Great Camp in Boston.
June 25-June 28, 2015
GYM MOMENTUM TRAINING CAMP- BOSTON 2015
UCLA superstars
See them on UCLA’s twitter.
Cottbus – closeup video
See you in 2016.
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
Air Floor soccer
Tornado hits Aim High Gymnastics, Tulsa
One by one, little gymnasts, in the arms or Tulsa firefighters, were carried to safety, as the rain poured down.
Parents, in tears, couldn’t get to their babies fast enough.
Sixty people, mostly children, were inside Aim High Academy in Sand Springs when tornado sirens started screaming. …
Update – People who want to help rebuild can contribute to a gofundme account.
via @GymCastic
R.I.P. Jeff Hennessy
Trampoline was invented and first popularized in the U.S.A. This man was one of the main builders of the Olympic Sport.
Jeff Hennessy of Broussard, La., a noted trampoline coach whose athletes won a total of 26 World medals and former chairman of the International Trampoline Federation’s Technical Committee, passed March 24.
“Jeff was a genuine man and a pioneer for the sport of trampoline,” said Steve Penny, president and CEO of USA Gymnastics. “His legacy is evident in the program’s leadership today and how far the sport has come.” …
His last book is available for $11.95.
A Successful Guidebook of Twisting Single and Multiple Somersaults
Doha day 1 prelim results
Vault, Bars
Floor, Pommels, Rings
See those 5 apparatus on the Liukin Tumblr
Courtney McGregor (NZ) qualified to the Vault final. Bianca Mann (RSA) to the Bar final. Congratulations.
Here’s the official post from the organizers – Day 1: Qualifications events. Top 3 qualifiers on all apparatus are listed.
Jake Dalton qualified 2nd on Floor.
Isabela Onyshko – profile
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She has very high start scores on Bars and Beam. Will be competing Jesolo.
Oleg Verniaiev – P Bars
Hits and wins. Again. Does this guy ever train? He’s always competing. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch Cottbus on YouTube. 16.250 = D 7.10 / E 9.150
indiegogo – La Sierra High PE
The goal is to make a documentary about an incredible PE program. To inspire schools to improve the quality of Physical Education.
In 1957 there was no PE program more impressive than the one at La Sierra High. Their results were so amazing that the program captured the attention of President John F. Kennedy, who announced his famous challenge for America to make a “Great National Effort” to become physically fit. Excitement surrounded La Sierra’s PE curriculum. Eventually over 4,000 schools across the nation followed this program.
…until PE programs were subject to budget CUTS and Kennedy’s goal for physical fitness for our children was virtually forgotten. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
… The rate of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States has nearly tripled between the early 1980s and 2000. It has however not changed significantly between 2000 and 2006 with the most recent statistics showing a level just over 17 percent. …
related – A flood in 2014 shut down the school gym.
