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How soon before we have the first ethical debate on whether an athlete with bionic limbs is at an advantage over athletes without them?

Update. Geoffrey Taucer sends this link for Cybathlon. The first world championships for robot-assisted parathletes. Switzerland 2016.

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Here’s the state of the art.

Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature’s own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30 years ago; now, as the head of the MIT Media Lab’s Biomechatronics group, he shows his incredible technology in a talk that’s both technical and deeply personal — with the help of ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and performs again for the first time on the TED stage.

Watch that 19min long video presentation on TED.

related – FDA Approves Segway Inventor’s Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm

Chellsie on transitioning to Coaching:

… Switching sides going from being the athlete to the coach has been a huge transition for me. …

Being an athlete, you are in complete control of yourself and your movements. As the coach, you aren’t. And that can be frustrating sometimes, especially when, as the coach, I know I was as able to do that particular element (my own way). I know how to physically make something happen and what needs to happen mentally for me to do that particular skill. A coach can give their gymnasts all the tools and training techniques and practice, but the gymnast is still the one that has to physically do it. That has been hard for me…not having control over the gymnastics aspect.

Another big difference is figuring out each child’s personality and how they learn. …

Tumbl Talk

Swing Big:

Make sure that you’re gymnasts are sitting up straight and that their knees are completely locked out. …

Quick Tip: Leg Straightening/Tightening

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(via Montage June)

For Glasgow 2014:

Men’s Artistic Team:
David Bishop
Matthew Palmer
Mikhail (Misha) Koudinov
Kristofer Done
Reid McGowan

Women’s Artistic Team:
Courtney McGregor
Charlotte Sullivan
Mackenzie Slee
Brittany Robertson
Anna Tempero

The entire women’s team trains at one club, the Christchurch School of Gymnastics.

Women’s Rhythmic Team:
Kelly Macdonald
Amelia Coleman

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Eddie Penev is an American Team member who was born in Bulgaria. He could compete for either nation. GymCastic caught up with him after his 2 Gold medals (FX and Vault) at the last World Cup.

• Eddie suggests that FIG better standardize Floors and Spring Boards. There are too many differences between the “approved” equipment manufacturers

• of the Floor’s Eddie has competed on, he like the Japanese (Senoh) Floor best.

Listen to GymCastic episode 98: Eddie Penev the Bulgarian-American Bullet

Eddie’s Floor is great. (VIDEO)

But he’s working upgrades. He’d like to replace double double layout with this triple double.

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An easier way to make the USA A-team would be a consistent 14.500 Pommel routine.

Skills taking off from an exercise ball are risky. Be careful, Aaron.

If you’re still wondering how Great Britain became one of the top men’s Gymnastics nations in the world, you need read this interview.

Brilliant write up and words of wisdom from @bazcollie. Well Done Baz. http://t.co/JRprm3GdAm #britishgymnastics via @BGMediaTeam

— Adam Paterson (@AdamPaterson85) June 10, 2014

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British Gymnastics:

Our junior men’s national Coach Barry Collie recently led our men’s junior team to their most successful ever European Championships in Bulgaria, with the team collecting 10 individual medals and winning the overall title for the fourth successive time.

He talked us through the event from a coach’s perspective…

The focus is always on the long term goals, but in the run up to the major events I consume myself entirely in the sport for six weeks. I become completely focussed with the team members for that crucial period. Everyone has to make personal sacrifices and focus on the job in hand for the interest of the whole team. …

Confidence comes from planning. For the final three weeks we’re centralised at Lilleshall and we model the competition, doing exactly as we would do once we’re out there; the times, the structures, warm up, eating, everything. …

When you arrive as champions, there’s a big expectation from other nations. …

BG – Barry Collie: 2014 Europeans from a coach’s perspective

WAG June 21-25, 2014
MAG June 22-26, 2014

For Canadian coaches. We still have space available in our L3 Tech Vancouver. A great excuse to visit the Left Coast in the Spring.

Register online ASAP.