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He’s a God. What can you say?

Jason Burnett threw it as a mount in the Team competition at CDN National Championships 2014.

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Jason holds the difficulty record for Trampoline. And has plenty of room for improvement. 🙂

Gigi Khazback Farid interviewed me on WOGymnastikA.

Topics include:

• banning the Produnova vault
• Vault landing mats
• restructuring of World Cups
• FIG Code
• FIG Sport Medicine, Sport Science, Education
• Gymnastics blogging
• Best of the Gymternet

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Catching Up With Coach Rick McCharles of Gymnastics Coaching

FIG judges are supposed to be consistently differentiating these E layouts on Beam …

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… from these D layouts on Beam.

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The RESULT is that “borderline” layouts often get credited E-part if you are a NAME gymnast from a NAME nation. Anyone else will not be credited an E-part.

They’ve built in subjectivity.

A layout is a layout. Deductions should come out of the E score.

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Taiso Gymnastcs is building a great new facility. Hopes to open for July 1st.

The pits were designed by one former gymnast, Paul Koopman. And dug by another former gymnast, Billy Bentley.

Those will be “suspended”, the foam on top of a tight sprung trampoline. (think Tumbl Trak)

If logged into Facebook, you should be able to see more photos of the gym construction in progress via Warren Long’s Facebook.

The Cirque du soleil and James Cameron are teaming up to develop a live show based on the film director’s revolutionary movie Avatar.

The live show is set to premiere in Montreal in late 2015 and then play venues around the world.

CBC

Cirque’s Marceline Goldstein is here at CDN National Championships if any coaches wish to speak to her.

2014 Junior Olympic all-around champion (Junior Elite/16 years) Alec Yoder of Indianapolis, Ind./InterActive Academy, was chosen by the USA Gymnastics Men’s Youth Olympic Games Selection Committee to compete in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, pending approval by the United States Olympic Committee. The 2014 Youth Olympic Games will be held Aug. 16-28 in Nanjing, China. …

USAG

Can he do Pommels?

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Yes. 🙂

Marty Strech is the alternate.

No American girl will be sent. 😦

Wow.

This is the Karolyi Camp highlights clip that’s most impressed me so far. She’s a twister.

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Rachel trains at Chows.

The World Challenge Cup Artistic Gymnastics August 23-24, 2014 is cancelled.

“Disappointing subscriptions and less revenue than anticipated are the basis of this decision.”

No World Challenge Cup 2014 in Ghent

FIG really does need to revamp the World Cup series making each on the tour more important.

via @theallaround