If you think this looks goofy after hitting PLAY … watch until the end.
Georgia v Michigan tonight
The Georgia gymnastics team embarks on the 43rd season in program history when it opens the 2015 campaign Saturday at home against the University of Michigan at 4 p.m. ET. …
Georgia returns 13 gymnasts from the 2014 NCAA Super Six squad including All-Americans Brittany Rogers, Sarah Persinger, Brandie Jay, Chelsea Davis and Mary Beth Box. This year’s roster includes three seniors, four juniors, six sophomores and five freshmen for a total of 18 gymnasts on the 2015 roster – the largest roster in program history.
Saturday’s meet marks the beginning of head coach Danna Durante’s third season at UGA. She has led the Gymdogs to back-to-back NCAA Super Six appearances in her first two seasons in Athens. …
Ambitious and Athens-loving Durante in the right place, on the right climb
GNN: What is your biggest challenge this year?
Coach Durante: Changing the perception that we are 7th best in the country and 4th best in the SEC.
GNN: What advice would you give to a young gymnast on how to develop “mental toughness”?
Coach Durante:
1. Develop the skill of visualization and practice it often.
2. Be willing to put the work/time in on basics so you have a good foundation for all skills. This will help you be able to adjust as needed when you are in a challenging situation.
GNN Exclusive Collegiate Coach Q&A: Georgia Gym Dogs – Danna Durante
update – #8 Michigan 196.600, #7 Georgia 195.600
(via College Gymnastics Board)
Stanford Men v Cal
Ivan Ivankov – Kovacs to Kolman
LSU opens with 197.125
It marked the 14th consecutive meet in which LSU has scored a 197 or higher, extending the school-record streak that started with the third meet of the 2014 season. …
As a team, LSU (1-0) recorded a 49.225 on vault, 49.600 on bars, 49.325 on beam and 48.975 on floor. The bars total ranks as the second-highest team total in the event in program history, tying the 49.600 the Tigers earned at the Metroplex Challenge last season. …
related – No. 2 Sooners Blaze to 197.625 Win
Skinner – Bars double double
Nico linked to yet another great skill from Mykayla. 🙂
Christine Lee flair
Peng Peng will begin her two year delayed NCAA career on Monday night.
Check her Homma mount (flares) on Beam. 🙂
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Leah Homma led the Bruins to their first-ever NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championship in 1997. She trained at Seneca, the same club where Christine started.
Mark Broderick – 9 front flips off tower
Nile Wilson in 2014
Nile Wilson at only age-18 is a real future Worlds AA podium contender.
The first British gymnast ever to win five gold medals at the European Junior Gymnastics Championships in 2014, he proceeded in the same year to win two Commonwealth Games (87.965) gold medals, and four medals in total, on his senior debut for England. Wilson is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion on Horizontal Bar. In the World Championships in the same year, Wilson finished fourth in the Horizontal Bar final.
Click PLAY or watch him on YouTube.
(via gymnastikfabriken)
be a HAPPIER Gym parent in 2015
ANNE JOSEPHSON:
1. Enjoy watching your child’s joy in doing gymnastics, not in your child’s achievement within gymnastics.
5. Stop nagging.
7. Spend money on experiences not things.
8. Write a note or email of gratitude to your child’s coaches, the front desk worker or gym owner.
11. Ignore others’ expectations.
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