Category: Gymnastics

double bounce Bar handstand trainer

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new USAG President / CEO Li Li Leung

Official announcement.

Impressive credentials:

She was a gymnast at the University of Michigan

She has a sports marketing background

She has been working in the NBA headquarters since 2015

She competed in American Ninja Warrior

https://twitter.com/GymCastic/status/1097883282342068226

The main question so far is WHY she would leave the NBA for USAG.

Let’s wish her all the best.

Ontario wins Men’s Canada Winter Games

Ontario 315.200 1
Québec 312.400 2
Nova Scotia 298.750 3
Saskatchewan 296.400 4
British Columbia 290.200 5
New Brunswick 288.200 6
full results

The big happy surprise is Nova Scotia taking the Bronze.

improving active hip adduction

Beginners are often better at passive flexibility (e.g. splits) than active flexibility which is needed for skills.

The conditioning program should include active flexibility training.

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Thanks Bermuda Gymnastics Association.

Utah Gymnastics documentary

Utah Gymnastics | Red Rocks Retrospective can be watched free online at PBS. (51min)

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via GymCastic

Dan Purvis retires

The fan favourite is hanging up the grips.

What a career!

Sam wins 5 apparatus medals

Sam Mikulak of Newport Beach, Calif./U.S. Olympic Training Center, won five individual event finals, including two gold, at the 2019 Winter Cup Challenge at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

Colt Walker of Cedar Park, Texas/AcroTex Gymnastics, won the junior all-around title. …

Floor exercise: 1. Mikulak, 29.350 (15.000/14.350); 2. Jacob Moore, West Bloomfield, Mich./University of Michigan, 28.850 (14.400/14.450); 3. Riley Loos, El Dorado Hills, Calif./Technique Gymnastics, 28.750 (14.450/14.300)

Pommel horse: 1. Nedoroscik, 30.150 (15.150/15.000); 2. Mikulak, 28.500 (13.700/14.800); 3. Cameron Bock, Tustin, Calif./University of Michigan, 27.600 (13.950/13.650)

Rings: 1. Howard, 29.750 (14.800/14.950); 2. Alex Diab, Glen Ellyn, Ill./University of Illinois, 29.150 (14.550/14.600); 3. Mikulak, 28.050 (14.050/14.000)

Vault: Van Wicklen, 29.650 (15.000/14.650); 2. Howard, 29.350 (14.750/14.600); 3. Levi Anderson, Spring, Texas/University of Oklahoma, 29.200 (14.600/14.600)

Parallel bars: 1. De Los Angeles, 27.950 (14.150/13.800); 2. Mikulak, 27.850 (12.850/15.000); 3. Grant Breckenridge, Libertyville, Ill./Stanford University, 27.700 (13.600/14.100)

Horizontal bar: 1. Mikulak, 29.600 (15.100/14.500); Van Wicklen, 27.800 (13.850/13.950); 3. Anderson, 27.700 (13.650/14.050)

WinterCup.com

Quebec wins Canada Winter Games

1. Quebec 150.383
2. Ontario 147.608
3. Alberta 145.234
4. B.C. 144.257
5. Saskatchewan 144.172
6. Manitoba 143.309
full results

Grace Chiu:

Highlights for Québec included the top two All Around rankings by Myrelle Morin and Chloé Lorange …

Inside Gymnastics Canada