tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Unbelievable.
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After 5 of 6 rotations it looked like the Sooners had their 5th title in a row locked up. It goes to show anything can happen in Men’s Gymnastics.
Congratulations STANFORD.
OK. The vote was probably unanimous.
A bigger question is where Yul stands with the top male College gymnasts of all time.
“People want to know the secret of Oklahoma gymnastics, the secret of Mark Williams,” said Guard Young, who competed for Williams on the U.S. National Team from 2000 to 2004. “Well, it’s just that the guy is a workhorse. His work ethic is second to none.”
In Williams’ own words, he has no secret.
“I don’t think there’s a secret,” Williams said candidly. “I think there’s a formula.” …
Gymnastics foam pits were first. Ball pits soon after.
The invention of the ball pit (or “ball crawl,” as it was first dubbed) is widely attributed to Eric McMillan.
… In 1971, he was appointed chief designer of Ontario Place, an ambitious project that included a park, theme park, and the world’s first IMAX theater on newly built artificial islands just off the Toronto waterfront. Ontario Place was a visionary project, but it was missing something.
Striving for a more kid-friendly environment, the designer created The Children’s Village, a massive playground unlike any other, where youngsters could climb huge rope nets and soft pyramids, crawl through hanging tunnels, and jump on an enormous air mattress. “The Children’s Village opened in July 1972 …
McMillan did not install a ball pit in Toronto, however.
According to McMillan, that honor belongs to the ball crawl he installed in 1976 at SeaWorld Captain Kids World in San Diego, another of a handful of theme parks McMillan designed …
How the indoor playground became a staple in our safety-obsessed culture
This is really well done. Thanks to all those from UCLA history who participated.
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Patti was coached by her parents, Don and Benita Rope. In 1972 they founded Cambridge Kips Gymnastics Club.
In February of 1976, with the Olympics approaching, the Romanian team, including Nadia Comenici, stayed in Cambridge to train with the Kips for a week at Glenview Park S.S. The culmination of the week was a two-day Canada-Romania meet, hosted by the Kips at the Kitchener Auditorium. It was at that meet that Nadia received the first perfect 10, a benchmark for what was to come at the Olympics not long afterward.
At Montreal two Russian gymnasts approached Patti asking if she could help them get their ears pierced. They all piled into the Rope van and went downtown. The two Russians? Nelli Kim, and a young girl by the name of Elvira Saadi, destined one day to become coach of the Kips and of Canadian champion Yvonne Tousek.
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Rope finished 27th at Montreal, the highest-ever placing at an Olympics by a Canadian female gymnast at the time …
If they want to call you crazy, fine.
Show them what crazy can do.
Feat. Simone Biles, Chloe Kim, Ibtihaj Muhammad, U.S. women’s soccer team, …
… Sam Gordon, the young girl who’s dominating football with the boys; Lisa Leslie, the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game; Becky Hammon, the first woman to be a full-time NBA assistant coach.
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