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Is Bars the weak apparatus in your gym?

Hands on bar clinic for coaches (20 maximum) conducted by Tom Forster and Neil Resnick.

June 28-30 Seattle, WA
July 19-21 Newport News, VA
August 2-4 Colorado Springs, CO

The price for each Boot Camp includes all meals and materials – $750. Additional coaches from the same gym are discounted to $650.

Questions? 719-322-7826 | Register: 719-260-1893 | tom@ziptimeclock.com

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Doha | Chemnitz

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GymPOWER interviewed Kyla in Italy:

“The Jesolo Trophy, for me, was a great start of the new season, National Championships in Hartford and the WCH in Antwerp are the biggest meets for me.

I will try to increase my difficulty, because I want to reach the All Around Finals in Antwerp at the WCH. This is the only one I have not yet made during my career”.

Lauren Hopkins has a superb write-up of Saturday’s Conference Championships.

1. Florida, 198.000
2. Oregon State, 197.850
3. Alabama, 197.800
– Nebraska, 197.800
5. LSU, 197.700
6. UCLA, 197.375
7. Georgia, 197.325
8. Michigan, 197.225
9. Oklahoma, 197.200
10. Utah, 197.075

1. Rheagan Courville (LSU), 39.750
– Bridget Sloan (Florida), 39.750
– Vanessa Zamarripa (UCLA), 39.750
4. Emily Wong (Nebraska), 39.725
5. Jessie DeZiel (Nebraska), 39.625

… In terms of the power conferences – the SEC, the Pac 12, and the Big Ten – there were only a handful of major surprises, with most results seeming to follow the performances of the teams all season.

The biggest shock was Nebraska, who have performed decently throughout 2013 with only a few rough meets. On Saturday, however, they completely came out of their shells for a huge victory over Michigan …

Some may consider Oregon State’s win shocking … they totally owe it to the strength of their bars, where they earned a 49.675. Normally some of the best bar workers in the nation, their loss of Olivia Vivian and Leslie Mak last year left them faltering, but they’ve been picking up steam over the past couple of weeks especially and used the momentum from the home crowd to their advantage. …

LSU saw a heroic performance from Rheagan Courville, who earned a perfect 10 on vault and competed strongly across the board for a 39.75 finish that tied Sloan for the all-around title. …

Also notable…Bridgeport won the ECAC DII Championships with a 195.875, a score that would have given them the ECAC DI Championship title by over two points! …

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Watch Florida routine highlights (VIDEO) from the SEC Championships, as well as after-meet interviews.

Oleg Verniaiev, as it’s often translated in English. I use the wikipedia spelling.

11th AA at Olympics 2012, Oleh is one of the best AA talents for the coming quadrennial.

161cm (5’3″)

Only age-18 or 19 now, he’s going to be a monster on Rings by Rio.

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Though finishing 2nd AA at American Cup, he could have competed much better.

Sadly, the National Team of Ukraine has no money. Coaches and athletes were sent home from the National Training Centre to their own gyms.

via GYMNAST CROSSING

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Gainesville Regional
UF
Minnesota
Auburn
Maryland
Bridgeport
Pittsburgh

Norman Regional
OU
Stanford
Penn State
Washington
Iowa
Southern Utah

Tuscaloosa Regional
Alabama
Utah
Denver
Kent State
BYU
Iowa State

Corvallis Regional
Georgia
OSU
Arkansas
Boise State
Arizona State
California

Morgantown Regional
Michigan
Nebraska
Illinois
Kentucky
West Virginia
North Carolina

Columbus Regional
UCLA
LSU
Arizona
Ohio State
Central Michigan
North Carolina State

College Gym Fans has the apparatus and AA specialists who qualify from other Teams. And a good comment thread.

As a young man, I was on dozens of committees.

At some point, it became obvious that committees are not often very efficient at arriving at good decisions.

Instead of keeping eyes on the prize, committee members are easily distracted by the last “issue”. Most of a parents Board of Directors meeting — for example — will focus on the ill-fitting new leotards, not the club Mission. 😦

Best avoid committees, as much as possible.

Best form of governance is benevolent dictator.

That’s why I prefer privately owned clubs over parent directed non-profits.

Of course a “Malevolent Dictator” is even worse than being directed by a Parent Board.

related – recommended book for trustees on Parent committees – The Strategic Board: The Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Governance

• Legitimacy and Voice (participation, consensus)
• Direction (strategic vision, long term perspective)
• Performance (responsiveness, effectiveness and efficiency)
• Accountability and Transparency
• Fairness (rule of law, equity of power)

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High speed video recorded by the Biomechanics team at Manchester Metropolitan University.

2008

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