Superb edit.
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The guys look like they could give Michigan a run at Championships.
(via gymnastikfabriken)
Road Bike Party 2
You might have seen trials-riding legend Martyn Ashton’s Road Bike Party on YouTube, where he rides Mark Cavendish’s high-end road bike where road bikes have never gone before. The video has been viewed more than nine million times.
Ashton was close to finishing his sequel Road Bike Party 2 video when he tumbled during a September trials demo and broke his back, leaving him in a wheelchair. Pals – like trials champions and veteran YouTubers Danny MacAskill and Chris Akrigg – helped him finish the video …
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(via Outside)
Temple University’s Fred Turoff
I just listened on GymCastic to the first interview I’ve heard with Fred:
Last week, the Philadelphia institution announced they were dropping seven of their 24 sports, including men’s gymnastics. Coach Turoff told us the despicable details including:
• The way Temple University told student athletes that their sports were being dropped the Friday before finals week.
• The impact Temple’s disappearance could have on all of men’s gymnastics, NCAA gymnastics and by extension Team USA.
• How the committee who made the cuts met in secret over months to avoid allowing the coaches to appeal to the Board of Trustees, which they had done successfully in 1994 when the program was threatened.
• What you can do to help the program survive.
episode 65: NCAA Judge Dean Ratliff, Early Recruiting & Saving Temple Men’s Gymnastics
A member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame as a coach, Fred Turoff is now enjoying his 38th season at the helm of the Owls’ program. Turoff has coached 18 EIGL/ECAC title teams and has a lifetime coaching record of 432-184 (.701). …
Fred request that anyone who would like to help should get a “fact sheet” on the situation. Email him at …
fturoff (a) temple.edu
BEST help would be for us to write key people at Temple University. Or find a donor willing to establish a fund of about $4.6 million.
Contact info for administrators:
Dr. Neil D. Theobald
President, Temple University
2nd Floor, Sullivan Hall
1330 Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-7405 (phone)
215-204-5600 (fax)
president@temple.eduPatrick J. O’Connor, Chair
Temple U Board of Trustees
c/o Office of the Secretary
Sullivan Hall – 3rd Fl Mezzanine
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-7308
trustees@temple.eduKevin G. Clark, Vice President and Director of Athletics
Temple University
1700 N Broad St – 4th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-7759
athletics@temple.edu
Louise McColgan – old Floor
Brenna Dowell – Bars
Coach Al Fong was vocal when Brenna was left off the competing team at 2013 Worlds. He — and many others — felt Brenna should have competed Bars & possibly Beam, McKayla Vault & Floor.
Gummi Brynjólfsson:
The girl was in the warm up gym doing full world class routines until Maroney left for the competition hall next door. To us sharing training time with Brenna and her coaches it seemed very strange not to use her at least on bars where she had by far the most innovative and interesting routine of the whole US team. A real medal contender whom I hope will be representing the US in future major competitions. …
Gummi links to a good training routine video on that post.
Here’s another.
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I’ve loved Brenna ever since I watched her training at GAGE a few years ago.
But in the U.S. training sessions I watched in Antwerp, I saw her miss many times. Usually on straddle back.
Marta expects 100% hits in training.
I wasn’t all that surprised to see McKayla, also a bit inconsistent, get the call. Marta would love to have McKayla on the Worlds team in future as an all-arounder.
Grinches on Trampoline
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a guide to NCAA Beam
GymCastic:
When it comes to watching college beam, elite gymnastics fans typically have one of two reactions:
Oooo! A gainer full? How nifty! No one does that in elite! I want to see more of that!
A gainer pike off the end? Seriously? Is that even a skill? It should be, like, an A. Lame.
Regardless of your love or disdain for gainer dismounts, the question remains: Why are there so many gainers in NCAA gymnastics?
To help demystify NCAA beam, we have created an infographic for you. Like … the floor infographic …
Iceland Gymnastics blog
Iceland coach Guðmundur (Gummi) Brynjólfsson has an excellent English language blog at …
GUMnastics.blogspot.com
He just posted a shout out on how the FIG Academy 3 program helped him as a coach. Helped Iceland develop as an international Team.
Seemingly the busiest coach at Worlds 2013, he lists these highlights:
5. British girls on bars.
4. Vanessa Ferrari back on the podium.
3. Mustafina.
2. American women on vault.
… The block these girls get from the table seems impossible. In the warm up gym it was fun to see the other coaches trying to get pointers and ideas listening in on Akopian coaching Maroney. …
1. Men’s all around.
Check that site: GUMnastics.blogspot.com
NCAA Coaches Poll
21 coaches picked the Gators #1.
7 picked Oklahoma.
1 Florida
2 Alabama
3 Oklahoma
4 UCLA
5 L.S.U.
6 Utah
7 Michigan
8 Georgia
9 Stanford
10 Nebraska
11 Arkansas
12 Oregon Statesee the rest of the top 25
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Marissa King has finished her eligibility, but is still in the Gym training for possible future acrobatics performance. She’ll be an assistant with the Gators this season. (VIDEO)
related:
• Oklahoma Finds Motivation in Second Place
• NCAA Preview: Golden Bears on the Horizon (highest preseason ranking ever)
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