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1. Vera van Pol 53.350
2. Céline van Gerner 53.275
3. Wyomi Masela 53.175

1. Casimir Schmidt 84.200
2. Melvin Ornek 81.000
3. Glenn Smink 78.400

… Van Pol edged 2012 Olympian Céline van Gerner and Olympic alternate Wyomi Masela to win her first Dutch title.

Van Gerner had the title in her grasp, needing only 12.600 on floor exercise to top van Pol. But Van Gerner fell on her third pass, scoring 12.525 and settling for second.

Van Pol, 19, said she was surprised at her victory.

“I’m a late bloomer but still going,” she said. …

Competition concludes with Sunday’s event finals at the Ahoy Arena, site of the 1987 and 2010 world gymnastics championships.

IG – Van Pol, Schmidt Win Dutch Championships

Click PLAY or watch Vera’s Floor on YouTube.

GymPOWER has a playlist on YouTube with over 150 routines.

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Gymnastics Canada:

Top individual athlete awards for 2012 went to MacLennan in trampoline, Hugh Smith and Ellie Black, both of Halifax (Alta Gymnastics) and Maegan Chant of Waterdown, Ont., (World Class) in artistic gymnastics, and Patricia Bezzoubenko of Toronto (Kalev) and Kaylie Choi of Vancouver (Aura) in rhythmic gymnastics.

Winning coach of the year awards were Dave Ross of Toronto in trampoline, David Kikuchi and Keiji Yamanka, both of Halifax, Zhaohui Huang of Toronto, Christina Bontas and Gabriel Tantaru of Hamilton in artistic gymnastics and Kamena Petkovo of Vancouver in rhythmic gymnastics.

This year’s prestigious Lifetime Member Awards for long term service to Gymnastics Canada were presented to Elena Davydova of Oshawa, Ont., Kelly Manjak of Mississauga, Ont., and Evelyn Koop of Toronto. …

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Here’s the latest teaser from Gymneo.TV out of France.

As a Canadian, I MUST be perfectly bilingual. 🙂

But I sure wish these awesome gymnastics coaching tutorials were sold with subtitles in other languages. Hint hint.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=640649789298436

Awesome graphics.

That said — these videos reveal a fatal flaw.

IMHO no flyaway drill should ever have the feet come within 1 metre (1 yard) of the rail. That’s goal #1 for me while teaching the skill.

This skill requires no strength, no flexibility. Critical is psychology. Confidence is everything.

This demonstrator is not confident to keep her feet stretched. And we know why.

Gymnastike:

Junior elite Laurie Hernandez of MG Elite dominated competition today at the National Elite Qualifier at Parkettes Gymnastics in Allentown, PA.

… Hernandez posted the top all around score of the day for any age division with a very impressive 57.80.

Hernandez scored in the 14’s on every event highlighted by a 14.650 on beam and and 14.550’s on both vault and uneven bars. She won every event but vault where her teammate and first year elite Arianna Agrapides won with a stunning 15.150, the highest score of the day on any event. …

Hernandez, Foss Post Top Scores at Parkettes Elite Qualifier

GREAT write up. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch Laurie’s Bars on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch her DTY Vault on YouTube.

Her other two routines are on that same YouTube channel.

Chow’s girls made some mistakes, but look very high potential.

… shot in Toronto at the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence and the CrossFit Colosseum. This commercial features Hockey Canada’s Meaghan Mikkelson as she shows us what it takes to be an Olympic athlete.

Meaghan’s father Bill shares unscripted words of encouragement over the video; similar to those he gave Meaghan as a child. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Brett.

Grace Chiu is posting photos of the 2013 Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique Achievement Gala on Facebook.

Rhythmic gymnasts

Best is the slideshow shown at the banquet. Watch it on Dropbox.

A TV commercial for the AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) features “Trampoline and Gymnastics Coach, Dr. Max Vercruyssen, who is also US Senior National Trampoline Team member Nani Vercruyssen’s coach and father.”

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I learned of Max’s ad via Trampoline Pundit.

At age-55 I’m now personally very busy.

But MY retirement plans include even more coaching. 🙂

Oleg VERNIAIEV 2013 Ukrainian Cup – supposed to be 7.2 difficulty, if you gave him everything.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via GymFever

From Chows.

At the Parkettes Elite qualifier.

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I’m thinking that’s going to be a very popular tumbling pass this Quad. The best will front 1/2 out as many of the guys are doing now.