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Killer double front.

9.95 vs Denver

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Toni-Ann has been killing it in her first year at Cal.

The Randallstown, Md., product made Golden Bear history this weekend by posting Cal’s first-ever 9.975 on vault and set a new program-record for the event. …

Cal Bears

She competed for Jamaica at 2011 and 2013 Worlds.

Cal Berkeley has been getting a lot of buzz this season. They beat UCLA on Floor at UCLA, for example.

They went 196.300 to defeat OSU last weekend.

These girls are not only super smart.

They set the team record on Bars at the “Don Tonry Invitational” 2015.

It sounds like the “Don Tonry” might become an annual event. A nice legacy for Don.

The girls want to get the news out that Yale is for sports as well as academics. LIKE the Yale team page on Facebook. 🙂

Thanks Anna.

Fantastic. 🙂

@theliukin:

New HB element from Alex Shatilov

See it on instagram.

 
That’s the greatest thing I’ve seen in a long, long time. FIG should be rewarding this kind of original sequence. I’ll forward it to FIG MTC.

Megan won the Junior division of Elite Canada 2015 with 54.050 AA.

Though she didn’t compete Senior (as did Juniors Rose-Kaying Woo and Shallon Olsen) I’d say Megan has a real shot of making the A-team by 2016. All three are born in 2000, all eligible for Rio.

Megan scored 54.825 combining her Finals routines.

Click PLAY or watch her 4 Finals routines on Vimeo.

Best case scenario Canada will have Victoria Moors and Ellie Black as anchors. They’d want at least one strong vaulter. One strong Bars. And one strong AA.

There’s a good deal of depth right now. It’s difficult to predict the 2015 Worlds team or the 2016 Olympic Test Event team (if needed).

If I have Rings in the gym, I introduce drills like this as early as age-5. It’s FUN. It’s SAFE. (I introduce it over the pit if I have Rings over the pit.)

The gymnast quickly gains confidence in releasing something, flying through the air while traveling forwards. The main goal I ask of them is to stick the landing.

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Ideally I’d do this for the first year of twice a week training, starting Bar release in the second year.

Eventually, your kids will be as skilled as Jake Dalton. 🙂

 
If you don’t have Rings in the gym, budget to buy an inexpensive set. They only cost about $80, one of the best value / dollar investments you can add to your facility. Hang them on a high rail.

Thanks to Jeremy Mosier and Gymtastics for hosting this video.

Gymtastics is still my favourite club website, by the way. Compare it to yours. 🙂

I’ve subscribed to French gymnast Edgar Boulet’s YouTube channel.

He posted an artistic training montage.

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(via gymnastikfabriken)

ANNE JOSEPHSON:

… Here’s the thing: Marriages break up. Siblings stop speaking. Life long friendships end. So we should hardly be surprised that family-gym relationships go south.

And while I do think that chronic gym hopping is a bad thing for an athlete’s development (and probably indicates something going on within the family), there are times when a family needs to think seriously about moving to a new club. …

So, how do you know if it’s time to move on? Here are eight things to consider:

1. Logistical Reasons
2. Financial Reasons
3. Safety Reasons
4. Inappropriate Behavior of Coaches
5. Major Disagreement with a Core Philosophy of Program
6. Need for a Different Type of Gym Program
7. Loss of Faith in Club or Coaches
8. Need for a Fresh Start

SHOULD WE SWITCH GYMS? 8 WAYS OF KNOWING WHEN IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON

I most often advise parents and gymnasts against switching clubs. It doesn’t work, more often than not. Kids most often club hop right out of the sport.

There are a few exceptions including:

• If a child’s coach moves, the gymnast should consider moving with them.

• On graduating High School, consider moving to a College coach.

• If attempting to make National Team, consider moving to a program with other National Team members.

Gaby Douglas was a success story. She left her gym of 6 1/2 years for not all the right reasons. But Chow’s progress with her was extraordinary.

Let’s wait and see if her most recent club hop works.

Gymnastics is, in reality, an individual sport. You stand alone under the scrutiny of judges.

Yet the team aspect is clearly highest priority in American University gymnastics. Team provides a great deal more motivation.

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Michigan State Gymnastics has got the team thing working this season.

Looks like they are having fun, as well. 🙂

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Here’s a behind the scenes edit on MSU’s away meet to Iowa.

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(via bigtenfan)

Cookies won the 2015 VIBE Dance Competition in California with this original and very cook performance.

Cookies blew the entire audience away …

Rather than deliver a traditional dance piece, the dance group decided to spread awareness of an important issue, then construct a routine surrounding that theme. The striking performance begins with the words “Every day 5,760 more children become orphans” superimposed on a screen …

SF Globe

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Donate on their behalf to World Vision.

(via Cirque’s Stacy Clark)