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2015 CHN Junior Nationals, Zibo

5.9 + 8.85 = 14.75

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(via Jeff Robinson)

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Trent Jarrett:

2. Gymnasts are Athletic. …

6. Gymnasts are Great Dancers. …

8. Gymnasts Make Great Dads.

9. Gymnasts would be great to escape Zombies. …

Why Every Girl Should Aspire To Date And Then Marry A Male Gymnast

?via NCAA MEN’S GYMNASTICS ALUMNI on Facebook

Many coaches have sewed up something similar. (I have.)

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If interested, click through one of the links on that YouTube page for details.

Ray Williams in Psychology Today:

Canadian researcher, Dr. Joanne Wood at the University of Waterloo and her colleagues at the University of New Brunswick who have recently published their research in the Journal of Psychological Science, concluded “repeating positive self-statements may benefit certain people, such as individuals with high self-esteem, but backfire for the very people who need them the most.” …

Why Don’t My Positive Affirmations Work?

For most gymnasts and most people, they do work.

Affirmations and positive self-talk only work if we believe them. We can only change our behavior if we believe we can. Don’t get rid of affirmations and positive self-talk but make sure to use them correctly. …

HOW TO USE AFFIRMATIONS AND POSITIVE SELF-TALK

(via Tony Retrosi)

To Enter: 

• Take a picture of yourself (or your child) and submit the picture either to the GymnasticsHQ facebook page, or you can email it to me at gymnasticsHQ (a) gmail.com . If you email it to me, you are giving me the right to post it to facebook. If you’re under 18, make sure that your parent or guardian has read this contest information and has agreed to let you enter and submit your photo. …

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Who will have it named after them at #Glasgow2015?

 
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Gymternet:

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.. The biggest news out of the U.S. is about the alternate. According to Gymnastike, MyKayla Skinner went up last on all four events in training, which likely means she will serve as the alternate this year. Typically, Martha Karolyi will put the alternate up last on all events in training, as she did last year, so unless something changes, this is a probable scenario. …

Overall, my impression is that beam is somewhat shockingly the weakest event for this team right now. Maybe they have some nerves about ending there in qualifications, or maybe it was just first-day jitters, but either way there is certainly a lot that can stand to be cleaned up on this event in the coming days. Once they do clean up, however, it becomes a rock star rotation with Douglas, Raisman, and Biles. Otherwise, they hands-down have the best vault lineup in the world, they are impossibly strong on bars, and with the reigning World and Olympic champions anchoring the floor lineup with monstrous routines, I don’t think they’ll have a problem there either. …

Initial Team USA Training Impressions

 

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This one – in training – not particularly good.

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