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Do you use PHONE to make sure important messages get home to parents?

We all know that photocopied memos often don’t make it out of the gym bag.

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For your club to sign-up, check the pricing. There are monthly plans as well as pay-as-you-go for what you use plans if you want to call all your Rec members, for example.

Check it out – DialMyCalls.com. I’ve added a link in the right hand navigation.

Victoria Moors, Junior at Nationals 2011, but eligible for Senior in 2012, impressed at day 1 podium training at the Canadian National Championships.

She makes double double on Floor look easy.

And her Shaposhnikova 1/2 on Bars is terrific.

See more 2011 Canadian Gymnastics Championships photos on Facebook. By Grace Chiu GraceClick

Chinese Gymnastics Blog links to photos of the recent Kunshan Championships.

Christian Thomassen (Norway) and AFeng are the shooters.

Here’s one of the favourite captures …

That’s HIGH. That’s the kind of gymnastics that should get BONUS.

See more – Photos and Photographers @ 2011 Kunshan Championship

Canadian Championships | blog | @GymCanNats2011 | Facebook | Gymnastics Examiner | Gym Score Depot schedule and RESULTS |

by site editor Rick McCharles

I’ll be at Nationals all this week, editor of the official blog.

Check there for LIVE coverage of the event.

We expect plenty of media coverage. I’ll post summaries here on Gymnastics Coaching each day.

Everything looks GREAT, so far. Day 1, podium training.

LeslieHannahTV sends us this funny, familiar conversation.

Level 5 Gymnastics Bar Routine Perfect 10 Score?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Liu Xuan will forever be remembered as the first (and only?) girl to compete 1-arm giant.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

What a shame FIG killed the 1-arm giant. I love it.

Washington Post:

Meet the new Liu Xuan, Hong Kong actress-singer.

A decade after taking gold in Sydney, the 30-year-old former gymnast has launched a second career in this financial center, which is also a hub for the Chinese-language entertainment industry.

After retiring in 2001, Liu has dabbled as an actress, host, gymnastics judge and commentator. She graduated from the elite Peking University with a degree in journalism in 2005. But she has focused on an entertainment career since signing in 2009 with leading Hong Kong broadcaster TVB, the former training ground for the likes of Stephen Chow, Wong Kar-wai and Chow Yun-fat.

This has been Liu’s coming-out year — she released her debut pop album with a Hong Kong label in February and starred in a 30-episode TVB kung fu drama released in March.

Liu said she wants to show that elite athletes can successfully reinvent themselves after their days of competition end. She serves as an example for mainland Chinese athletes who trade their childhoods for rigorous sports programs that can leave them with little other career skills.

… read more – Olympic gold medalist gymnast plunges into Hong Kong entertainment career

(via Chinese Gymnastics Blog)

Following world championships have been assigned by the Council:

2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics – GER – City of Stuttgart;
2015 Trampoline Gymnastics – DEN – City of Odense;
2015 Artistic Gymnastics – GBR – City of Glasgow

FIG

Whilst Beth Tweddle has more than hinted she will retire after London 2012, hopefully it will persuade more of the current crop of seniors to stick around for another olympic cycle …

On a related note, the Liverpool girls (Tweddle, Whelan, Pinches, Caig, Tunney & Jameson) have won the 2011 British team title. …

1 – 167.200 – Liverpool
2 – 154.400 – Cardiff Central
3 – 153.850 – Heathrow

Going for Gold

USA GYMNASTICS NATIONAL CONGRESS and TRADE SHOW
Held in conjunction with 2011 VISA Championships
August 17-20, 2011
Saint Paul River Centre, Saint Paul, Minn.

Something for Everyone!

… Club Owners, Recreational Instructors/Teachers, Offices Managers, Program Managers, and more!

This year’s event will feature 3 days of education with more than 175 sessions.

Sessions are provided on coaching, judging, business, preschool, school age, fitness and cheerleading. Attendees will also have the ability to learn from leading experts from all 6 disciplines Women’s, Men’s, Rhythmic, Acrobatics, and Gymnastics for All.

In addition, USA Gymnastics is excited to announce 2 NEW offerings to the educational line up! Hands on Spotting sessions and Certification sessions will be offered and included in the price of registration. …

details on the 2011 National Congress and Trade Show

Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Here’s the preliminary list Topics and Presenters (PDF)

One new session I’d love to see is

Games Warm Ups for Bars – John Carney/Laurie Reid

John is Bars coach at Oregon State.

Prices vary. Check the Registration page to find out the cost to you.
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If your main interest is how to MAKE MONEY at Gymnastics, sign up for the Wednesday National Business Conference. ($150 current Member Club, $250 Non Member Clubs)

Separate registration via the link above.

Congress already has a Business Stream, so the extra Wednesday is BONUS.

I enjoyed this mini-documentary feature in German on 35yr-old Oksana Chusovitina

She’s old. She’s had multiple surgeries. She’s not perfect. …

But she’ll still kick the butt of almost every gymnast in the world on Vault. I’ll be heartbroken if she doesn’t qualify for London, her 6th Olympics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (9min)

At the recent Moscow World Cup:

… Germany’s Oksana Chusovitina won her upteenth career gold on vault, largely based on her difficulty (Chusovitina’s D-score point total was 11.4 compared to Kurbatova’s 10.5). …

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