Triple Twisting Yurchenko

Click PLAY or watch McKayla Maroney on YouTube.

Someone handy with editing software has merged the reigning World vault champion’s two vaults from the 2011 U.S. Championships, showing 98 percent of her Amanar and adding in the last half twist of her second vault (layout Podkopayeva) to make it appear that Maroney is doing a triple twisting Yurchenko. What it does achieve is providing a good visual of what the first TTY will look like whenever it gets done.

Examiner Watch this: McKayla Maroney’s “triple twisting Yurchenko”

Men’s NCAA Championships recap

Ono sends the link to an NCAA Men’s Apparatus Finals recap video.

Here’s the (astonishing Illinois come-from-behind-on-Pommels victory) Team Finals recap video.

The Illini party like it’s 1989.

I’m watching the full replay of Team Finals right now.

I assume those clips don’t have embed codes because geeks cannot figure out how to add the preroll advertisements. Too bad.

There are more videos on NCAA.com.

Dutch gymnastics law suits

It’s always bad news when you have to call a lawyer. I fear there will be more legal cases to come.

The Dutch court ruled that Netherlands cannot name Epke Zonderland and Wyomi Masela as their Olympians for London. Instead Netherlands must wait on results from European Championships and two World Cups.

Jeffrey Wammes and Celine van Gerner both challenged that early decision.

My opinion:

1) The Coach / Federation should be empowered to name the Olympians.

2) The Coach / Federation should have waited as long as possible before naming the Olympians.

related – JOHN CRUMLISH commentary

via GYMpower (Dutch)

Geralen Stack-Eaton – Beam

NCAA Beam Champion 2012.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The former Parkettes elite has had an amazing career. Congratulations.

Former Georgia coach Suzanne Yoculan provides terrific colour commentary. Real insight into how NCAA gymnastics works.

Saskatchewan Provincial Championships

Results and links to photos are posted on Gym Score Depot. Thanks Stu.

Congratulations to all the competitors. Yorkton put on a good show.

The workout AFTER a big meet is a FUN day. No routines. Kids work NEW SKILLS. CONTESTS.

Mackenzie - a Prov Champion 2012

Second workout after the meet is analysis and goal setting.

Kat Ding – Floor

Your NCAA Champion.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Aunt Joyce & Catty Comments are happy.

Some felt Elyse should have won.

Balance Beam Situation:

EHH – FX – Didn’t upgrade the mount, so she won’t have enough difficulty, but this is excellent. Beautiful hit routine. Can we give this to her? Performance-wise it was no contest, and that should count in EFs. She goes ahead of Hunter. Could we really see a win here? I’d love that.

Ding – FX – Good first pass with a straddle + punch, drills double pike middle pass, lovely landings on everything in this routine. Best she’s done? Probably. She goes ahead of EHH, which is not appropriate, but this day is all about Kat Ding, and it’s hard to argue with that. Kat Ding NCAA FX Champion?

Neither routine was up to the standards of the greatest routines of the past. I can live with this result.

Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs – Floor

This was the hottest routine at Championships this year. Shame YouTube doesn’t come close to duplicating the excitement of seeing it LIVE.

Unique and fascinating choreography.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

learning from defeat

On this site we often celebrate those who succeeded in their gymnastics goals.

Tom Burgdorf:

But what about those who don’t “make it” in their performances at the big events? They win too. So much learning and growing occurs when a less than desired result happens. That is why we can’t lose.

… As parents we get to help guide them through this period and we will learn a lot about the core of our child based on their “rebound.”

… I really believe that more is learned from adversity and the recovery than with success all of the time.

… Life doesn’t end with a fall off beam or not moving on to Nationals.

… Parents: your children will be okay even though they may be hurting right now. Guide them but make sure you give them some space to do a little “figuring it out themselves.” …

Coaches & Parents – Learning In Victory and in Disappointment
– Gymnet Sports on Facebook

Beam druggie

What is it about gymnastics that makes TV screenplay writers look like complete idiots?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

By comparison, MIOBI is ultra realistic.

There’s another clip from that TV show linked from GYMNAST CROSSING – Gymnasts + Drugs = Bad, mmm’kay?