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Anne Josephson:

Here are my top ten quick tips.

1. Be happy to see them, greet them and say goodbye to them no matter how practice went.

4. Set high, but realistic expectation and goals for them.

5. Discipline them with consistency, compassion and fairness.

10. Put their physical, emotional and psychological well being ahead of gymnastics. The development of the child must always take priority over the development of the gymnast.

In short, as the great coach John Wooden said, “seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.”

Gym Jag – THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOUR ATHLETE NEEDS TO KNOW

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Veronica Wagner is a gymnast who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics …

She is Sweden’s most successful gymnast …

Sadly, the Swedish Olympic Committee would not send her to compete a second Olympics, Beijing. 😦

Veronica, after years away, decided to make a comeback. Here’s a terrific profile from before Worlds 2014.

Unless you speak Swedish, click over to YouTube and click the CC button for English subtitles.

Watch it on YouTube.

In Nanning, Veronica competed Vault (14.000) and Beam (13.766) to help Team Sweden achieve a rank of 21st. The top 24 teams are invited to Worlds 2015. 🙂

(via Full Twist)

These animations are excellent. P Bars, this time.

 
And here’s Rings, sideways. A beefy routine, by the way. 🙂

Larisa’s hit the mainstream media. A perfect 10. 🙂

Larisa Iordache: The rise of the ‘new Nadia Comaneci’
by Gary Morley and Lidz-Ama Appiah for CNN

It’s 25 years since the end of Communist rule in Romania, and although much may have changed in the East European nation, its production line of gymnasts continues to generate champions.

From Nadia Comaneci, the sport’s first “perfect 10” back in the 1970s, to multiple ’80s gold medalist Ecaterina Szabo and the post-revolution exploits of Simona Amanar, the country’s young women have set benchmarks of excellence.

Standing less than five foot tall, but with deceptively long legs, the 18-year-old Larisa Iordache is the latest to be dubbed the “New Nadia.” …

read more – Romania’s new gymnastics star

Thanks George.

I love these up close and personal edits put together by the FIG media team.

Worlds 2014. Includes the Nanning bee incident. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via @GymCastic

update: Grace Chiu in Nanning heard from a Sr Hungarian official that Györ, Hungary is also bidding for 2017.

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Glasgow will host Worlds 2015.

Doha was awarded the 2018 Worlds. But we’re still waiting to hear who gets Worlds 2017.

Montreal did bid.

And now this news:

… Montreal city council this week agreed to support a bid for the 2017 FIG artistic gymnastics world championships.

The venue would be Olympic Stadium, which would be reconfigured to accommodate 10,000 spectators for main stage events as well house the training facilities under one massive roof. Currently there are no other contenders and all signs point to the championships being awarded to Montreal by the end of the year. …

CBC – Field of Play: Gymnastics is the sport that amazes

Montreal hosted Worlds 1985.

And who could forget this from Montreal 1976?

London 2012 bronze medallist Beth Tweddle discusses her Olympic hero; Lilia Podkopayeva and her memories of watching the Ukrainian win gold in the all-around event at the Atlanta 1996 Games and the inspiration Podkopayeva proved to be on Tweddle’s own career.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

To handstand, I assume it would be awarded D-part.

To handstand in undergrip and Endo or Weiler, D-part as well.

(via Craig Smith)

… After the world championships, coach Aimee Boorman mentioned in a tweet that now that her shoulder is healed, Biles will be looking to upgrade her second vault to a Cheng.

In the interview this morning, Biles confirmed that she will be working toward the Cheng. She also shared that since her Amanar vault is so consistent, Marta Karolyi has encouraged her to try for the triple-twisting yurchenko. If successful, Biles would be the first woman in history to compete this vault.

As for other upgrades, Biles said she would also be looking to get bars back to her former level of difficulty by adding the shaposh half back in. She said she also might work the double-double layout on floor …

Beam Dreams – Simone Biles Looks to the Future

Dvora Meyers was at Worlds in Nanning researching a book on women’s Artistic Gymnastics.

Check Dvora’s new article in Slate:

Biles is nowhere near the edge of her abilities. All four of her routines are easy for her. …

The Best Gymnast in the World

How Simone Biles dominates the competition.

With all this success comes the inevitable backlash – Susan Swarbrick – Lost art: Powerhouse physiques winning out over spellbinding grace