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That’s the way it looks to Ron Noe:

John Orozco picked up where he left off last October at the World Championships. Orozco is the Day 1 leader at Winter Cup, after a day of many lackluster performances, especially on pommel horse. He needed a 15.45 on his last event (vault) to tie 1st session leader Chris Brooks, and he ended up with a 15.60 to give him 89.35 for the day. …

Overall, Leyva fell three times and still finished in 3rd place (87.65). He is definitely showing improvement on FX and SR, making him (and Orozco) a lock for the Olympic Team. …

Stick it Media – John Orozco Top Qualifier at Winter Cup Men’s Gymnastics

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Ron sees David Sender as having a shot at the team, too. Cool.

Paul Hamm will likely get one of 3 Wild Card spots on National Team. But that’s certainly not guaranteed. The USA has a LOT of Olympic contenders.

Many commented that scores look too high. Leave a comment if you’ve a link to the bonus system that’s being used.

Mark Folger:

Here’s my list of what I feel are the greatest benefits our children will get from youth sports (in rank order).

NUMBER 1: FRIENDSHIP

NUMBER 2: LEARNING GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

NUMBER 3: DEVELOPING SELF-DISCIPLINE

NUMBER 4: HAVING FUN

NUMBER 5: ACHIEVING SUCCESS

NUMBER 6: LEARNING THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS

NUMBER 6.1: LEARNING GOAL SETTING AND GOAL ATTAINMENT SKILLS

NUMBER 6.2: DEVELOPING SELF-CONFIDENCE

NUMBER 7: WINNING

NUMBER 8: WINNING A LOT OF AWARDS

NUMBER 9: DEVELOPING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

details on FOLGER’S GYMNASTICS – What’s Important in Youth Sports – Part 4 (Concl.)

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

related – a new post from Tony Retrosi on SPORTSMANSHIP FOR GYMNASTS, COACHES AND PARENTS

… compilation of mainly 2011 Japan World Championships …

I find the voice over preachy — but the montage is well worth watching. Some of the best men in the world doing some of the hardest stuff in the world.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

LOVE that skill. … Single pommel Kehre, not single pommel Russian as I originally posted.

Here are two sets from an NCAA meet at West Point that include it.

Routine 1 – Tony Beck (14.80)
Routine 2 – Craig Hernandez (15.65)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

They’d never get those scores internationally, however.

via @StickItMedia

Likeable and entertaining, here’s the prelims leader. His first good Winter Cup in 4yrs. John went 89.350 with a fall on H Bar.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/ODI0NTkzNzEz?related=1

Watch more video of 2012 Winter Cup Challenge on gymnastike.org

Examiner | Gymnastike and LIVE updates | LIVE scores

The young gun proves it again.

We’ve got to start talking about John as a potential AA medalist in London.

Click PLAY or watch his Floor on YouTube.

Paul Hamm did not impress, but I’m glad he’s in the mix. Always a threat. The BEST NEWS for Team USA is the return of David Sender. He’s a Ring man and a great AA. I’d love to see him compete London after the silly accident that took him out of Beijing.

Chris Brooks – Parallel Bars – 2012 Winter Cup Prelims

Feb. 2, 2012 – Las Vegas Sports Center – Las Vegas, Nev.

Ties World Champion Leyva.

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… Great routine. Score seems a little high. They have some kind of bonus points system — that may account for it.

Glen Ishino: 15.65 on pommel horse, HOLY MACKEREL!!! The breakdown was 6.7, 8.95. That’s the score of the meet in my opinion, significant enough to suddenly put him right in the Olympic mix. He also had a solid 14.4 on floor.

Andy Thornton

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Paul Hamm looks good on Horse … but only scored 13.05 (5.9, 7.15)

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