Friday Night Lights v MIOBI

Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series based around a high school football team situated in Texas. …

Critically acclaimed. Great acting. Great writing. It lasted 5 season.

I find Coach Eric Taylor very believable.

coach

Another TV drama set in the context of youth sport, Make It or Break It, was utter crap, by comparison. 3 seasons, 48 episodes, ending 2012.

And that’s a shame.

We’re still waiting for the great, serious Gymnastics TV drama.

A coach more believable than Sasha Belov. 😦

coach Sasha

I suspect — as usual — the football series had far more money to hire good writer$.

human-powered helicopter

This is cool.

… flight lasting 64.1 seconds and reaching an altitude of 3.3 metres …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I like the “spotters”. 🙂

USAG Global Ambassadors

You don’t see many American coaches leading international clinics for FIG.

Happily, USA Gymnastics is reaching out to help develop the sport worldwide.

“This first year has been about learning how we can help other countries,” said Penny. “Our goal is to have meaningful impact and move their programs forward toward the elite level.”

A few of the pilot clinics:

Mihai Brestyan of Burlington, Mass., who coached two-time Olympic gold-medalist Alexandra Raisman and 10-time World medalist Alicia Sacramone, conducted clinics and met with athletes, coaches and officials in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa.

David Juszczyk of Broomfield, Colo., who has worked with many athletes including two U.S. Olympians, visited Copenhagen, Denmark, and several other Danish cities. …

The Global Ambassador Program is a partnership between the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), AAI, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and USA Gymnastics. The goal is to provide U.S. athletes and coaches as consultants on a request basis to stimulate the growth of the sport and athlete development at many levels. …

USA Gymnastics extends international outreach through Global Ambassador Program

Bridget Sloan, Kytra Hunter 10s

hmm …

Click PLAY or watch Bridget’s 10 on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Kytra’s 10 on YouTube.

I love Kytra’s routine. But neither are 10.0 for me.

why save Temple?

Tom Gibbs, Temple University Men’s Gymnastics Volunteer Coach explains. In a history of the Team.

THE ALL AROUND – Guest Editorial: Temple Men’s Gymnastics:

… remarkable 88-year legacy is one that is too proud to ignore or forget.

The names that follow are merely a microcosm of the richness of Temple men’s gymnastics. It reflects not only their character but also their pride in Temple men’s gymnastics and Temple University. The list could easily be multiplied two hundred times or more. A quick read will show that it has been money well spent. …

read more …

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related – Dwight Normile – An Interview With Temple Coach Fred Turoff (Jan 17th)

go to TempleGymnastics.com to see what you can do to help.

Chari Knight-Hunter – Beam

The Tumbl Trak crew showed me this NCAA video of Chari in her prime. 🙂

Check her muscular definition.

AVIDEOGA:

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO WIN THE GENETIC LOTTERY – IT IS CHARI KNIGHT …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… She started in the sport in 1978. She suffered a major knee injury in 1993, requiring reconstructive surgery, but came back to lead OSU … She was presented the American Award, the highest honor in collegiate gymnastics, in recognition of her athletic and academic achievements. A seven-time all-American …

… She received the Hayward Award, honoring the top female athlete in the state or Oregon. She scored eight perfect 10’s in her career …

USAG

Florida 198.05 !

Florida blasted past the 198 mark, led by 10s from Kytra Hunter and Bridget Sloan on the Floor. Both tied for the AA title with a 39.7. Sloan also tied for the vault title with UGA’s Lindsey Cheek. Cheek won the UB. Florida’s Mackenzie Caquatto tied with UGA’s Kaylan Earls for the BB title.

College Gym Fans

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Balance Beam Situation posted a detailed LIVE blog:

This has been coming for a couple weekends. The scores have been high, high, high.

This was a very good floor rotation for Florida, but they can do better. Everyone in this floor rotation can perform a stronger routine than they just did. The judges have not allowed them room to do any better, which is the problem. We’ve peaked in January in terms of score, and now there’s nowhere left to go. …

Friday Meets – Georgia @ Florida Live Blog

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