Jim Holt wanted to see this classic TV commercial. 🙂
Dairy Queen Commercial – Pinatas Filled with Mary Lou Retton from John Behlmann on Vimeo.
Mary Lou is one of the few gymnasts who made millions after they retired.
book – Little Girls Dream Big
Yet another gymnastics fiction, this time by Nicole Angeleen.
The story is darker.
It was inspired by the terrible, terrible tragedy of 11yr-old Romanian gymnast Adriana Giurca. Her coach, Florin Gheorghe, killed the girl in a rage during Beam training. He was convicted of manslaughter, sent to prison.
(Romanian) gymnast Trixie Dalca’s world is destroyed the day her sister Ileana falls during training, slips into a coma, and dies.
To cope with the loss, Trixie turns to her best friend, American gymnast Shaye Sylvester. Together with Shaye and amateur documentary filmmaker Abby Vicari, the three unlikely investigators question whether Ileana’s death was merely a tragic accident or murder.
(via Arabian Punch Front)
Cameron MacKenzie to RSA
South African men’s artistic gymnastics has received a major boost by the arrival of Cameron MacKenzie after spending 10 years in Britain …
“Cameron was a member of both the British junior and senior national teams, but decided to return to South Africa after he completed his A-Levels in classical civilisation and sociology at Oxford College,” his coach, Gerhard Ferreira, said. …
Click PLAY or watch an interview with Cameron on YouTube.
Though the video profile doesn’t show much, Cameron’s a strong AA gymnast. A podium contender for the upcoming African Championships 2014.
He trained at Huntingdon before returning to South Africa.
At the RSA Men’s Training Camp this past weekend.
related – BBC – Cameron MacKenzie chases Rio 2016 spot with South Africa switch
new pit Arad, Romania
Coach Hegyi Ciprian posted photos of the new pit in Arad, Romania.
Looks like they are gluing a layer of foam cubes to the bottom.
via GymFever
Sochi rainbow gloves
🙂
Warm.Good.Yours. Welcome #Sochi2014 official mittens! With 80+ different flags. Choose yr flag, support yr team! pic.twitter.com/JUEPYdvG2E
— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) October 2, 2013
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Sochi 2014 joins Winter Olympic mitten craze
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Mary Lou Retton – Radio Shack
Magnificent 7 + Ellen
Ellen DeGeneres was on the Gold medal team? 🙂
Our long lost teammate! Magnificent 7 + Ellen = Awesome 8? #GoTeamUSA @TheEllenShow "Happy #ThrowbackThursday! pic.twitter.com/VAP00Gq72D
— Kerri Strug (@kerristrug96) January 24, 2014
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(via Arabian Punch Front)
tips on Floor choreography
Guest post by Xavier Diamond, co-owner of TUNEGYM:
Contrary to popular belief, it’s not so hard to choreograph a good routine. All you need is a sense of rhythm, a passion for gymnastics, an endless source of patience and boundless energy!
Got all that covered?
If you’re ready, here are some more tips on how to get started being a gymnastics coach.
1. Assess the skills of your gymnast
2. Get them involved in the process
3. During practice, patience and repetition is key
4. Never make your budding gymnast do anything she’s uncomfortable with
5. Always be encouraging and motivating during practices
read the entire article – 5 Best Tips How to Choreograph a Winning Gymnastics Routine (WORD)
Floor music on TUNEGYM $25 each.
Lloimincia Hall 10.0 FX
Love it or hate it, there’s no way to forget Mince’s Floor.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I love it. 🙂
Lloimincia Hall capped a record night with a 10.0 on floor in the final performance of the night as No. 3 LSU disposed of seventh-ranked Alabama, 197.650-196.825, in front of 8,055 fans, the second-largest crowd in school history, Friday night in the Maravich Center.
LSU (3-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) posted the fifth-highest team score in school history with a 197.650 with a 49.575 on vault, 49.400 on bars, 49.125 on beam and 49.550 on floor.
glimmer of hope for Temple
PHILADELPHIA – January 28, 2014 (WPVI) — Coaches and students at Temple University got to state their case … to try to save their team. A closed door meeting was held to discuss the university’s decision to cut several varsity sports. …
Temple President Neil Theobald said this is not something he wanted to do, but they are simply so overextended.
“I certainly will consider everything that was said today. I did hear some new information that I hadn’t heard before,” Theobald admitted. “And we will come back to the board with our consideration of everything that was said today and see we’re open to all ideas.”
I was at a South Africa training camp this weekend with Jesse Kitzen-Abelson, MAG Coach at Pinetown Gymnastics. Jesse was a two-year co-captain for Temple, graduating 2011.
Would Jesse be a coach today if the Temple program had not existed?
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