The apparatus that most impressed me at Westerns was Beam.
Click PLAY or watch this cool mount on YouTube.
That’s Courtney Biever from QCK Gymnastics, Regina.
Front half? Or aerial round-off?
She’s previously competed front tuck or front pike mount.
SYTYCAD – Michael Dameski
Sloan and Peszek thriving
Former club teammates. 🙂
Indiana gymnasts Bridget Sloan and Samantha Peszek were two of the six Americans who competed for gold against China at the Beijing Olympics, and came away with silver. …
“Elite can be very stressful,” Sloan said. “You’re vying for a spot on a team of six with 16 other girls. It’s definitely tough. Coming to college kind of made me realize that gymnastics is fun again.”
Hoosier Olympic gymnasts continuing their careers in college
NCAA recruiting 14yr-olds
Elizabeth Grimsley:
Already, 63 gymnasts a part of the class of 2016 have verbally committed to a collegiate gymnastics program, according to the College Gym Fans recruiting database. Two of those commits are twin sisters Anna and Grace Glenn who verbally committed to UCLA Dec. 29, 2012 when they were just 14 years old. …
Grace Glenn and Anna Glenn, identical twin sisters from Charlotte, N.C.
They train at Southeastern Gymnastics in Weddington, N.C. under coaches Ludmilla Shobe, Galina Meliakina and Georgiy “Egor” Grebenkov.
Seems to me the NCAA needs more stringent rules about early recruiting.
National Open – Westerns
National Open (26 competitors)
1 Breanna Franklin 52.550 SK
2 Charlie Wright 51.950 SK
3 Mackenzie Parker 51.600 AB
Bre Franklin, the all around winner at Gymnix 2014, led her Saskatchewan Open team to a win in front of an enthusiastic home audience.
see FULL RESULTS all levels
MAG & WAG
NCAA Championships on Gymnastike
Update #3
Gymnastike has reworked that archive footage into a documentary.
Gymnastike has been deleting critical comments on their Facebook page. Still no “official” response to the backlash.
Update #2
Jason:
When a video is embeded onto Gymnastike it is done in a way that when viewed the particular youtube video channel’s video is getting the views as well. Gymnastike doesn’t download videos then upload them as their own.
Gymnastike has a lot more traffic then most youtube channels (as you can imagine) so they are actually getting more views then they would simply from youtube traffic.
Gymnastike doesn’t steal videos or do with them differently then other blogs. The site has a video uploading and filing system that enables videos to be put on the site via uploading or embedding in the same format. I assure you all videos that are not created by Gymnastike Staff are all embedded and function just like a youtube video.
That’s cool. That’s a win, win for the person who produced the original content. And for Gymnastike.
Gymnastike does produce and own their own videos, of course. With those they can do as they like. I’ve “submitted” a number of videos to Gymnastike over the years, always happy with how they are managed.
My wild speculation is that the experiment of Gymnastike purchasing archive footage rights for competitions previously on TV is not a good idea. It’s likely going to cause more ill will than it will bring in as new revenue.
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Update #1:
There are two kinds of people.
Those who pay the Gymnastike Gold membership, most very happy with what they get. 🙂 And those ticked off with Gymnastike, a site beloved by one and all before adding their premium membership. 😦
Now that Gymnastike owns the rebroadcasting rights bought the “archive footage rights” for NCAA Championships, they are paying people to search for and take down the “illegal” routines online.
That’s the system we live with in 2014.
Personally I love Gymnastike. But have enough reservations about how they monetize NOT to join myself.
Best case scenario new companies will launch to compete. Companies like sports2visuals with their Hard Way to Success video series.
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Looks like Gymnastike has purchased the re-broadcast rights for the 2014 NCAA Championships.
I like that the link is branded with GOLD. That way new users aren’t confused as to whether that’s free content, or for paid subscribers only.
Their videos stream more slowly than YouTube. You need a fairly strong internet connection to watch them.
Gymnastike is not up front with the cost for Gymnastike Gold subscription. Last time I checked it was $19.99/mo. A yearly subscription $150/year ($12.50/mo.).
quick links
gymnasts have dense bones
Professor Marta Erlandson:
Research shows elite gymnasts – girls training at least 15 hours a week through childhood and adolescence – have much higher bone strength than other athletes or children who don’t participate in anything, she said. They also tend to maintain a higher bone density after they retire.
However, elite gymnastics isn’t something every child can do, and there’s some suggestion that it’s tied to high injury rates, Erlandson said.
She decided to look at recreational gymnastics, to see if just an hour a week of the activity would have any benefit.
Erlandson followed 160 young gymnasts over four years during her master’s and Ph.D studies. They had higher bone mineral content and higher bone strength than those who did other activities such as swimming, hockey and soccer. …
Marta is volunteering at Western Canadian Championships, head of Medical.
JP Caron steps down
Gymnastics Canada (GCG) is announcing that Jean-Paul Caron will conclude his mandate as President/CEO of the Federation effective April 28th 2014 …
After 14 years of committed leadership with Gymnastics Canada Caron and the GCG Board of Directors have agreed to move forward with a succession plan in the best interest of both parties.
FIG 125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, GALA, and CONGRESS
JP is a true gymnastics expert and one of the hardest working people I know. It’s going to be difficult to replace him.
