tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
We all need support teams like Cal Berkeley who by blood, sweat and tears continue to compete NCAA.
Cal opens their season against Stanford at home Sat. Jan 11th.
Looks like a pretty cool event.
Come meet me and help support @UCBerkeley Men's Program on January 11th at 1pm. pic.twitter.com/rfLCSatYTx
— Nastia Liukin (@NastiaLiukin) December 9, 2013
Marcel Nguyen, Kim Bui and friends.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thank Uschi Donaleshen for the link.
A birthday montage from Chris Saccullo.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
McKayla turns 18 today.
She recently starred in the TV show Bones Episode: “The Spark in the Park”.
Click PLAY or watch a teaser on YouTube.
Happy Birthday too to MyKayla Skinner. She turns 17 today. 🙂
Catherine, from Europa, won the AA and all 4 apparatus, despite a fall on Bars.
Here’s the BG write up – Catherine Lyons completes Espoir dominance:
Competing in the brilliant Emirates Arena following the 2013 Glasgow World Cup gave all the gymnasts a great opportunity to gain vital experience of competing on podium in a huge arena …
Her Beam and Floor are lovely.
Click PLAY or watch Beam on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch FX on YouTube.
Nice edit.
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Let’s hope this isn’t their final official season.
The best newspaper article I’ve read so far. 😦
A hard fall for Temple gymnasts and coach
(via Gymnastikfabriken)
Jo Richards:
99 of Australia’s best young gymnasts aged between 9-12 years and their personal coaches recently attended the International Development Program (IDP) Clinic, in total representing 15 different High Performance programs from around the country.
The clinic was led by Gymnastics Australia’s National Pathways Manager, Jo Richards, along with experienced coaches:
– Women’s Artistic Gymnastics National Coach: Peggy Liddick
– VWHPC VIS Gymnastics Coaches: Misha Barabach and Tracey Penaluna
– Choreographer: Stacey Umeh
… In between training sessions many of the girls were involved in the final testing session of the research study – “A Multi-factorial risk analysis of Australian elite female gymnasts”. Gymnastics Australia, the Victorian Institute of Sport and the Australian Catholic University are working together on a nationwide research project on injuries in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. The project aims to identify the “at risk” development stages for elite female gymnasts and, secondly, the risk factors associated with elite gymnastics. …
… He is a former principal owner of the New Jersey Nets and New Jersey Devils, and a member of the board of governors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Katz is a co-owner of Interstate General Media, which in 2012 acquired The Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com.
petition – Save Temple University Men’s Gymnastics
This before the recent cutting of a number of NCAA sports teams.
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(via NCAA MEN’S GYMNASTICS ALUMNI on Facebook)
UPDATE: Apparently Katz was one of the trustees who voted to cut the 7 sports. 😦
BG’s official summary post – Iordache and Verniaiev take World Cup titles, Purvis silver
Click PLAY or watch Roxana Popa’s Bars on YouTube.
search for more videos on BGtv British Gymnastics
Gymnastike has more detailed commentary with video.
The teeterboard (or is it Korean plank?) is an acrobatic apparatus that resembles a playground seesaw. …
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kinesthesist:
Stephane Beauregard and David Rimmer in Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo.
Thanks Collette.
College Gym Fans posted a summary:
The latest update contains a few changes from last season, primarily adding special considerations for those athletes that do certain elements of difficulty in their routines, while not raising the minimum standards needed to get a 10.
Although the NCAA has different Special Requirements than the NCAA, it shares the same execution deductions as the Level 10 code. With the new quadrennium, certain changes were also made to the JO Level 10 program. …
Balance Beam Situation documents the trend of drastically rising scores in NCAA.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 