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What an awesome combination. 🙂

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Thanks Steph.

Louis Smith, Paul Hall honoured

Olympic gymnast and Strictly Come Dancing winner Louis Smith has been appointed MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the New Year Honours.

The 23-year-old, from Peterborough, won silver at the London games and the Glitterball trophy for his television performances with dancer Flavia Cacace.

He said the MBE was “without a doubt the proudest moment of my life”.

His Team GB coach, Paul Hall, and Paralympian sprinter Johnnie Peacock, both from Cambridgeshire, have also been appointed MBE. …

… Smith added: “I’m absolutely overjoyed for Paul and it’s incredible to know that he is being rewarded in this way for everything he has done for me and my team-mates, for Huntingdon Gymnastics Club and for the whole sport over the course of his career.” …

BBC

… Beth Tweddle will no longer be the only London 202 team member to hold an MBE, Louis Smith, British Gymnastics Head National Coach Amanda Reddin and Team GB coach Paul Hall will also receive honors. …

Full Twist

Manna pop Handstand

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Mustafina’s ACL injury

Does twisting with the legs crossed increase the risk of injury on landing?

Certainly.

… but it’s not the only contributing factor. Nor the most critical.

Many ACL and ankle injuries are suffered on competition landings to gymnasts with legs together.

Korbut Flip put up a controversial post on this topic quoting avatareverlark:

Okay so the gymternet is going to pounce on me, but I have to say this.

A lot of people seem to think that Aliya’s ACL injury was because of her crossed legs …

However, as an amateur physicist and mathematician, this justification for why she tore her ACL just never made sense to me. …

You can see Aliya’s 2011 injury happen at 45sec of this video.

That was not nearly one of Aliya’s worst vaults.

If you’ve an opinion, pounce on avatareverlark via Korbut Flip. 🙂

Coaches should teach new gymnasts to twist with legs together. Al Fong is a role model on this.

Coaches should teach new gymnasts to land like Uchimura. The “motorcycle” position. That’s safest.

F.I.G. needs improve the Vault landing mat. Using the same surface as Double Mini would instantly reduce the number of injuries in competition.

Rhythmic Group Olympics

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$180,000 raised for Jacoby

Olympic gold-medal gymnasts Carly Patterson, Amanda Borden, Kerri Strug and USA Gymnastics Chairman Peter Vidmar attended a benefit dinner on Monday, Dec. 17, in support of Jacoby Miles. The $180,000 raised at the benefit, ‘A Gift for Jacoby,’ will help Miles, who was injured in a training accident earlier this year. …

USAG

learn more – GET WELL JACOBY

National Gymnastics League (NGL)

This is interesting. 🙂

The National Gymnastics League (NGL) is the first ever professional gymnastics league in North America. It is a company based out of Houston, Texas.

All of the NGL meets are sanctioned by USAG.

This competitive league is comprised of elite male gymnasts who are selected to compete on a team for NGL.

This year the NGL will have four teams: …

FLORIDA STEALTH:
Danell Leyva (Universal Gymnastics Inc.)
Edward Mesa (Universal Gymnastics Inc.)
Tyler Schaal (Universal Gymnastics Inc.)
Jesus Vidal De Leon De Jesus (Universal Gymnastics Inc./Dominican Republic National Team Member)

HOUSTON G-FORCE:
Christopher Brooks (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics)
Regulo Carmona (Houston Gymnastics Academy/Venezuelan National Tem Member)
Matt Hicks (Artemov Gymnastics)
Steven Legendre (University of Oklahoma)

MICHIGAN 360s:
Joshua Dixon (U.S. Olympic Training Center)
R.J. Heflin (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics)
Glen Ishino (University of California – Berkeley)
Alexander Naddour (U.S.A. Youth Fitness Center)

PHILADELPHIA POWER:
James Brochero Gary (Houston Gymnastics Academy/Colombian National Team Member)
Paul Ruggeri (U.S. Gymnastics Development Center II)
Jesse Silverstein (U.S. Gymnastics Development Center II)
Brandon Wynn (Ohio State University)

Talahassee, Florida Jan 12th (Michigan vs. Miami) Leyva Cup

Battle Creek, Michigan Feb 16th (Philadelphia vs. Michigan) Bhavsar Cup

Houston, Texas March 9th (Philadelphia vs. Houston) Townsend Cup

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Houston vs. Philadelphia) Golden Cup

FINALS – T.B.A.

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