Kohei Uchimura to wed

So says nikkansports (Japanese).

Word on Tumblr is she’s a girlfriend from his Nittaidai days who lives in Chiba. 🙂

Leave a comment if you can confirm. This could be another Ponor-Ramos wedding rumour.

USA WAG Junior Olympic 2013

The Women’s Levels 1–10 Junior Olympic Program will be restructured beginning August 1, 2013.

… there will be only five (5) compulsory levels as opposed to the current six (6) levels of compulsories. Therefore, there will be five (5) optional levels as opposed to the current four (4) optional levels. The complete set of rules and requirements for all the levels will be available in May of 2013. National workshops to present and teach the new Level 1–5 Compulsory exercises to coaches and judges will be conducted May 30–June 2 (Orlando, Florida) and June 6–9 (Reno, Nevada). …

details – Structure and Mobility chart (PDF)

Maria Livchikova 15.250 Beam

Who says Beam is boring in 2012? Two forward tumbling passes.

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15.250 (6.2, 9.05 Execution)

via @theallaround

Yamawaki – Abel Driggs

Here’s another contender for a REAL Yamawaki — Cuban gymnast, Abel Driggs Santos.

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Thanks Carlos.

need a Social Media Policy?

I’m amazed we haven’t had more problems in sport with Facebook and Twitter.

In London there were astonishingly few problems. Michel Morganella and Paraskevi Papachristou were both sent home for racist tweets. But I expected worse.

How can coaches, clubs and athletes protect themselves?

Kevin Lawrie:

Problems or issues (‘fires’) that sport organizations deal with are handled in two parts – proactive and reactive. That is, there are steps an organization takes before the problem occurs that are aimed to prevent it (proactive) and steps the organization takes after the problem has occurred that are aimed to fix it (reactive). Organizations craft Policies that outline a procedure to cover both the proactive and reactive steps. …

Increasingly, in response to requests and questions from sport organizations, we are recommending the following:

Social Media Use Policy – for the organization’s staff and other stakeholders (internal document)

Social Media Guidelines for Athletes – ‘guidelines’ not ‘policy’ (internal document)

Social Media Guidelines for Coaches – ‘guidelines’ not ‘policy’ (internal document)

Social Media Policy – for coaches and athletes (external document)

Updated Code of Conduct or Athlete Agreement

The five documents work together to give organizations both the proactive and reactive solutions to social media issues.
Canadian Sport Law and Strategy Group – Does Your Organization Need a Social Media Policy?

One guideline for coaches — turn off the phone while in the gym.

Kristie Phillips (age 39) Tkachev

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Kristie Phillips was … 1987 senior U.S. National Champion …

By the Olympic Trials in 1988, however, she had endured several coaching changes and a growth spurt, and was only named second alternate to the team. She went on to participate in competitive cheerleading in college and has since enjoyed successful careers as an actress, stunt woman, coach and gymnastics club owner. …

(via Dvora on Unorthodox Gymnastics)