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Ws van Wijk:
… my recap of the 2014 Men’s Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China. Way too much great gymnastics for just 4 minutes of video but I tried to include as much as possible. Enjoy and please share!
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(via Christopher Sommer)
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via Arabian Punch Front
Larisa is fast becoming one of the greatest gymnasts all time. 🙂
Tumbl Trak’s Carrie Spender Lennox showed me this skateboard video. She loves the content. And loves the editing. Carrie’s been doing a lot of video editing, of late. 🙂
Woodward West.
This short film celebrates the “Pink Helmet Posse,” three 6-year-old girls who share an unusual passion: skateboarding.
Produced by: Kristelle Laroche and Ben Mullinkosson
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(via New York Times)
Leigh Hennessy:
To celebrate this monumental occasion, the Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG) invited every World Champion to attend the 30th World Championships in Daytona to honor their achievements and contributions to the evolution of the sport. Nearly 40 World Champions attended to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Trampoline Federation (FIT) and the sport. …
The very first World Champions, Dan Millman and Judy Wills Cline were in attendance at the dinner as were the very first Olympic Champions, Alexander Moskalenko and Irena Karavaeva. …
Trampoline Pundit – Celebrating 50
related – FIG interview with G.I. Jane (a.k.a. Leigh Hennessy, USA)
South African Gymnastics:
USA Gymnastics coaching legend, Kelli Hill, is set to arrive in South Africa to conduct a week-long coaching camp to high performance Women’s Artistic coaches and gymnasts. The Camp takes place 3 – 10 December 2014 …
Hill’s visit is a result of a 3 year USA Gymnastics Global Ambassador Programme with SAGF, which sees USA Gymnastics assisting SAGF to improve our High Performance results in the Women’s Artistic discipline. The Programme, which sees one visit per year, kicked off in 2013 with USA Olympic coach, Mihai Brestyan visiting in October last year. …
Some elite coaches trash talk backward handspring training devices.
And it’s true you can teach a great backward handspring without one.
Personally, I love them all. They have hundreds of uses in the gym. And are ideal for older and non-competing gymnasts.
The best of them all is The Boulder®.
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They start at $344. Cheap. 🙂
Andres caught his double twisting Kovacs in both routines at DTB Pokal.
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Execution needs some work.
(via Gymnast #391)
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