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Melissa Metcalf – 9.7 Bars

As a junior elite, Melissa Metcalf of Desert Devils tied for eighth on uneven bars at the 2008 Visa Championships. Injuries kept her out of competitions the following couple of years and she ultimately returned to level 10 …

Great amplitude on transfer low to high.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/ODg2NzA5NTMx?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of JO Nationals 2013 on gymnastike.org

Aly – Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman … was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Commack, N.Y.

Raisman, captain on The Fierce Five, helped lead Team USA to its first Olympic team gold medal since 1996 and the first-ever outside the United States. …

USAG

She’s really grown up on reality TV. I’m surprised and impressed with how well she’s done on DWTS.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Dancing with the Stars Has Made Alexandra Raisman ‘Feel Like a New Person’

related – Aly Raisman: Quest For Gold Documentary (VIDEO) … Watch Mihai cleaning the gym. 🙂

Eberhard Gienger

International Gymnastics Magazine Hall of Fame is posting speeches from their honourees on YouTube. 70+ gymnastics legends from 19 countries.

Here’s — for example — the entertaining Eberhard Gienger – Class of 2007.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Simone Biles & Coaches

GymCastic episode 33 features a charming interview with “2013’s breakout star”, Simone Biles.

Simone’s coaches Aimee Boorman and Luis Brasesco from Bannon’s Gymnastix tell us what it’s like to coach a person who, as Aimee’s says, “On any given day could have three new skills named after her in the code of points.” …

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

Interview and footage from the January 2013 women’s National Team camp at the Karolyi Ranch.

Huang Huidan – Bars

Probably the best routine in the world right now.

6.6 difficulty

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Shawn, Nastia, Alicia, Chellsie, Bridget

@Ashley_Flipper:

I started watching gymnastics in 2006 so these five were the big gymnasts at the time …

… I’ve been obsessed with gymnastics for 7 years now and I can’t imagine gymnastics without these girls.

They all tried to make a comeback in 2011 and 2012 which I was so grateful for because that meant I got to watch them compete again. I hate that they are no longer competing and I wished they would have stayed (hence the song). I cry my eyes out watching this montage because I just have such a connection to them. I really can’t imagine gymnastics without them

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Ashley. Happily, we still have Bridget.

(via Montage Monday)

Arabesqué for gymnasts

Steve Bonham sells posters and other resources for coaches teaching the (revised) men’s American Junior Olympics routines on Ganba! Gymnastics.

To promote his site, Steve’s posting short instruction clips on request.

Check a sample, the Arabesqué (or scale).

Terrific graphics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Chalk Bucket)

AAI Graphite E (Soft) Rail

After the 2013 JO National Championships, the 407-352 Graphite E (Soft) Rail will become the standard uneven bar rail used in J.O. competitions throughout the US.

This flexible rail provides the feel of wood with the strength and resiliency of fiberglass. It is manufactured with less Graphite strands, making it 15-17% less rigid …

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