Amy Smith has been named the head gymnastics coach at Utah State University… Smith replaces Nadalie Walsh, who is the new gymnastics coach at Illinois.
“The combination of her experience and success, both as a student-athlete – winning a national championship at UCLA – and as a coach, whether it was at UCLA, Florida, Missouri or North Carolina, clearly in her progression as a coach, she is ready to take over a program of her own,” Hartwell said. …
Smith joins the Aggies after spending the past five seasons at North Carolina. She was promoted to associate head coach in 2014. In all, Smith brings 16 years of coaching experience with her to Utah State.
Category: Gymnastics
top 3 male gymnasts all-time?
Sam Oldham poses the question. Post your answer on Sam’s YouTube channel.
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I’d go …
1. Uchimura
2. Scherbo
3. ??
Hard Way To Success – Andreas Toba
Worst case scenario. Injured during your most important meet.
Andreas tore his ACL on Floor in Rio. Then hobbled to Pommel Horse because Team Germany needed it to qualify for the final.
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Nabieva: I will stay in Gymnastics until I die
Many have been celebrating the planned return of Tatiana Nabieva to competition. But has she ever really retired?
When asked till what age she plans to continue, she answered: “Until I die”. Her actual plan is to compete until a serious injury or until she realized she can’t perform at a high level anymore. When she retires, she plans to focus on coaching full time. She dreams of opening her own gym in Dagestan. …
When asked whether she regrets not making the 2012 Olympic team:
“That’s a very painful topic for me. Yes, of course, I regret it very much. If I had the opportunity, I would turn back the time and change everything, I’d do everything I could to make the team and even more.” …
Marvin Kimble wins Men’s National Qualifier
· Kimble: 83.550
· Wiskus: 82.200
· Bock: 81.700
The individual events titlists are: Eddie Penev of Penfield, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, 15.050, floor exercise; Brandon Ngai of Sacramento, Calif./University of Illinois, 14.600, pommel horse; Trevor Howard of Columbus, Ohio/Ohio State University, 14.600, still rings; Matthew Wenske of Houston/University of Oklahoma, 15.050, vault; Jordan Valdez of Louisville, Colo./University of Illinois, 14.350, parallel bars; and Kimble, 13.800, horizontal bar.
Dylan Young of Burbank, Calif./Gymnastics Olympica, topped the combined junior all-around standings at 127.450, followed by David Willett of High Point, N.C./High Point, at 124.600. Spencer Goodell of Tigard, Ore./OMEGA, finished third (124.100).
Eighteen senior athletes qualified to the 2017 P&G Championships based on the results of the National Qualification Points System. The top seven junior elite gymnasts also qualified to the P&G Championships based on the two-day, all-around rankings (optional + technical sequence score). …
Kimble, Young win all-around at 2017 Men’s National Qualifier
After moving back to his home state of Wisconsin earlier this year, Kimble has been training at Salto Gymnastics under the able tutelage of Andrei Kan and Alex Belanovski. The change in scenery from the Olympic Training Center seems to have been quite a spark. …
Komova montage
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Temple’s Fred Turoff – retirement party
On Saturday, October 28th the retirement celebration for Fred will be held at the Hilton Hotel on City Line Ave. in Philadelphia …
The event will include dinner with a jazz duo, silent auction, and of course a roast of Fred. But it is really a celebration and commemoration of a remarkable coaching career and an opportunity to join in the revelry of a dedicated and passionate coach, teacher, and mentor. …
This season Fred will be assisting former Temple gymnast and new Head Coach Jesse Kitzen-Abelson.
living at Round Lake
evolution of Vault
The history is interesting. But even better is to compare form / technique of different gymnasts.
Vault hasn’t evolved much lately.
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Morgan Hurd’s tumbling
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