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Former Utah star Kristina Baskett is performing in Le Reve in Vegas.

Here she models for a Triathlete photo shoot in Jamaica.

Click PLAY or watch her interview on YouTube.

via Greg Marsden

Features footage of lower level Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.

The theme song, entitled “Everyone”, is … performed by five singers representing the five continents of the World.

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Edmonton – Nerissa Mo of Vancouver and Mariam Chamilova of Maple, Ont., finished 1-2 in their first senior Canadian rhythmic gymnastics championship Saturday, nudging two-time winner Alexandra Martincek of Markham, Ont., out the top spot for the all-around title. …

The Province – Mo claims Canadian senior rhythmic gymnastics title

Grace Chiu is there taking photos.

From the Facebook album: 2010 Canadian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships by Grace Chiu GraceClick

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The old post are gone. He’s making a fresh start.

Well deserved!

CONGRATULATIONS.

Click through to watch their winning performance.

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The group have come away with a prize of £100,000 ($144,500 USD / $175,500 AUD / €120,000) and a performance at the Royal Variety Performance.

Question?

Is this good for Acrobatic Gymnastics worldwide?

Certainly.

These kids may turn “pro”. But hundreds or thousands of others will be inspired to take up the formerly little known sport. My own gym, Altadore, just started Acrobatic Gymnastics this year.

Watch some of that troupe compete in the British Men’s 4 Championships 2010.

(via Full Twist)

A big theme in the comments of this blog, of late, has been criticism online of gymnasts and ex-gymnasts being fat.

What should we do about that, as a coaching group?

Best, it seems to me, is to confront the issue. And who are the best spokespeople? Gymnasts themselves.

It’s easy for a genetic ectomorph like Shannon Miller to be a role model for low body weight.

Mesomorphic women like Shawn Johnson more often have a tougher time keeping excess weight off. Here she talks about healthy body image.

… “There’s a huge push in the world on an image, a stereotypical, beautiful model image, especially in gymnastics,” Johnson said. “I was a huge target for that.”

She said it wasn’t unusual to hear stories in her sport about cases of anorexia and bulimia. She said that her 4 foot 11 inch muscular build wasn’t popular with some on Dancing with the Stars, either. Johnson said she was frequently compared to Holly Madison.

“I don’t know if you girls know who that is, but she’s a model and she’s like tiny and tall! And they’re like, ‘You have to become her,’ and I’m like, ‘I’m 4 foot 11, that’s not possible,'” Johnson said. …

KCCI

(via Full Twist)

Mesomorph Sam Peszek is in.

… “I want to be the face of the fight against obesity,” she said. …

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If you want to be a high level gymnast, percentage body fat is an important variable. But after retirement, it’s not a big deal. Most of the ex-gymnasts I know are far leaner than the general population.

The path to mastering the Kip is sometimes paved with pain and failure.

You know when you’ve made it on the internet?

When people put together spoofs on your stuff.

… A parody of a popular, weekly upload of gymnastics coaching/training tips on YouTube, produced by Gym Smarts. …

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(via Gymnastics Crossing)

MostepanovaFan. Love is Pink.

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(via Gymtage: The Best in Gymnastics Montages)

“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”

A booster of UCLA Gymnastics, Coach Wooden is dead at age-99.

In 2009, John R. Wooden was named The Sporting News “Greatest Coach of All Time”

Not many would dare argue.

John Wooden was the coaches coach. A purist.

Seven Point Creed

John Wooden’s Seven Point Creed, given to him by his father Joshua upon his graduation from grammar school:

Be true to yourself.
Make each day your masterpiece.
Help others.
Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.
Make friendship a fine art.
Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.

Wooden also authored a lecture and a book about the Pyramid of Success. The Pyramid of Success consists of philosophical building blocks for winning at basketball and at life. In his later years he has been hired by corporations to deliver inspirational lectures and even appeared in commercials for Hartford Insurance and the NCAA. It is generally known that he received lecture fees that exceeded the salaries he was paid as a coach. Wooden proudly claimed that these late in life windfalls allowed him to set up education accounts for all of his grandchildren. In a 2009 interview, John Wooden described himself politically as a “liberal democrat,” who had voted for some republican presidential candidates.”

Among Wooden’s maxims:

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
Flexibility is the key to stability.
Be quick, but don’t hurry.

Wikipedia

LA Times – John Wooden’s pyramid stands test of time

Coach Sommer of GymnasticBodies.com (author of Building the Gymnastic Body) clarifies confusion on two recent posts:

Huang Yubin is not exaggerating. This is a very serious problem for China.

For some time now, the Chinese program has focused on the development of event and multi-event specialists. Now with the change in the Olympic Team format from 6 to 5 athletes, the effective possible roles for specialists have been drastically reduced while the importance of strong all arounders as the majority of your competitive team on the floor cannot be overstated. Especially in a 3 up 3 count format. This is a tremendous disadvantage in the team competition as strong Chinese All Arounders are relatively scarce.

The Japanese however are not affected in the least by this Olympic Team format change. While the rest of the world emphasized the development of specialists, the Japanese continued to select their Teams (National, World and Olympic) solely by their all around ranking at the various qualification meets.

Yours in Fitness,
Coach Sommer

No wonder Rings Olympic Champion Chen Yibing is back training the all-around.

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