurie Hernandez for @Coke
Abigail Pesta’s The Girls
I haven’t read The Girls yet.
But here’s one review:
The survivors and those who advocate for them are the only voices telling the story. This is partially due to the fact that numerous others in the larger investigation—people who have been subsequently fired, charged or outed as having aided Nassar—refused to comment or never responded to Pesta’s requests.
Pesta also makes no effort to explain Nassar’s motivations or to locate the “man” behind the “monster.” It’s a choice that makes the book stronger, and as a true crime story, it makes a case for how these narratives can be told in a victim-centering way. …
Abigail Pesta’s The Girls Succeeds by Solely Giving a Voice to Sexual Assault Survivors—Not Their Abuser
Rutgers new Gym
Miyachi hits H Bar
Best routine EVER for releases.
Some very late pirouettes, however.
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