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Shawn previews her new book. $12.50

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She’s canceled out of Secret U.S. Classic May 26. That’s the final qualifier for Visa Championships in St. Louis, Mo., June 7-10.

She can still compete Visas and try to qualify for the Olympic Trial in San Jose. But I have my doubts that she will.

… Chow said Johnson is still recuperating from a knee injury, and said he wasn’t sure if she’d be able to compete in St. Louis. If she misses that event, she wouldn’t be eligible for the Olympic Trials in San Jose at the end of June, meaning her longshot attempt to make a second U.S. Olympic squad would be over. …

Des Moines Register

But as Shawn says in that video, “Failure’s a wonderful thing“.

A learning experience.

She’s already one of the great champions of all time.

Al Fong:

… the pony tail has awesome powers to make a beam routine look polished, precise, and elegant.

Here’s what I mean.

Study any beam routine you admire and you’ll notice there’s a certain rhythm to it, accented by skills, leaps, and turns. The gymnast seamlessly picks up the rhythm after each accent. It’s this quality that keeps the routine flowing even if there happens to be a wobble or balance error. …

1) Snap the pony tail with each turn.

2) After each completed skill or leap / jump combination, stop and hold the finished position until the pony tail stops, then resume. …

Beam Training Secret Weapon

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The gorgeous gymnast from Ukraine gained legions of new fans.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Event Finals at Europeans.

Watch that double front again in slow motion.

Stick It Media on Facebook has been linking to some highlight routines from USA Men’s Jr Olympics 2012.

Here’s the best I’ve seen, so far.

… Chandler Eggleston sticking the first 17.00 VT ever done in JO Nationals competition.

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An interesting edit. MAG strength training behind a diatribe.

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(via Ferney Lopez Camacho and Emilio Toledo on Facebook)

Features gymnast Mikaela Gerber.

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The 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games will be hosted in Ontario, Canada.

(via Mikaela’s coach Susan Barrett-Manjak on Facebook)

More great photos of American gymnasts …

See them on NBC – Model Olympians: U.S. Gymnasts

More on GYMMIN’ MIEL.

Did you see Maroney’s new second Vault verified at the last camp? (VIDEO)

She’s truly the best vaulter in the world.

I often link to Sports Girls Play.

The former gymnastics coach / editor Char has another blog called Doll Diaries.

In one post, she details how to construct a Vault set-up for the American Girl of the Year doll, McKenna:

… In her books, McKenna is working towards the Level 4 team. In the US, Level 4 gymnasts compete vault on a large mat system and do a vault called a handstand to flat back. …

McKenna needs a springboard to go with her vault. …

Great fun for the DIY gymnastics enthusiast – How to Make a Gymnastics Vault for Dolls

Put away the electronic gaming for a while. 🙂

related :

• How to Make a Balance Beam for your Dolls

• Dolls doing a Bar Routine (VIDEO)

How did the triple Olympic medalist stay on top through 4 Trampoline Olympics?

‘eat, sleep, train’

… My workout

“I work out six days a week in the afternoons or evenings, four hours a day, with one day off for recovery. Some of the work is trampoline and technical tricks with video analysis, with a coach teaching us form and improving our routines.

“I do short sprints on the bike, and weight training. I focus on lower body for power to weight ratio. Now I’m in a force phase, so I’m lifting heavy weights. Yesterday I squatted 305 pounds – I weigh 120 pounds. You need strong legs to get height on the trampoline because we’re going up to 18 feet in the air.

I’m judged on three elements out of 10: form, difficulty and then “flight time,” so power-to-body-weight ratio is important to get height.

“I do ballet once a week to help with form and posture and hot yoga twice a week to stretch me out and de-stress; I like the sweat and the heat.” …

Globe and Mail – An Olympian’s workout routine: ‘eat, sleep, train’

Marceline Goldstein from Montreal will be attending Canadian Championships, happy to speak with any coach interested.

But there will be no audition in Regina. Instead, it’s in Ontario this summer.

… The Casting team will be hosting auditions in Burlington, Ontario on July 21, 2012, for circus performers.

The disciplines that we will audition are:

Acrobatic, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics;
Synchronized swimming;
Diving;
Trampoline;
Tumbling;
Other sports

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