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Do you know the WAS ??

This year’s inductees are:

Gerald George – Lifetime Achievement
Lori Aamodt – Trampoline/Tumbling
Larry Banner – Contributor
Dominique Dawes – Artistic Gymnastics
Chad Fox – Trampoline/Tumbling
Bruce Frederick – Contributor (Posthumous)
Ken Kovach – Professional Acrobatics
Dana Kunze – Diving
Realis Duo – Acrobatic Gymnastics (Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis)
Karl Schier – Lifetime Achievement
Sean Tucker – Extreme Sports

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The World Acrobatics Society (WAS) is a non-profit organization …

… a world-wide organization for the advancement of education, communication and cooperation among all individuals and organizations interested in fostering the growth development and safety of the various acrobatics sports and preserving their histories.

Acrobatics as defined by WAS are those activities which feature aerial rotation (somersaulting and twisting) and balancing of the body (handstands and other balances with and without partners or groups).

Major acrobatic disciplines recognized by the Society include Acrobatic Gymnastics & Cheerleading; Diving (Olympic events & professional divers); Extreme Sports (freestyle skiers & skateboarders); Gymnastics (Olympic artistic gymnastics for men and women); Professional Performers (Hollywood stunt people and circus entertainers); Trampoline & Tumbling; Contributors (teachers, writers, publishers, manufacturers, coaches, judges and innovators). …

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Don’t count out Miss Anna Li for Worlds Tokyo.

Rock solid beam and a 6.2 Bar start could be enough to put her on a team of strong AAs.

From the American Classic competition at the Karolyi Ranch last weekend:

Senior International

Seniors need a 54.00 AA to qualify to Visa Championships, and a 53.00 to qualify to CoverGirl Classic. OR specialists to Visa Championships: 3 Event=41.25, 2 Event=28.00

Qualified to Visa Championships:
1 Grace McLaughlin – WOGA – 56.300
2 Jessica Howe – WOGA – 55.300
3 Brandie Jay – GK’s – 54.250
4 Hallie Mossett – West Coast Elite – 54.200
6T Casey Jo Magee – Capital TX – 53.450 (qualified to Visa Championships on 3 events, VT/BB/FX with 41.85. And qualified in AA for Classics)

10 Sophia Lee – WOGA – 42.050 (3 events, VT/UB/BB)
11 Anna Li – Legacy Elite – 29.15 (2 events, UB/BB)

Brandie Jay won vault with a 14.55 (5.80/8.75). Anna Li won uneven bars with a 15.15 and the highest difficulty score competed on bars from any session (6.20/8.950).

Casey Jo Magee won beam with a 14.60 (5.80/8.250). There top score on floor was a 13.850 in a tie between Jessie Howe (5.20/8.65) and Hallie Mossett (5.40/8.45) …

There’s MUCH more on Gymnastike.

Leave a comment if you know of video of that Bar routine.

high resolution version available via Gymnastics Training Tips

At the new gym in Akureyri, Iceland, they have the length of safety strap marked on each. This one is 26.5cm long.

Smart.

… It also has the other system, a (meaningless to me) #5.

more photos of the Akureyri facility.

In the U.K., Gymnastics Express sells “Bar Loops” both sized and expiration dated:

… stock sizes are from 23cm to 36cm but typical sizes are often around 28cm. Computerised sewing (as in seat belts) ensures consistent safe performance. It’s not only the quality webbing that matters in a product like this, but the stitching too.

When subjected to laboratory testing they exceeded 1 tonne breaking strain per loop. Interesting to note that the incredibly strong webbing broke before our stitching. It is reassuring to know the stitching was so secure!

Coaches please note; as with all equipment, these straps will wear. Before every use they must be carefully examined and discarded as soon as wear is evident. Either way, they are now marked with a “use by” date, 1 year from purchase.

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Not all straps need to be discarded after 1yr, of course. It depends on use.

Thanks Full Twist for that link.

UPDATE on this issue from Wayne Goldsmith:

Sport Coaching Brain

Thank Diving Examiner Tom Trapp for the link.

Anyone who claims “There is no such thing as talent” is wrong.

There are some excellent comments on this post, by the way. Ono paraphrases Michael Shermer, Founding Publisher of Skeptic Magazine, in saying that success in a combination of talent, hard work and luck.

Olympic Champion Kyle Shewfelt was not the most talented guy who ever walked into his gym, for example. (That was Bardana.) But he put in plenty more than 10,000hrs, was very talented … and also was the right kind of athlete to win the 2004 Floor title. He happened to have a short back handspring at the exact time it was essential to do 4 tumbling skills in series without going out of bounds. He happened to be an artistic gymnast in a quadrennial when that rewarded.

Good timing.

______ original post from June 30th:

Coach Howard posted the best summary I’ve seen on the theory that many people can become expert at something if they put in 10,000 hours of focused training.

Coach Howard credits K. Anders Ericsson for popularizing the concept, but I first saw it in the 1985 book Developing Talent in Young People by Dr. Benjamin Bloom. (A must read for every coach.)

That all said, I don’t really believe it.

The 10,000hrs correlates with excellence, but correlation isn’t causation.

If I had trained 10,000hrs, I still wouldn’t have made the NBA.

You need both talent and training. Nature and nurture.

UPDATE: THE ALL AROUND has the most detailed meet report I’ve seen.

Two-time world champion Kohei Uchimura won the all-around title at the Japan Cup at home in Tokyo on Sunday.

Uchimura posted an impressive 93.150 to top China’s Liao Qiuhua (89.500) and Danell Leyva of the United States (89.200). …

… Koko Tsurumi (claimed) the women’s gold. The 2009 world all-around bronze medalist scored 56.100, just ahead of China’s Sui Lu, who earned 56.000. Sui’s teammate Yao Jinnan claimed bronze (55.300). …

Full results and more on Universal

Ron Noe points out that the talk of fear of traveling to Tokyo due to radiation is likely finished.

Coach Jeff Summers from Flames Gymnastics, Arizona has written a short book for gymnastics parents about what to do, and NOT do at home.

Get an understanding of the kinds of exercises that can and should be trained at home as well as what should be left to the coaches.

Paperback $15.96 or eBook $9.98 from Lulu

Thanks Jeff.

Rebecca Sykes posted this amazing FIGHT. I’m impressed.

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

Just for fun …

Sabrina Gill at age 9 performing Beyond the Sea. Sabrina took dance lesson for 4 years before she left dance to focus on gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Sabrina is now a young Senior.

And some new (weird) V-sit.

Click PLAY or watch his Rings from Bercy on YouTube.

I love Danny trying one ultra difficult Victorian. But to go for two is an example of how this Code is not working. He thinks his score will go up more by the increased Difficulty score than it will go down for imperfect execution.