what they don’t tell you about Gymnastics

Monica has a LOT of views on her funny personal video. Check it out.

The Gymnastics finishes at the 2min mark. She wanders off next to wash her car. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Olympic AA Champions 1972 – 2016

Don’t worry. They got 2000 correct – Andreea Raducan. 🙂

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#FireAlTrautwig

The Busy Fan was surprised to hear of all the hate directed towards Al Trautwig during the Olympics.

After all, he’s the everyman of the NBC Primetime commentary team. The one who’s supposed to make the casual fan feel less stupid in not understanding all the nuance.

Analysis – GYMNASTICS. HARDCORE FANS VERSUS CASUAL FANS. AN ANALYSIS OF THE CLAIM THAT AL TRAUTWIG SHOULD BE FIRED.

Click through if you want to read the details.

NBC Primetime seems to work for the casual fan. Coaches should watch pretty much any other source of coverage. All are better for us than NBC Primetime.

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Who Is Al Trautwig?

Personally I always enjoy listening to Tim Daggett. He’s a coach. He knows what he’s talking about. Of the three he does by far the most research in advance of the competition.

Victoria Nguyen – elgrip Jaeger to mixed grip

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

http://papaliukin.tumblr.com/post/149375454519/fronttriplefull-victoria-nguyens-jaeger-half

gymnasts on the beach

If you want to compete with the Team USA, you’d best be VERY strong.

Strength to weight ratio is critical.

related – WHY OLYMPIC GYMNASTS DON’T HAVE TO BE SUPER SKINNY ANYMORE

via Gymternet Clan

Dominick Cunningham’s new tumbling pass

Seriously crazy.

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Greatest American Olympians 2016

Like this Sports Illustrated cover on Facebook.

via AdWeek – Every One of the ‘Final Five’ Gymnasts Absolutely Crushed the Internet Last Week