I’ll be attending the Sunday, Dec. 12th afternoon session of the Bea Cup Competition, at Rizal Memorial Gym.
Looking forward to it. 🙂
improvements to Twitter
Twitter is like Facebook … with most of the best features removed. You either hate twitter, or love the minimalist, often cryptic, comments. Like Haikus. 🙂
But hate it or not, twitter is here to stay.
Happily, they’ve just announced some major improvements soon to be rolled out.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That interface is already available for iPhone and Android. Link on the bottom of this page — fly.twitter.com
Utah 2012 intro video
The welcome video for the 2012 University of Utah gymnastics meets.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Shawn Johnson ‘Fitness for Life’ Act
Rather than making fat illegal, some new legislation in Iowa seeks to combat childhood obesity with the help of gadgets.
… Since 2004, the University of Northern Iowa and the Grundy Center (Iowa) School District have partnered together to improve physical education classes by emphasizing the use of technology. …
The Shawn Johnson Fitness for Life Act:
The Shawn Johnson Fitness for Life Act expands the concept … to more schools. The bill creates a new grant program to fund the expansion of masters’ degree programs in physical education at 10 colleges and universities. The masters’ programs must emphasize the use of technology in PE teaching and innovative teaching practices. …
details on Congressman Bruce Braley’s website
That’s the latest, greatest fitness gadget, the Jawbone Up:
… Up has a sturdy steel frame encased in a flexible hard rubber wristband. Built-in motion sensors can track the steps you’ve taken (at least while walking or running), distance traveled, pace, calories burned, and the hours you were in a deep or light state of slumber. You pay $100 for the band, which comes in multiple colors and small, medium and large. The band works in tandem with the free companion iOS app, which you must download from Apple’s iTunes Store. …
Unfortunately, reviews have been BAD, so far.
Still — I like what this Bill is doing. Good luck Shawn.
new British Gymnast magazine
Slow loading, annoying to navigate, the latest issue of the British Gymnastics magazine is here.
At least it’s FREE. If you’ve got a fast enough internet connection, see it here.
… Is it any better a reading experience on an iPad? … Nope. @OtotheBeirne cannot get it to open as it uses Flash.
via @GymnationWales
Natalie Vaculik – Bars
Canada has another Vaculik progressing well.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Coached by Valery Yahchybekov and 1980 Olympic all-around champion Yelena Davydova, she’s the younger sister of Kristina Vaculik.
(via Examiner – Five routines you should see from Elite Gym Massilia)
Kiteboarding Boracay
After our week long coaching clinic in Manila, I flew down to Boracay for some R&R.
Bulabog Beach is the main windsurfing and kiteboarding area, one of the best in the world.
Kiteboarding (or kitesurfing) has been described as combining wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, and gymnastics into one extreme sport. …
There were 50 kites out for every Windsurfer today.
Click PLAY or see how it looks from above on YouTube.
A one day introductory course costs about a hundred dollars in Boracay. Know that you can easily drown, tangle, collide or be blown into palm trees in one of those flimsy rigs. I’ll jog the beach instead. 🙂
jobs in gymnastics
That’s the name of a new site that lists opportunities around the world in these categories: Club Developers, Marketing, Coaches, Administrators.
I’ve added a link in the right hand navigation …
JobsInGymnastics.com
It’s a new project by the editor of Full Twist. Looks pretty good, so far.
@Gymnastics_Jobs
@GymnasticsNet is posting jobs to Twitter, as well. Follow both, if interested.
UPDATE: Here’s the official launch announcement.
MAG USA age 10-13
The top all-arounders in each of four age divisions, 10-, 11-, 12-, and 13-year-old, were recognized this weekend at the 2011 Future Stars National Championships at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Evan Ng of Lakeshore Academy, Khalil Jackson of Champion Gymnastics Academy, Maxim Andrioushenko of Lake Shore Academy, and Andrew Herrador of West Coast Olympic, each had the highest all-around totals in their respective divisions. …
read more on USAG – Rising gymnasts take the stage at 2011 Future Stars Championships
Results and photos from that link.
MAG USA looks to be very healthy. There are many great kids in the pipeline for years to come.
no American WAG to Test Event
Marta will send no gymnasts to the Olympic Test Event, London 2012.
The USA will send 2 Men — names yet to be announced.
Everyone I talk to believes it’s a mistake for American National Team members not to compete more internationally. Foregoing this opportunity is a mistake.
Hopefully Marta’s successor, should she actually step down after London, will finally get over the American aversion to competing internationally.
UPDATE: NCAA FAN points out that the USA did sent gymnasts to both the 2004 and 2008 pre-Olympic meets. What’s different in 2012?
via USAG’s Leslie King by email
