Don’t let kids use it in the gym. Or anywhere.
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“Perfect Balance” Episode 1
The online documentary featuring Canadian gymnast Sydney Townsend is LIVE.
A show dedicated to Elite Canadian Gymnastics and the delicate balance between dreams achieved and lives lived to the full.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (21min)
can gymnasts sing?
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Beth Tweddle, Spelbound and Kat Driscol join our best gymnasts in singing this awesome gymnastics song! Merry Christmas from all at British Gymnastics!
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Merry Christmas to everyone in Great Britain. 2013 was a fantastic year. 🙂
giant progressions
A new JAO video has been released. 🙂
Unusual in this series are downswing drills into a soft mat. I’ve never seen an Artistic gymnast use that on Bar — though in the past it has been a popular drill for Men on Parallel Bars.
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Nice work, as usual.
I try to avoid the bent knee giant on low bar these days.
It’s less scary for little kids, but can result in some unintended consequences.
Skinner 1/2 on, 2 1/2 off
stop eating so much crap
Caribbean Fest Ashburn, Virginia
The Caribbean Fest is January 25 & 26, 2014 and is a men’s & women’s USAG invitational that will be held at G Force Gymnastics in Ashburn, Virginia. The meet directors are 2x Silver Medalist Annia Hatch and nationally recognized men’s coach Macey Watson. Competitors are Women’s levels 3-10 & Xcel, and Men’s 4-10. …
They have partnered with Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, as a way to give back to the community. …
Carmen Ionescu 3 ½ twist
Carmen Ionescu from Romania competed that skill first internationally, certainly by 2000.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2001)
Do you give her the 3 ½ twist?
It’s named after Spanish gymnast Patricia Moreno.
Click PLAY or watch it during her Bronze medal routine at the 2004 Olympics.
What a quick tumbler!
She competed it as a Junior. And attempted a Quad twist
Those links are from an excellent WOGymnastike post – Meet The Originators: Triple Full And Half
It’s got many more links including quad twist attempts.
It sounds like the Chinese team is pushing this element.
baseball injury, coach sued
Only in the U.S. of A.
Mike Meissner coached a youth baseball team in North Carolina for sixteen years.
“I think I’ve made a difference in some kids’ lives,” he says.
He sought to teach his players not only about the game but about sportsmanship and being a good loser.
But, when he thinks back on those sixteen years, the first thing that comes to mind is not the positive lessons he imparted upon his players — it is the lawsuit. …
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Finally, a jury decided that Mike was not negligent in conducting his pop fly drill that day.
Though he was eventually vindicated, the lawsuit still taints Mike’s memories of the many years he spent as a volunteer coach.
“What you don’t need is something like this discouraging people from the thought of going out and helping other children,” he says.
This video is part of the FacesOfLawsuitAbuse.org campaign.
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