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The first episode of the new Batman fan film is online now. Production values look good.

It stars Olympians Raj Bhavsar and Steve McCain in the title role.

Edgy, dark, violent and loud.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

To continue the series, they are looking for contributions totaling $40,000.

For a $1000 you can get a walk-on part in the show. You’d FINALLY be a movie star.

(via Gymnast Crossing)

OSU Assistant John Carney is moving to the Tigers, first Assistant Coach to new first year Head Coach Shannon Welker.

John was the very successful Bars coach at Oregon State University, a terrific innovator.

Good luck.

JAO is at it again.

Improving his gym.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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Using PVC pipe for swings on a Bar is great for beginners. Hand width is locked. There’s no worry about grip.

Once they can do a skill 10 times in one turn on the Bar, I ask them to switch to griping old socks taped on to the rail. To start learning the grip shift. And how to vary width of the hands.

If you are at all worried when making the switch, put a small hip pad between the hands.

Leave a comment if you have additional tips.

Lauren Hopkins posted a nice summary update on the current state of the American Team:

The biggest stories this week come from the national team camp held from May 30-June 3 at the Karolyi Ranch. …

Checking in with Team USA

Jr Polina Shchennikova.

Born in Moscow. Trains in Denver at Tigar. Her parent coaches, Alex and Katia Shchennikov, were gymnasts on the Soviet National Team.

related – Nia Dennis videos

Nia was added to National Team at this camp.

I saw this on a Chalk Bucket thread.

UTRS (Uncle Tim Ranking System)

Highest Start Scores so far this quadrennial.

Unofficial.

Floor
1. Shirai Kenzo Japan 7.3 Japanese Nationals
2. Denis Ablyazin Russia 7.0 European Championships
2. Flavius Koczi Romania 7.0 European Championships

Pommel
1. Prashanth Sellathurai Australia 6.9 Doha
2. Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 6.7 American Cup
2. Oleg Stepko Ukraine 6.7 European Championships
2. Max Whitlock Great Britain 6.7 European Championships
2. Matvei Petrov Russia 6.7 European Championships
2. Kristzian Berki Hungary 6.7 European Championships
2. Daniel Keatings Great Britain 6.7 European Championships
2. Alexander Naddour USA 6.7 Ljubljana
2. Alberto Busnari Italy 6.7 European Championships

Rings
1. Eleftherios Petrounias Greece 7.0 European Championships
2. Brandon Wynn USA 6.9 Cottbus
2. Aleksandr Balandin Russia 6.9 French International
2. Lambertus van Gelder Netherlands 6.9 Cottbus

Vault
1. Ri Se Gwang North Korea 6.4 6.4 6.4 Doha
2. Denis Ablyazin Russia 6.0 6.2 6.1 Europeans
3. Liao Quiuhua China 6.0 6.0 6.0 Doha
3. Theo Seager Great Britain 6.0 6.0 6.0 Europeans
3. Yang Hak Seon* South Korea 6.0 6.0 6.0 French International
3. Igor Radivilov Ukraine 6.0 6.0 6.0 Europeans
3. Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 6.0 6.0 6.0 Europeans

P Bars UPDATED
1. Zhou Shixiong, China, 7.0, Chinese Nationals
2. Jossimar Calvo Moreno, Colombia, 6.9, Ljubljana
2. You Hao, China, 6.9, Chinese Nationals

Horizontal Bar
1. Danell Leyva USA 7.2 Winter Cup
2. Koji Uematsu Japan 7.1 Cottbus
2. Emin Garibov Russia 7.1 French International

AA
1. Kohei Uchimura Japan 91.850 Japanese Nationals
2. Max Whitlock Great Britain 90.650 British Championships
3. Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 90.375 Tokyo World Cup

Find those posts and more on Uncle Tim.

Click PLAY or watch one of Prashanth’s Pommel routines from Doha on YouTube. Spindle between the Pommels.

Florica Leonida 2004

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

Back in the 1970s a male gymnast named Daryl Howe could do Kip to forward hip circle to cast handstand on Beam.

I’ve never seen anyone else even close to that.

Here are a few BIG TRICKS I’ve been playing around with. Half full full, full full full, full in andy out, randi our trif, and full full rudi.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

You know it when you see it.

Oksana Omelianchik 1985 Worlds AA Floor

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

So joyful. So surprising.

One of the greatest routines all time. 🙂

… Facebook is in the process of giving blue tick verification (checkmarks) to prominent public figures, including celebrities, journalists, government officials, popular brands and businesses with large audiences.

The update will roll out to pages, as well as profiles. Just like Twitter, there’s no way to request verification, but the social network does offer the ability to report fake pages impersonating you. …

techradar

For example, Shawn Johnson.

This will help separate official pages from the many FAN pages. 🙂

via GymFever