Cool variation by Naoto Hayasaka.
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via NCAA MEN’S GYMNASTICS ALUMNI on Facebook
climbing a String House
… String Prototype, a 32-foot-tall inflatable cube from Croatian/Austrian industrial design studio Numen/For Use that houses a minimalist matrix made of parallel ropes connected to the interior walls.
More than an abstract art installation, the prototype, set up outside of Vienna last December, was engineered to be an incredibly cool jungle gym for kids and adults with a daredevil streak. …
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South African MAG Age Group
The official FIG write-up on my recent RSA Camp:
… hosted in the newly upgraded National Training Centre in Pretoria on February 21-23, 2014.
The world-wide introduction of the FIG Age Group Development and Competition Programme for Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics has now entered its final stage. That stage is a series of about 30 Follow-up and Monitoring Camps for those countries that have committed to implementing the programme. These will be finished within the coming 15-months and then the focus will turn to a similar programme for Rhythmic Gymnastics. …
Thirteen South African coaches, among them one with USA citizenship and three with personal gymnasts attended the camp. …
read more – FIG Age Group Programme Follow-up and Monitoring Camp, Pretoria (RSA), February 21-23, 2014
LSU goes 198.05
Momentum.
Post by LSU Gymnastics.
American Cup
March 1st, 11.30am-3pm ET
GYM MOMENTUM CAMP – BOSTON
Gym Momentum moves from NYC to Boston in 2014.
… OPTIONAL LEVEL GYMNASTICS for gymnasts moving into Level 6 up through 10 and Elite. BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS. …
TOPS skills and Physical Abilities will be covered with appropriate groups.
WHEN: June 26-29 2014
WHERE: Yellow Jackets Gymnastics Middleton, MA. (just outside of Boston)
Click through for details. I’m on the coaching staff again for 2014. 🙂
U.S. Pommel Horse Problem
Uncle Tim:
When the current U.S. National Team averages a 12.938 on pommel horse, it’s time to panic …
Handspring Vault “tip” drill
Biles, Boorman leave Bannon’s
Biles’ father, Ronald Biles, said in a statement issued Thursday through USA Gymnastics that Biles and her coach, Aimee Boorman, will be moving to another gym from Bannon’s Gymnastix in Spring, where she has trained since age 6.
“Simone got her start in gymnastics at Bannon’s Gymnastix, and what she has learned there is the foundation for her achievements in gymnastics,” Biles said. “We appreciate everything that Bannon’s has done for Simone.
“However, we believe for her future growth and development that this is the time for us to make a change. … We are in the process of finalizing where she will be training while she recovers from her shoulder injury.” …
Luis Brasesco, who owns Bannon’s, was not immediately available for comment. Brasesco assisted Boorman, who accompanied Biles on international competition trips, with coaching on vault and uneven bars.
Biles, who will celebrate her 17th birthday on March 14, won the USA Gymnastics all-around title and the International Gymnastics Federation all-around title in 2013 during her first year as a senior competitor.
She was scheduled to compete this weekend at the American Cup meet in Greensboro, N.C., but withdrew last week because of injury.
NCAA AA Champion 2014?
Balance Beam Situation:
… it’s time to think about the all-around. The NCAA all-around title is a bit like the ugly cousin who is forced to live in the attic and be silent when visitors come around (you know, like you have). No one is really allowed to talk about it or acknowledge caring about it because that might make it seem like they are putting personal goals above the team (THE HORROR!), but the quest for the all-around title is an exciting battle this year that I’m eager to keep an eye on more than I have been in most years …
So, who are the frontrunners?
1. Bridget Sloan – Florida
2. Rheagan Courville – LSU
3. Katherine Grable – Arkansas
4. Kytra Hunter – Florida
5. Georgia Dabritz – Utah
6. Emily Wong – Nebraska
7. Joanna Sampson – Michigan
8. Tory Wilson – Utah
9. Jessie Jordan – LSU
10. Alaina Johnson – Florida
11. Kristina Vaculik – Stanford
12. Jessie DeZiel – Nebraska
13. Lindsay Mable – Minnesota
T14. Caitlin Atkinson – Auburn
T14. Sarah DeMeo – Alabama
16. Brittany Rogers – Georgiaread the fine print on BBS
