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I’ve had a growing love affair with Canada. Maybe it started with Peng Peng Lee stealing my heart as a junior, vanishing for some time, and reappearing with a vengeance. Maybe it was Kristina Vaculik’s bar work and her Rufolva on beam. Maybe it was Brittany Rogers’s “Rogers.” Maybe it was rooting for Talia Chiarelli or the elation every time Victoria Moors stuck her double double. Regardless of what first started this, it’s my job to share some of that love with you.

After Canada’s 5th place finish at the Olympics, many people started to wonder if Canada could break into the “Big 4” or if the Big 4 would become the Big 5. Based on their juniors and the work of their seniors, Canada seems to be on the right track. There are some foot issues running rampant through the country, some leap issues on beam and floor that should be rectified …

Natalie Vaculik – 5.5/14.050

This is the sister of 2012 Olympian and current Stanford gymnast Kristina Vaculik. Sometimes, they look nothing alike – watching Natalie on beam doesn’t remind me much of her sister. Other times, they look exactly alike. How so? One word: Gienger! …

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube.

read more – Operation Fall in Love with Canada

Gabriella (Ella) Douglas

Check the quad turn to double turn at 45 seconds.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

Tumbl Trak will pay your way to a Gymnastics Course.

In celebration of their 25th anniversary.

To show its support of USA Gymnastics University and the importance of coaching education, Air Floor by Tumbl Trak is offering scholarships for coaches and instructors for three live courses in the School of Recreation, as well as donating funds for curriculum development for online trampoline and tumbling courses and W200 Development Coaches Course materials. …

W200 – Development Coaches Course/Hands on Training (HOTD)

R102 – Preschool Fundamentals/Hands on Training (HOTPS) or …

R103 – School Age/Hands on Training (HOTSA).

The scholarships are available to both members and non-members of USA Gymnastics. Interested coaches and instructors may apply online at

tumbltrak.com/usag.scholarship.php

Upon approval of your application, you will receive via email a registration scholarship/coupon ($70 Value) and directions on how to redeem. Scholarships are limited to two coaches per gym.

Visit USA Gymnastics University Upcoming Live Course Schedule often to locate a course near you.

This would be ideal for your Recreation or Preschool Directors.

UTRS (Uncle Tim Ranking System)

Highest Start Scores so far this quadrennial.

Absolutely unofficial. Leave a comment if you know different. 🙂

Vault
1. Fadwa Mohamed Egypt 6.1 Ljubljana
1. Ri Un Ha North Korea 6.1 Doha
3. Phan Thi Ha Thanh Vietnam 6.0 Doha
4. Simone Biles USA 5.95 Jesolo
4. Maria Paseka Russia 5.95 Europeans

Bars
1. He Kexin China 6.8 Chinese Nationals
2. Shang Chungsong China 6.7 Chinese Nationals
3. Tan Jiaxin China 6.6 Doha
3. Huang Huidan China 6.6 Chinese Nationals

Beam
1. Katelyn Ohashi USA 6.8 American Cup
2. Larisa Iordache Romania 6.7 Doha
3. Zeng Siqi China 6.6 Doha

Floor
1. Ksenia Afanasyeva Russia 6.4 European Championships
2. Simone Biles USA 6.2 Jesolo
3. Larisa Iordache Romania 6.1 European Championships
3. Vanessa Ferrari Italy 6.1 American Cup

AA
1. Simone Biles USA 60.400 Jesolo
2. Aliya Mustafina Russia 59.850 Russian Nationals
3. Kyla Ross USA 59.300 GER-ROU-USA Friendly Meet

Find those posts and more on Uncle Tim.

Here’s how a Floor routine can score 6.4.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Ksenia Afanasyeva Floor Europeans 2013 D-score Guide

As selected by Gymnastike.

Without question, 2013’s award goes to Penn State senior Sharaya Musser.

Who’s her boyfriend, by the way? 🙂

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Matrix Gymnastics & UC Allstars Cheer on Facebook:

What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger

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So pretty. And watch her clean twisting. That’s the GAGE training.

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via Maria F. Quinones

TeamGym competitions exhibit gymnastic skills in three different disciplines; floor, tumbling and trampet. …

It’s big in Iceland and Nordic European nations.

The USA Gymnastics TeamGym National Championships will be held in Hollywood, CA this June.

Learn more about this fun new discipline in this profile of the top British team.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via British Gymnastics)

July 7-18th in Sydney

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Australian Gymnastics Forum)

Olympians Steve McCain and Raj Bhavsar are acting in a new Web Series called Grayson Earth One.

It’s a new Kickstarter project. Not Gymnastics. But a twist on the Batman thing.

Some background on the project on YouTube. (VIDEO)

@GraysonEarthOne

LIKE GraysonEarthOne on Facebook.

USA Gymnastics on Facebook:

L-R: Hundley, Ross, Maroney, Nichols, Price, Shchennikova, Dowell, Locklear, Baker, Priessman, Desch, Milliet, Skinner, Gowey, Dennis, Key, Hults, Gaskins, Quinn, Schild, Biles, Flatley, Vasquez

See more photos from the May Women’s National Team Camp on Facebook.