International Gymnastics Camp late 1970s.
Abie Grossfeld, Fred Orlofsky, Jerry George, Don Tonry, Fred Roethlisberger, Bruno Klaus.
Grigoras – tucked front 1/2 on Beam
Peng-Peng is back. The gymternet is happy. 🙂
Before the London Olympics she competed a crazy Beam routine. It included this element done from a full speed running the length of the Beam.
That’s from Pushy Queen’s GIF Skill Guide.
She typically landed like this. Heels OVER the end of the Beam. I was terrified to watch.
In the gym Christine was training harder routines than in competition. One of the upgrades was this Grigoras … to connected back tuck. GAINERING that back tuck to stay on the Beam. I was triple terrified to watch. And thrilled.
What a shame she didn’t get to compete the London Olympics. 😦
related – Bruin Banter 2015 – Episode 1: Christine Peng-Peng Lee. Interviewed by Sam Peszek. (VIDEO)
Swing Big – leap and jump drills
The Swing Big WAG coaching site has a new look.
Check it out.
Here’s a sample post from their Facebook page.
photo strobe effect
Snowboard Air and Style
The Air & Style is a European snowboard contest first held in Innsbruck, Austria in 1994 and now held annually.
The 2014-15 events:
Beijing Dec 5-6
Innsbruk Jan 16-17
Los Angeles Feb 21-22
Click PLAY or watch a promo on Hard Body.
2015 American Cup line-up
The best field I can ever recall. IF they all attend.
Sadly, no Larisa Iordache. 😦
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
official announcement – USA’s Mikulak, Skinner, Whittenburg Will Compete At 2015 AT&T American Cup
Here are the other men:
Brazil: Arthur Oyakawa Mariano
Colombia: Jossimar Calvo
Germany: Fabian Hambuechen
Great Britain: Daniel Purvis
Japan: Ryohei Kato
Japan: Yusuke Tanaka
Ukraine: Oleg Verniaiev
No Kohei Uchimura.
Nanning Worlds highlights
FIG Official — 2014 Artistic Worlds, Nanning (CHN), October 3 – 12, 2014
Women’s All-Around Final
00:00:45 Start list
00:01:24 Simone BILES (USA) Vault 15.866
00:01:51 Kayla ROSS (USA) Uneven Bars 14.700
00:02:48 Aliya MUSTAFINA (RUS) Vault 15.100
00:03:21 Larisa IORDACHE (ROU) Vault 15.066
00:03:49 YAO Jinnan (CHN) Uneven Bars 15.533
00:04:49 Vanessa FERRARI (ITA) Vault 14.966
00:05:13 Giulia STEINGRUBER (SUI) Floor 13.633
00:07:03 Elsabeth BLACK (CAN) Vault 13.900
00:07:39 ranking after 2 apparatus
00:07:50 Simone BILES (USA) Beam 14.766
00:09:30 Larisa IORDACHE (ROU) Beam 15.100
00:11:12 Aliya MUSTAFINA (RUS) Beam 14.341
00:13:04 ranking after 3 apparatus
00:13:16 Vanessa FERRARI (ITA) Floor 14.700
00:15:11 Kayla ROSS (USA) Floor 13.933
00:16:57 YAO Jinnan (CHN) Floor 12.833
00:19:15 Larisa IORDACHE (ROU) Floor 14.733
00:21:16 Aliya MUSTAFINA (RUS) Floor 13.433
00:23:12 Simone BILES (USA) Floor 15.066
00:25:39 Final ranking
00:26:17 PodiumClick PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Tumbl Trak YouTube channel
I travel with a Tumbl Trak camera. Represent the company as a volunteer Ambassador at many events each year.
They edit a LOT of video. TV commercials, one with over a million views. Product videos. Coaching tips. And many edits highlighting activities other than competitive Artistic gymnastics.
I’ve got a Games series coming out soon, for example. Over 160 activities. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch a brief intro on YouTube.
Subscribe here.
Yoshi Hayasaki – history
Yoshi Hayasaki, owner and director of Hayasaki Gymnastics Center, formerly served as Head Men’s Gymnastics Coach at the University of Illinois from 1974 to 2009. …
He is a two time NCAA all around Champion and a former USA and AAU All Around Champion. …
Hayasaki was inducted into the United State Gymnastics “Hall of Fame” in the summer of 2014.
Yoshi’s daughter, Erika Hayasaki, just posted an entertaining and informative history of how her Dad came to America on a cargo ship in 1965. Sick and broke. He could not speak nor read English.
Time – Somersaulting Into America
Another example of an immigrant who made good in the new world. 🙂
Justin Spring and Ivan Ivankov replaced the legendary coach at Illinois in 2009.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 