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The official 2015 Preseaon Coaches’ Poll is out.

1 Florida 756 (19)
2 Oklahoma 746 (8)
3 L.S.U. 689 (2)
4 Alabama 669
5 UCLA 618 (1)
6 Utah 604 (1)
7 Georgia 596
8 Michigan 540
9 Nebraska 531
10 Stanford 525
11 Oregon State 413
12 Auburn 364

See the top 25 on College Gym Fans.

Gator Zone – Defending NCAA champion Florida gymnasts top 2015 GymInfo Preseason Poll

Balance Beam Situation:

I’m with them on the top 3, as I think pretty much everyone would be. I too would place Florida just ahead of Oklahoma because, even though Florida has lost a few more significant scores than Oklahoma, they’re also bringing in a stronger freshman class. Still, there’s very, very little between the teams as it stands now—it’s basically a dead heat until we see competition routines …

1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
3. LSU
4. Alabama
5. Utah
6. Stanford
7. UCLA
8. Georgia
9. Nebraska
10. Auburn
11. Michigan
12. Oregon State

2015 Preseason Coaches Poll and Commentary

45 coaches from five federations. Canberra November 30 to December 7, 2014

… Mihai Brestyan of the USA was the main lecturer for the women’s technical lectures. …

He was assisted by Peggy Liddick … Stacey Umeh one of the Australian team choreographers taught artistic preparation. Paul Hall of Great Britain who coached Louis Smith and Daniel Keatings taught the majority of MAG technical lectures.

He was joined for the Floor Exercise lectures by Sergei Chinkar of Australia, the former coach of multiple Olympic champion Vitaly Scherbo. The course leader was Hardy Fink (CAN), the Director of FIG Education and Academy Programmes. …

Australia hosts high level Artistic Gymnastics FIG Academy

I glanced at this post by Gym Jag …

They have the ability to damage, devastate and even destroy. They can stay forever taunting and torturing. They possess the power to obscure light and obliterate hopes. They can annihilate those they touch.

They have the ability to guide, grow and give affirmation. They can stay forever enriching and encouraging. They posses the power to ignite passions and instill greatness. They can change the world.

They begin wars. They bring peace. …

Of course I assumed we were talking about GYM MOMS. 🙂

Nope. I was wrong.

Click through to the full post to see the real answer.

Unparalleled Movement, Missoula, Montana.

These are good guys. I’ve got a lot of respect for what they’ve accomplished.

Click PLAY or watch this inspiring video on YouTube.

“We had no idea what we were doing.”

No debt in building this program. Impressive.

(via Kelley Durbin-Williams)

… enables coach to easily spot roll-offs and dismounts. 6″ thick dock mat, with cutout for beam, rests on top of blocks to provide a padded surface that is level with beam top. …

Complete Norbert’s Beam Dock Mat Set is available as a set of 5 pieces (Beam Dock Mat, 2 each CB-212 and CB-224): Beam Dock Mat may also be ordered separately for use with your existing mats (correct configuration requires 2 each CB-212 & 2 each CB-224 Grand Canyon Bar Block or equivalent).

details $1,995.00

Wowser. This is extreme.

via Vadim

Yep. 🙂

via Vadim Golub

English subtitles.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thank Kevin Bhark for the link.

Team USA has a post from John’s experience at the Glasgow World Cup:

… Once I saw the line up of my competitors, I knew it was going to be a hard competition! My competitors were strong so I knew I had to be on my “A game.” …

The Emeritus Arena holds thousands of spectators and was literally sold out. At world cup competitions gymnasts compete one at a time. After the first event, the order of competing athletes continuously changes throughout the competition according to score. It goes in rank order from last to first place. When I stepped on the floor to start my routine, it was so quiet that all I could hear was my own breathing. It’s completely different than when you have your teammates there cheering or crowd talking/cheering to break the silence.

Overall, the competition went exceptionally well for me. …

read more – John Orozco: Being In The Moment