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Aly Raisman comeback
Our Olympic Floor champ is getting a lot of good buzz.
Arabian Punch Front – Raisman Returns: Better Than Ever
Lauren Hopkins – Make Room for Raisman
American Men’s University Gymnastics since 1898
Jerry Wright compiled a list of all American Universities that have “at sometime, since 1898, fielded a men’s varsity gymnastics team (some teams were probably club teams and not varsity)”.
See the list on CGA.RoadToNationals.com
Thanks Ono.
Normile – 10 New Rules To Spice Up Gymnastics
I like many of Dwight Normile’s suggestions. They are worth considering, for sure.
For example:
WOMEN’S VAULT – Any fall, including just a hand touch, should incur a 3.0 deduction. …
BARS – Any empty swing, such as those after a Shaposhnikova-type skill, shall incur a deduction. …
BEAM – Add an actual mount requirement …
WOMEN’S FLOOR – gymnasts are required to perform no more than three tumbling passes …
RINGS – swing to handstand in both directions …
MEN’S VAULT – if you qualify to an event final, your second vault must feature a difference greater than moving one hand approximately eight inches from where it touched on vault No. 1. …
Click through for details.
An alternate solution for Beam would be to have the mount count for difficulty.
late 1980s Soviet Gymnastics training
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics – ‘You are in gymnastics’ – now with English subtitles
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thanks Kevin.
2014 Men’s Gymnastics: Evolution
Ws van Wijk:
… my recap of the 2014 Men’s Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China. Way too much great gymnastics for just 4 minutes of video but I tried to include as much as possible. Enjoy and please share!
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Christopher Sommer)
Larisa Iordache – Magic
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
via Arabian Punch Front
Larisa is fast becoming one of the greatest gymnasts all time. 🙂
Gnarly in Pink
Tumbl Trak’s Carrie Spender Lennox showed me this skateboard video. She loves the content. And loves the editing. Carrie’s been doing a lot of video editing, of late. 🙂
Woodward West.
This short film celebrates the “Pink Helmet Posse,” three 6-year-old girls who share an unusual passion: skateboarding.
Produced by: Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via New York Times)
50th World Trampoline Championships
Leigh Hennessy:
To celebrate this monumental occasion, the Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG) invited every World Champion to attend the 30th World Championships in Daytona to honor their achievements and contributions to the evolution of the sport. Nearly 40 World Champions attended to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Trampoline Federation (FIT) and the sport. …
The very first World Champions, Dan Millman and Judy Wills Cline were in attendance at the dinner as were the very first Olympic Champions, Alexander Moskalenko and Irena Karavaeva. …
Trampoline Pundit – Celebrating 50
related – FIG interview with G.I. Jane (a.k.a. Leigh Hennessy, USA)
Gymnastics Coaching.com 