Looking good. No Tkachev 1/1, however.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Stalder drill
why I hate advertising
Especially for kids. Especially for girls. They shouldn’t have to face this kind of onslaught.
Click PLAY or watch “Beauty Pressure” on YouTube.
Parents should protect their children as much as possible from that kind of brainwashing.
via Eric Heppell
Update: Dave in the comments linked to a related article:
… Dove is owned and manufactured by Unilever, a multinational company. …
Ironically, Dove’s feel-good, body positive messages draw our attention away from Unilever’s other brands including Slim Fast (for weight loss) and Fair & Lovely (skin lightening cream). …
adjustable wall bars board
A pet peeve is watching young kids do bad leg raises.
This adjustable board at IEGA in Idaho is ideal. The coach can drop it low enough for ANY gymnast to train with good form. Good technique.
Sarah Finnegan – Zuchold
Nice to see this trick making a comeback. 🙂
Nice to see Sarah Finnegan back in training, as well.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Tony Retrosi)
Beyond the Routine: Laurie Hernandez
One of our favourite gymnasts. 🙂
… U.S. Junior National team member and 2016 Olympic hopeful Laurie Hernandez of MG Elite. Hernandez and coach Maggie Haney saw a quick rise to the top in 2013. She skyrocketed from 21st all around at the 2012 National Championships to 2nd all around in 2013. …
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/ODM0NzI0Mzc3?related=1&autoplay=false
gymnastics in Nepal?
When I was there for a month in November I tried to contact the National Federation.
No luck.
There was a club next door to where I was staying in Bhaktapur — but it was never open.
Does anyone have an update on what’s happening with acrobatic sports in Nepal?
If so, leave a comment.
monitoring routines
Dani and her teammates at IEGA have colour coded charts tracking routines.
Even more important to me is the number of routines HIT in series in the days leading up to competition. 🙂
frozen trampoline
NCAA Champions 2014 Oklahoma
I love the NCAA.
One of the few failures of that league, however, is that results are so predictable. Only 5 teams have ever won the Championship.
Florida won for the first time in 2013. It would be awesome if Oklahoma won for the first time in 2014. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch a December intersquad highlights edit on YouTube.
Here’s the Sooners Media Guide.
related – Balance Beam Situation – #3 Oklahoma Preview
Gymnastics Coaching.com 