tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
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LSU gymnast Kaleigh Dickson’s brother proposed to Coach D-D Breaux’s little girl, Friday February 15 after a big win over Arkansas. Bobby Dickson shocked the crowd when he took the floor and dropped to one knee in front of his now fiancee Sara Breaux.
Looks like Kaleigh and D-D are going to be family!
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NDU3Njk2MDIw?related=1
Watch more video of Louisiana State University Gymnastics 2013 on gymnastike.org
John Roethlisberger was one of our fantastic celebrity Olympians at Dave Adlard’s Great West Gym Fest in Idaho this past weekend.
… Then flew away to do colour commentary for UCLA at Oklahoma.
…… Then jetted back to finish our competition.
If you watch only one dual meet this season, watch the replay (2hrs) from OU’s meet against the Bruins on Feb. 22, 2013. John confirms it was superb.
OU’s 198.375 was a best ever in front of program-record crowd.
Florida is a better team. But Gators had better hit stone cold at Championships if they want to best the Sooners.
If you don’t have time to watch the entire meet, click PLAY or watch Boomer Sooner highlights on YouTube.
Daily Bruin:
“This wasn’t just the best road meet, this was the best meet we have had all year,” said coach Valorie Kondos Field. …
“Everyone feels like we won, even though we didn’t,” said senior Kaelie Baer. “This week was a turning point for us.” …
In fact, uneven bars was the only event where UCLA took home an individual victory with senior Vanessa Zamarripa scoring an almost-perfect 9.95.
I would have given Zamarripa a 10 on Bars.
Stick it Media:
The 2013 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics season is shaping up to produce one of the deepest and most competitive groups of Still Rings athletes in recent memory. At least nine gymnasts have hit for 15.50 or better so far, and 27 have posted a score of 15.00 or better. …
Top 10 (with season high in parentheses)
Mike Wilner (Illinois) – 15.30 avg. (15.60)
Anton Gryshayev (Iowa) – 15.23 (15.80)
Mike Squires (Oklahoma) – 15.287 (16.00)
Ryan Ponce (Springfield) – 14.76 (15.80)
Landon Funiciello (Wm & Mary) – 15.27 (15.40)
Parker Raque (Penn State) – 15.188 (15.80)
Chris Stehl (Oklahoma) – 15.317 (15.50)
Trevor Howard (Penn State) – 15.317 (15.70)
Matt Freeman (Michigan) – 15.113 (15.70)
James Fosco (Stanford) – 15.113 (15.30)
That post has a number of Ring routines linked. Including this one.
Click PLAY or watch Parker Raque on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That’s 2011 NCAA High Bar Champion Alex Buscaglia.
Alex has officially retired from the sport of gymnastics and here is what he posted on Facebook about his career.
“And so I finally say goodbye to the sport that has given me so much. When I just started, it provided me an opportunity to do a sport out of pure joy. When my mom was diagnosed with cancer and slowly passing away, it afforded me an outlet and safe-haven to keep myself grounded when everything else was crumbling. When I got to Stanford, it taught me what it was like to compete for 15/16/17 other guys. Not only that, but it also made me incredibly involved in the success of my “brothers”. Finally, during this past year, this incredible sport brought me to a place where I could compete for myself and only myself. It gave me a chance to be fully immersed in a goal, to dedicate my entire being, and to work towards achieving something great. My life will never be the same because of gymnastics. I can only hope to continue forward with these lessons in mind and using all that I’ve learned to achieve more greatness. Thank you gymnastics. You will be missed…
Congrats Alex on a great Club, College and Elite Career. Good Luck to you in your future endeavors.
Lee Woolls:
… The gymnast has to push backwards and wait for the right timing before they flick …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Grossfeld has represented the United States as a gymnastics competitor or coach in seven Olympic Games, seven World Championships, six Maccabiah Games, and five Pan American Games — in addition to many other major gymnastics events.
Click PLAY or watch his Horizontal Bar on YouTube.
He’s still an active coach. And never seems to miss a major international competition.
RQS Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan, Alabama, L.S.U. | top 25 | BBS commentary
RQS Zamarripa, Spears, Courville | top 25 | preview March 1-3
Gymneo, from France, sells books and posters.
But the real buzz is for their new online video tutorials. 6 1/2 hours in total. In French.
How long will it be before they offer the same product with voice over in English?
I assembled their free Stalder teasers to see the sequence of instruction.
Click PLAY or watch video 1/6 on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516851121678304
Click PLAY or watch video 2/6 on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516853935011356
Click PLAY or watch video 3/6 on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516868838343199
Click PLAY or watch video 4/6 on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516887868341296
Click PLAY or watch video 5/6 on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516908761672540
Click PLAY or watch video 6/6 on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=516918255004924
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Mark Folger posted a series of Sole Circle and Stalder drills for beginners. He’d like to see girls compete those elements as early as Level 5 in the new J.O. 2013-2017 rules.
I agree with Mark’s introduction to that post:
… Have you ever wondered if toe shoots (sole circles) may be easier for some of your gymnasts to learn than clear hips? Do you have talented gymnasts who struggle with free hips? My personal experiences would have me answer yes to both of these questions. …
Madi went 9.70 on Beam in the BIG SHOW Level 8 Event Finals. A personal best.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Great West Gym Fest)
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