Don’t be overwhelmed. It’s actually oriented for beginner and intermediate athletes of all kinds. The emphasis is on upper body strength training using your own body weight. CrossFit and Gymnastics.
It’s $49.95 on Amazon. Unfortunately there’s no Kindle edition, as yet.
Russia’s Evgenia Shelgunova won the all-around at the 15th annual Top Gym meet, a competition for youngsters not eligible for the upcoming Olympic Games being held this weekend in Charleroi, Belgium.
Shelgunova, who also competed at the 2011 Trofeo di Jeoslo, had the highest scores on balance beam (14.15) and floor (14.05) to top Italy’s Alessia Leolini and Canadian sensation Shallon Olsen by more than two points in the all-around.
Olsen, who vaults a very good double-twisting Yurchenko, had the highest score of the entire meet with her 15.05 on vault. Russia’s Yulia Chemareva, fourth all-around, was best on uneven bars (14.2).
Briannah and Shallon are from Omega, Vancouver, coached by Vladimir and Svetlana Lashin. I’m hearing rumours the coaches were sued for Negligence Causing Bodily Injury from a 2006 incident. That a settlement has finally been reached, the girl awarded substantial compensation.
Leave a comment if you can confirm that.
Canada needs 3-4 DTYs for the Olympic Test Meet in January, I’m thinking.
This is Sidney Crosby, the best player in Ice Hockey today.
… In 2010–11, Crosby sustained a concussion as a result of hits to the head in back-to-back games. The injury left him sidelined for ten-and-a-half months. …
… Here, at the elite Neurotrauma Impact Science Laboratory, researchers led by Blaine Hoshizaki are reconstructing a hit similar to Crosby’s first one to establish the relationship between helmet performance and how concussions occur. …
Sid returned on November 21, 2011 against the New York Islanders, scoring two goals and two assists in a 5–0 shutout win. Smart move his team waiting until they were sure he was healthy.
Sidney should have been taken out after the first of his two hits. But athletes want to get up and keep fighting. Coaches and medics need intervene.
The same thing happened at World Championships 2011. Yusuke Tanaka had an obvious concussion on Floor in prelims, yet his team coaches and medical staff kept him in the meet. Dr. Michel Léglise for FIG and meet medical officials made no intervention.
I often think the huge American competitive program should produce rare talents from unexpected places. Yet surprisingly few clubs in 2011 want to try, and are able to develop, athletes for international competition.
For Junior and Senior Women’s National Team:
All 32 National Team Members Come from Only 19 Gyms
Half (50%) of the National Team Members Come from Only 5 Gyms
… WOGA Gymnastics, Cincinnati, Gymnastics Great American Gymnastics Express (GAGE), Legacy Elite Gymnastics and Texas Dreams …
About a quarter come from the Dallas/Ft.Worth area.
There are just a handful of coaches producing most of the National Team. Most have immigrated to the States.
The list is already out of date. Nastia (WOGA) and Amanda Jetter (Cincinnati) were re-named to National team recently, but it only makes the concentration of top talent even more obvious.
Of the candidates currently on National Team, a half dozen are deemed long shots because they “lack international experience“.
The American Women’s Gymnastics program rarely competes internationally. As a result, girls like Kyla Ross and Kennedy Baker are unlikely to be selected for London.
… On the other hand, Marta took young, inconsistent and inexperienced Gabby to Tokyo — and she ended up 5th (57.6570) all-around. 🙂
The Olympics are a much bigger deal than Worlds. Marta will be far less likely to name a no name.
Bottom line = It’s time American gymnasts started competing more internationally, especially National Team members.
Not only that — they need more experience on actual podium. China has one set up full time.
Here’s more information on the intriguing new book by Steven Low, of the gymnastics performance troupe, Gymkana.
