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Last year there were 3 high school football player deaths in 3 weeks. 😦

Football is a far more dangerous sport than Gymnastics in so far as catastrophic injures are concerned.

This young man is alive.

He was worried, however, first first day of pre-season:

“The combination of how hot it was last week, the two football practices in one day and dehydration caused my muscles to start to break down and release a protein into my blood stream which shut down my heart, my liver and my kidneys.” …

Apple Watch saved Centerville teen’s life

In the future we’ll have smart devices monitoring all sorts of health stats.

The Gymnastics Federation of Saudi Arabia hosted a Level 2 Academy for Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) on November 4 – 11, 2015. Such Academies for Artistic Gymnastics are almost always organised with men and women together. The first such MAG-only Academy was a Level 3 hosted in the USA in 2007 and the second was a Level 1 hosted by Saudi Arabia a year ago. This was the 210th Academy in the FIG Academy Programme. …

FIG

A special thanks to Ebrahim Alabdali, our organizer. Translating back and forth English <> Arabic is good study methodology. Brahim had the highest exam score.

Additional photos. Some staged. 🙂

Course leader Chris Evans had discussions with Saudi Olympic Committee consultants.

Recall that Saudi Arabia entered 2 female athletes in the London 2012 Olympics: Judoka Wojdan Shaherkani and 800m-runner Sarah Attar.

Of course FIG would love to see female gymnasts represent the Kingdom one day.

Via Chris Korotky and Inside Gymnastics by email.

Olympian John Roethlisberger and Inside Publications Team Up for Sports Radio Show, Drive To Gold™

– Weekly Show to Originate on Atlanta AM Station WCFO, Newstalk 1160, The Talk of the Town

– Show Will Focus on the Olympic Movement

– Additional National Distribution through Webcast and Podcast

Drive To Gold™ will debut in December and will air each Tuesday. Advertising opportunities within the show include traditional recorded spots (30 second and 60 second spots), live spots, as well as sponsored segment opportunities.

PARAMOUR, a rapturous and passionate new experience, unites the signature spectacle of Cirque du Soleil with the storytelling magic and music that define Broadway. …

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Lyric Theatre, New York. Previews starting April 16, 2016. Officially open on June 2. Tickets are already on sale.

(via Stacy Clark)

Tarik Soto Byfield is the first Costa Rican gymnast yet to qualify Costa Rica for a spot at an Olympic test event. Congratulations. And congratulations to coach Carbonell and everyone in CRC. We’ll be cheering.

All 6 of Tarik’s qualification routines are posted on his club website.

Gracias Cornelia.

Portable, infinitely configurable, Ninja Challenge Course package consists of 10 obstacles which easily and securely attach to carpet bonded foam with strategically placed hook fastener strips.

Obstacles are covered with rugged 18 oz. CPSIA compliant vinyl and filled with polyurethane foam sandwiched between crosslink for optimal footing. Norbert’s Athletic Products, Inc.

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(via Rec Gymnastics)

Sam Sendal.

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I love hanging around with old friends and meeting new ones. @braedhunt you still got it! @sletkmann next time lets learn a barani?

A video posted by Sam Sendel (@samanthasendel) on Nov 15, 2015 at 11:55am PST

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Anthony Stefanelli at Michigan

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#michiganmonday some random skills ?

A video posted by Anthony Stefanelli ? (@gymnastkid589) on Nov 16, 2015 at 8:46pm PST

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(via Daniel)

Another of those comic listicles. This one posted by ASHLEY MATEO.

See it on bustle.com.

Gymnastike has rebranded with a new website.

Same content, cleaner look. As I did with this site several months ago, FloGymnastics has been optimized for mobile. Continuous scrolling is a win too.

If you are not a paid member no need to click on anything marked PRO.

As before, the price of membership is not posted up front. You need to “join” first, find out the price later. If you get that far, there are different prices for monthly and yearly membership.

One of my big complaints with Gymnastike was their policy of NOT linking back to the page where they found inspiration or information. They wanted visitors to stay on Gymnastike. That seems to have improved. For example this post …

Shawn Johnson Plans Return To Gymnastics With Tour Of Champions

… links to a People magazine article. Kudos to FloGymnastics for that. In the past they sometimes did not link out at all. Or linked to the People magazine home page.

Embed codes are missing. But I’ve been told they will be added to the new platform as soon as possible.

Give FloGymnastics.com a try. Leave a comment if you have an opinion.