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Island Gymnastics Academy in PEI brings in a headliner guest coach each summer. This year it’s Kelly Manjak, coach of Olympic Floor Gold medalist 2004 Kyle Shewfelt.

Kelly has coached both WAG and MAG international competitors. At Camp he works with both boys and girls.

Thanks Sharon.

The NFL’s concussion crisis is about to hit the big screen. …

It stars Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, the real Pittsburgh forensic pathologist who first discovered a neurodegenerative disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brains of football players. CTE is the result of repeated brain trauma over time and causes depression, dementia, and other behavioral changes.

Omalu’s 2002 finding — and the subsequent discovery of CTE in dozens of deceased football players — has transformed the football world, leading many to question whether football can ever be a truly safe sport. …

Will Smith’s new movie “Concussion” terrifies the NFL.

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Artistic gymnasts land on soft mats and pits. I’ve always assumed our flat back landings and “candle” timers put them at zero risk of brain damage.

But I know of elite coaches who are not so sure.

We need more research.

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Donnell already has the most impressive Ring dismount in the world. But he’s still working to upgrade it.

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Someone has competed triple twisting double tuck. Leave a comment if you can recall who that was.

From Instagram.

 
Get well soon.

piibunina traveled to China – once again – to video Chinese Nationals in Shandong province.

The Chinese WAG program is really pushing twisting. They are testing Juniors on-bed. (Off-bed would have been easier and safer. So they must like training the control needed to land on the same spot.)

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For basic D-score 5.0, a gymnast needed to perform a triple twist back and a 1.5 twist forward. Each extra half turn is 0.3 bonus, each half turn less is minus 0.5. There was a heavy deduction for insufficient difficulty as well.

Trampoline scores counted for all phases of competition. The final score was 80% of gymnastics plus 20% of trampoline score, also for teams and AA.

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Repost. One later upload of this video has over 700,000 views on Facebook. Viral beam. 🙂

Born 2002.

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Here’s the routine in Team Finals (VIDEO). Not nearly as solid. But with a better dismount.

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… to overgrip regrasp.

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The skill is named for 1991 World Bars Champion Kim Gwang-suk who was even more famous for submitting different birth years at least three different international competitions.

On Bars. 🙂

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Recall that the injury that took her out of Elite was shoulder surgery.

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Kenzo may have to up his game. 🙂

Video quality is poor. Looks like he’s WAY overtime.

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There’s a better quality version here.

(via gymnastikfabriken)