Couch Gymnast is scanning YouTube for Gymnix routines.
… Here is Ellie Black, the girl who came second behind Peng Peng Lee in the Challenge Cup …
Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.
Kristian Thomas – Floor
Kristian Thomas EF FX Euros 2011
D-score: 6.2
E-score: 9.100
15.300 4th
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Routines like this are under-appreciated right now. With only one conspicuous error, Kristian gets 9.1 execution.
An error riddled routine might end up with 8.1 execution. 😦
Thanks nastierlookin.
Moose Jaw gymnastics
Moose Jaw?
Is that a real place?
Yep. I was there yesterday for the annual Gymtastiks Invitational. Here’s their training gym, impressive for a town this size.
The competition was hosted just next door.
One nice touch — an extra strip of Floor on each side of the 40′ x 40′.
Check Gym Score Depot for full results and photos by Stu Cram.
Back in the 1990s I spent many weeks coaching training camps in Moose Jaw. A fascinating town.
FASTER, HIGHER, RICHER
Will the 2012 Olympic lose money?
• Olympic Games cash machine defies global doom
• London Olympics will break even.
• Factbox: How the Olympic Games are funded
So far, it looks good. The doubters quieted.
Trampoline in Britain
A cute edit.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I’m now coaching at Gymnastics Adventure in Canada. We have a BIG Trampoline and Tumbling program. Love the sport. It’s so much more accessible to so many more kinds of athletes than is Artistic.
U Denver 196.725 upsets OSU
The No. 22 University of Denver gymnastics squad upset No. 9 Oregon State and Texas Woman’s, posting a season-high 196.725 on Saturday night at Hamilton Gymnasium. OSU finished with a 196.325 and TWU tallied a 193.650. With the victory, …
“It was a complete and total team effort tonight,” head coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart said. “What was impressive is we went 24-for-24 for the first time this season and we set our season-high.” …
In another shocker, West Virginia 195.675 defeated Arkansas 195.125.
flatback vault systems
Many nations offer one level of competition where gymnasts vault to flatback. In the USA WAG, it’s Level 4.
From Norberts:
Our slipover cover is a cost effective alternative to purchasing a regular Level 4 system.
Convert your 5′ x 10’ practice mats or pits into a Level 4 landing system by simply stacking any combination to meet 32″, 40″ and 48″ competition heights. Cover has a permanent yellow judging line, eliminating need to measure and tape before event. 2” wide webbing straps with side release buckles and a snug fit prevents mat stacks up to 48” from shifting.
Custom colors are available.
VS-300 Level 4 Slipover Cover – $175.00
At the Great West Gym Fest, instead of base mats, we used a Tumbl Trak Air Pit for the Vault competition. Adding top mats to vary the height.
Much lighter and more easily portable.
Leave a comment if you’ve got any other competition Vault set-up to recommend.
Gymnix Sr / Jr Cup results
Another competition in the confusing line-up of Gymnix events featured Australia’s Lauren Mitchell. She did not compete the AA, however.
Senior Cup AA:
1. Emily Little
2. Kaitlyn Hofland
3. Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto
Dominique Pegg was 4th.
Junior Cup AA:
1. Maria Bondareva
2. Charlie Fellows
3. Casey Carvalho.
Full results should be up on this page soon.
Orozco – Liukin to mixed grip
5/2 twist punch double front
Kieran Behan (Ireland) has one of the cleanest Floor routines in the world. But to qualify to the Olympic final, he’ll need more difficulty. One possibility …
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(via Gymnastics Planet)
