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Sabrina Vega … trains at Dynamic Gymnastics in Mohegan Lake, where she is coached by former Romanian Olympic medalist Teodora Ungureanu. She is a United States Senior National Team member and a 2011 World Champion. She is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent. …
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Pommel horse turnaround propels Illini to national championship by Emily Bayci :
… The Illini had been struggling on the pommel horse all season. They were ranked sixth in the country on pommel horse — lower than any other event. …
… “Pommel horse is not an event you want to count on to have a perfect meet, let alone to make up ground.” …
… To anchor the squad was freshman C.J. Maestas, a strong pommel horse contender who had fallen on high bar and was worried he let his team down.
“I knew I had to hit,” Maestas said. “For my brothers. Here they were having my back, shout-out to the pommel horse squad. They were throwing 15’s. I needed to do it too.”
Hit he did, tallying his own career-high of a 15.100 to propel Illinois to a 60.750, its highest pommel horse score in school history. …
… “The turnaround on pommel horse was the best moment of my entire college career,” said veteran senior Paul Ruggeri …
Click PLAY or watch some pommel training on YouTube.
Make It or Break It is history.
… While the series drew poor ratings after its second season, ABC Family hoped to capitalize on the growing excitement of the upcoming London Summer Olympic Games.
It didn’t happen.
… The upcoming finale, airing May 14, will reveal which of the three contenders will make it to the fictional U.S. gymnastics team. …
At the recent Al Fong clinic I finally got to meet Steve Glickley. He runs the Kansas City Coed Classic: January 25-27th, 2013.
1200 athletes competing for USAG and AAU.
Phone: 913.438.4444 Email: meetinfo (a) emeraldcitygym.com
Steve also sells and rents gymnastics equipment via The Athletic Equipment Source.
iC is off to the International Cheer Union (ICU) 2012 World Cheerleading and Dance Championships! Competition takes place this Thursday and Friday, April 26 – 27 in Orlando, Florida. Get ready to see who takes home the gold this year! Will Team USA repeat? Catch all of the updates here at insidecheerleading.com!
Click PLAY or watch a 2011 promo on YouTube. Cheer and dance clips start at about 4min.
Good luck to all competitors.
Fantastic routine from the France v Romania friendly.
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15.000 (6.1)
Upgrade that dismount, and it’s one of the very best in the world.
Examiner thinks she could win Europeans with this set.
… they’re ALWAYS training.
This guy made the “Promposal” to Jessica Savona AT workout.
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She said yes. 🙂
This is Savona’s last year in High School. She’s going to LSU next season.
For most young girls, learning kip (upstart) will take longer than any other skill. Many kids will do good giants before they master kip.
The best kip instructional videos online are posted by JAO.
Here are some others, City of Birmingham Gymnastics with coaches Krystie Newton and Jody Kime.
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I’d try all of those with all kids. You never know what’s going to help them make it click.
My favourite drill of all is kip on the end of parallel bars, significantly easier than any kip on a single rail.
This is another video edit. I certainly thought it was real, first time watching.
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