Biles training Moors

If Simone added Moors, imagine the potential start score.

A video posted by Simone Biles (@simonebiles) on Dec 12, 2014 at 6:43pm PST

 
via Nico on GymFever2012

Women’s 2014 Toyota International

VAULT
1. Mai Murakami JPN 14.325
2. Hiu Ying Angel Wong HK 13.700
3. Lee Hye Been KOR 12.925

BARS
1. Wakana Inoue JPN 5.2 8.000 13.200
2. Azumi Ishikura JPN 5.1 8.050 13.150
3. Madison Copiak CAN 5.0 8.100 13.100

Japanese on Top at Toyota Tournament – day 1

BEAM
1. Asuka Teramoto JPN 5.8 8.700 14.500
2. Madison Copiak CAN 5.0 8.250 13.250
3. Kim Chae Yeon KOR 5.4 7.650 13.050

Asuka Teramoto
Asuka Teramoto

FLOOR
1. Mai Murakami JPN 5.4 8.150 13.550
2. Natsumi Sasada JPN 5.4 8.100 13.500
3. Lee Hye Been KOR 5.1 7.800 12.900

Japanese Take Four More Toyota Titles – day 2

Maddie Copiak is really making a name for herself this year. She trains at Calgary Gymnastics Centre.

with coach Steve Arkell and legend Sadao Hamada
coach Steve Arkell and legend Sadao Hamada

related – FIG – Japanese gymnasts dominate Toyota International

Men’s 2014 Toyota International

FLOOR
1. Ryohei Kato 6.5 8.775 15.275
2. Kim Han Sol 6.5 8.325 14.825
3. Helge Liebrich 6.1 8.400 14.500

POMMEL
1. Kohei Kameyama 7.0 7.925 14.925
2. Ryohei Kato 5.6 8.900 14.500
3. Cyril Tommasone 7.0 7.250 14.250

RINGS
1. Igor Radivilov 6.8 8.675 15.475
2. Hadi Khanari Nejad 6.4 8.500 14.900
3. Brandon Wynn 6.8 7.650 14.450

Japanese on Top at Toyota Tournament – day 1

VAULT
1. Yang Hak Seon 15.375
2. Kenzo Shirai 14.937
3. Igor Radivilov 14.625

P BARS
1. Yusuke Tanaka 6.6 8.875 15.475
2. Ryohei Kato 6.6 8.625 15.225
3. Philipp Herder 6.4 8.350 14.750

H BAR
1. Kohei Uchimura 7.2 8.725 15.925
2. Yusuke Tanaka 7.2 8.625 15.825
3. Jackson Payne 6.9 7.250 14.150

Japanese Take Four More Toyota Titles – day 2

Click PLAY or watch Kohei’s 7.2 H Bar on YouTube. Superb piked Kovacs to open.

(via supermura)

new Gymnastics film – The Bronze

The Bronze is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Bryan Buckley and written by Melissa Rauch and Winston Rauch. …

Principal photography of the film began in early July 2014 in Amherst, Ohio. Some gymnastics scenes filmed at Sokol Ceska Sin, in Cleveland, Ohio. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will release the film in 2015. …

Plot – A foul-mouthed former gymnastics bronze medalist Hope Annabelle Greggory (Melissa Rauch) must fight for her local celebrity status when a young athlete’s star rises in town. …

The Bronze

It will premiere at Sundance 2015.

(via Australian Gymnastics Blog)

real life Jetmen

Have you seen Captain America: The Winter Soldier?

The Falcon (Samuel Wilson) is a Marvel Comics superhero with a personal wing suit.

Falcon

We already have this technology.

Swiss ex fighter pilot, Guinness Book record holder and first man to fly with a jet-propelled wing, Yves Rossy A.K.A. Jetman is back in the sky pushing the boundaries of aviation by completing a sensational formation flight with Aerobatics Champion Veres ZoltΓ‘n in Dubai!

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Mashable)

Florida, Oklahoma, L.S.U.

The official 2015 Preseaon Coaches’ Poll is out.

1 Florida 756 (19)
2 Oklahoma 746 (8)
3 L.S.U. 689 (2)
4 Alabama 669
5 UCLA 618 (1)
6 Utah 604 (1)
7 Georgia 596
8 Michigan 540
9 Nebraska 531
10 Stanford 525
11 Oregon State 413
12 Auburn 364

See the top 25 on College Gym Fans.

Florida-2

Gator Zone – Defending NCAA champion Florida gymnasts top 2015 GymInfo Preseason Poll


Balance Beam Situation:

I’m with them on the top 3, as I think pretty much everyone would be. I too would place Florida just ahead of Oklahoma because, even though Florida has lost a few more significant scores than Oklahoma, they’re also bringing in a stronger freshman class. Still, there’s very, very little between the teams as it stands nowβ€”it’s basically a dead heat until we see competition routines …


1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
3. LSU
4. Alabama
5. Utah
6. Stanford
7. UCLA
8. Georgia
9. Nebraska
10. Auburn
11. Michigan
12. Oregon State

2015 Preseason Coaches Poll and Commentary

FIG Level 3 Australia

45 coaches from five federations. Canberra November 30 to December 7, 2014

… Mihai Brestyan of the USA was the main lecturer for the women’s technical lectures. …

He was assisted by Peggy LiddickStacey Umeh one of the Australian team choreographers taught artistic preparation. Paul Hall of Great Britain who coached Louis Smith and Daniel Keatings taught the majority of MAG technical lectures.

He was joined for the Floor Exercise lectures by Sergei Chinkar of Australia, the former coach of multiple Olympic champion Vitaly Scherbo. The course leader was Hardy Fink (CAN), the Director of FIG Education and Academy Programmes. …

Australia MAG-WAG Experts 2014

Australia hosts high level Artistic Gymnastics FIG Academy

POWER TO DESTROY

I glanced at this post by Gym Jag …

They have the ability to damage, devastate and even destroy. They can stay forever taunting and torturing. They possess the power to obscure light and obliterate hopes. They can annihilate those they touch.

They have the ability to guide, grow and give affirmation. They can stay forever enriching and encouraging. They posses the power to ignite passions and instill greatness. They can change the world.

They begin wars. They bring peace. …

words

Of course I assumed we were talking about GYM MOMS. πŸ™‚

Nope. I was wrong.

Click through to the full post to see the real answer.

How We Built a Parkour Gym

Unparalleled Movement, Missoula, Montana.

These are good guys. I’ve got a lot of respect for what they’ve accomplished.

Click PLAY or watch this inspiring video on YouTube.

“We had no idea what we were doing.”

No debt in building this program. Impressive.

(via Kelley Durbin-Williams)