new – Men’s Elite Team Cup

The 2016 Elite Team Cup is scheduled for 6 p.m. on March 5 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., joining the weekend’s high profile slate of the Nastia Liukin Cup on March 4 at 7 p.m. and the AT&T American Cup on March 5 at 11:30 a.m. …

The Elite Team Cup will feature nine men’s Regional Teams, each consisting of six junior elite gymnasts and one senior elite athlete. Team scores for the Elite Team Cup will be based on five athletes competing on each event with the top four scores on each event counting. In addition, there is prize money for the results in the Senior Elite All-Around (all six events counting). Finally, results will be kept for the junior-athlete-only Regional Elite Team results – based on the top three junior elite scores on each event – that will serve as the basis for the 2017 draft.

The senior men are vying for total of $6,000, which will be distributed to the top six finishers in the senior all-around standings: 1. $2,000; 2. $1,500; 3. $1,000; 4. $600; 5. $500; and 6. $400. …

Jennifer Teitell via email

Prudential Center

Jim Hartung profile

Here’s an excellent article on one of the greatest American gymnasts all time.

A longtime Nebraska assistant coach under Francis Allen and now Chuck Chmelka, his prep and collegiate teammate, Hartung helped lead Nebraska to four consecutive national team gymnastics championships in 1979-80-81-82. …

He’s a cancer survivor.

“I was judging the World Gymnastics Championships in Belgium in 2010,” he told me. “I wore a tie all day, and when I took it off, I rubbed my neck and found a bump. I remember thinking ‘I don’t have a sore throat. I don’t have a cold.’ I just had an ominous feeling from that moment to the rest of the trip. When I got back to Lincoln, I saw a doctor the next morning. I was diagnosed with a type of throat cancer that was right behind my voice box.”

Humble Hartung Values Life More Than the Gold Medals

Hartung

Joe Fraser 2015 montage

Joe got famous literally throwing the Code on Pommels at a very young age. He’s a strong AA gymnast too, obviously. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Katelyn Ohashi is back

Click PLAY or watch her Beam for UCLA on YouTube.

keeping knees straight on Giants

The tap on a giant is like a soccer kick. You can gain power by bending your knees through the bottom.

… Unfortunately the judges may deduct for bent knees if you do. Jason recommends some drills.

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Leyva – Kolman gif

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THIS IS SO COOOOOOOOL

A video posted by Danell J Leyva (@danelljleyva) on Jan 12, 2016 at 3:59pm PST

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(via Papa Liukin)