USA girls sing One Direction

um …

NOT channeling Carly Patterson. 🙂

USA Gymnastics national team members, including McKayla Maroney and Simone Biles, sing One Direction’s What Makes You Beautiful.

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via GymFever

Damien Cachia – Floor

Black Jack 2014.

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Damien trains at Calgary Gymnastics Centre, one of the “next generation” Canadian Seniors.

He’s working a very high start value Pommel routine, as well.

Workout Wednesday – Parkettes

… Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, PA. Led by legendary coaching duo Bill and Donna Strauss, Parkettes has produced 8 World team and 118 National team members. This morning workout was filmed one day before the 2014 Parkettes Invitational. Watch a morning workout with the level 10 and elites of Parkettes. …

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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MzIyNzM3OTU0?related=1&autoplay=false

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Trust – Alya Titarenko & Gael Ouisse

This collaboration between Cirque du Soleil and Ze Frank, Executive Vice President Video at BuzzFeed, has gone viral.

Turn on your audio.

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(via Full Twist)

Gymneo Jaeger – now in English

🙂

Gymneo:

Spotting techniques for the Jaeger. Watch a preview of the fourth video of our training on this uneven bars release move. (www.gymneo.tv)

Stage 1 : The spotting technique for the Jaeger salto stretched, completely taken apart.
Stage 2 : The full spotting at normal speed.
Stage 3 : Spotting the Jaeger in hard landing, in a competition situation.
Stage 4 : What do you do when the gymnast doesn’t catch the bar?
Stage 5 : The typical spotting for hard landings.

This excerpt marks the official inauguration of the start of the translation of our trainings and our site into English . . .

cheer for the stumbles

@Krisbaskett:

Thank you #NCAA! Was so thrilled to be a part of this great piece:) #flip4u #universityofutah

These are the moments that don’t make highlight reels or player bios. They’re the small moments that in total, prepare student-athletes for success not only on the field, but in the classroom and in life.

Most participate for the simple love of their sport, knowing they will never go on to play professionally. But through their dedication and passion, they graduate with the ability to overcome adversity, work as a team and demonstrate their integrity. That’s what makes college sports unique. And that’s what we at the NCAA believe is worth cheering for.

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Beth Sykes – human giraffe

Contortionist Beth Sykes, of Featherstone, West Yorkshire, has become an online phenomenon after the ‘double take’ picture went viral – with 100,000 hits across the world in just three days. …

Beth Sykes

The human giraffe! Contortionist bends and flexes and uses elaborate body paint to look like African animal

She’s much better than that … other giraffe.

Pommel Giraffe