Don’t bother trying to analyze her Gymnastics dilemma. 🙂

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UCLA hosts Alabama Sunday. Without Sam. She’s graduated.

Peng Peng has had finger surgery. Rumour is she’ll compete Beam without using her hands. 🙂

Utah rock climber Isaac Caldiero.

He was working as a restaurant bus boy, he and his girlfriend (another Ninja) living on less than $10,000 a year. Now he’s won the $1 million first prize. 🙂

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Another American beat Midoriyama this season, Geoff “Popeye” Britten, but Caldiero had the faster time.

… currently training 35 hours per week in preparation for the Rio Olympics.

A Day in the Life: Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman

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Tom Trapp:

… Sam Dorman from the University of Miami. The dive is a front 4 1/2 tuck. Sam is one of the favorites to make the USA Diving Olympic Team. He will be competing next month in Rio at the FINA World Cup.

Anne Josephson’s advice on how to have a happy Gym:

1. Greet each other.

2. Say please and thank you.

3. Talk about what’s happening beyond the gym.

4. Congratulate successes. Even efforts.

5. Show support times of difficulty.

Notice that all five tips begin with a verb. It is about doing, not feeling or intending. …

5 SIMPLE RESOLUTIONS FOR EVERYONE: WHAT GYMNASTS, COACHES, EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND PARENTS CAN DO TO IMPROVE 2016

Shallon Olsen competed a LOT of difficulty at a very young age. Yet she did not burn out. Or get injured out as many feared. Shallon will be trying to qualify for the Canadian Olympic team in 2016.

In general, however, very young kids doing extremely high difficulty does not mean they have much more chance to be a strong Senior (one day) than Elites who progress at a more typical rate.

Click PLAY or watch another super young talent on Facebook. (Age 9, I believe, in Aug 2015)

They raised a donation to the San Antonio Food Bank. 851 pounds of food. 🙂

Thanks Steve.

Blaise Roberts

… 5 countries in 7 seconds …

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Olympic hero Beth Tweddle is said to have signed up for the third series of Channel 4’s daring winter sports challenge The Jump.

The 30-year-old champion gymnast … will join a host of other celebrities in Austria as they are tasked with executing risky tasks such as bobsleigh, ski cross and snowboarding. …

Beth Tweddle lined up to appear in Channel 4 gameshow The Jump

One of the best men’s Gyms in the world.

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