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American Cup montage

If you don’t plan to watch the (limited) NBC coverage and/or additional routines posted by USAG on YouTube, it’s worth watching the condensed version.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

One of the most interesting American Cups in some time. Some of those routines will be contending for medals at Worlds 2013.

Between the Olympics – 2013 American Cup Recap

(via WOGymnastike)

The less said about the Men’s competition, the better. We saw surprisingly poor routines from some of the best gymnasts in the world.

Congrats to Jake Dalton. Especially for hitting Pommels.

coach mid-season …

Many coaches where I live are surviving meet-to-meet. 🙂

Click on the photo to LIKE a larger version on Facebook.

The working week is a REST from busy weekend competitions.

GymPOWER – Yvette Moshage

Documentary.

What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.

Yvette — like so many other gymnasts — injured ACL on competition Beam mats, despite not making a major error on landing.

After recovery, she later injured the other knee. On Beam dismount. 😦

Savona injured both knees similarly. And came back.

Yvette will do the same.

Can FIG competition mats be improved?

The road to success in gymnastics is brutal, very brutal. Thirty hours of training each week, not being able to go on nights out, always on a diet, and barely any holidays. All this for one goal; your own success.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (11min 30sec)

LIKE my GWGF Facebook video

I’m proud to have been, once again, a part of Dave Adlard’s Great West Gym Fest, easily the best gymnastics competition I know.

For 2013 I was responsible for website – GreatWestGymFest.com – and social media.

Our Facebook page was very active. But our Twitter feed nearly dead. It’s not caught on yet amongst gymnasts in the Pacific N.W.

Our best photos are posted on flickr. Most were taken by Avant Coeur coach Victoria.

Photographer Victoria with triple Olympian John Roethlisberger

I posted a number of videos, the best of which is my entry into a contest new for 2013.

Theme: The Great West Gym Fest is AWESOME.

Click PLAY or watch my promo video on YouTube.

If that video on Facebook gets the most LIKES by midnight March 24th, 2013, I’ll win $500. … And if yours is the deciding LIKE, I’ll split half with YOU.

Promise. 🙂

Gabby Jupp – Beam

Beautiful Gymnastics American Cup Highlights:

… WOW! I knew she was going to be a treat on beam and floor as I’ve had my eye on her for quite a while now, but her bars and her confidence were unexpected. You would think she was the seasoned Vanessa Ferrari and not a brand new unknown senior at her first big assignment.

She absolutely attacked her beam and bars though never sacrificing finesse or polish. Beautiful lines, fabulous toepoint, astonishing elegance. And SO underscored. …