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If the Men’s Collegiate Gymnastics program is one day canceled by the NCAA, people will be asking … why didn’t somebody do more to save it sooner?

Couldn’t somebody find a way to popularize guys that look like this?

Blythe Lawrence posted The Discussion: How to better market men’s NCAA gymnastics?

If you were hired as a consultant for men’s NCAA gymnastics programs, what would you tell them to do to improve exposure and meet attendance?

Several felt that a key strategy would be to “piggyback” on the success of the women’s program. (University of Illinois-Chicago runs combined meets now.)

The first thing I’d do (as God) is combine MAG and WAG Championships.

Ron Noe (Stick It Media):
• marketing plans for the teams
• promote the “stars” … (e.g. Ruggeri, Legendre, Wynn)

Anne Phillips (Gymnastike):
• school and other local exhibitions
• improve media exposure
• make meets more fun
… watch the beginning of the Alabama v Boise highlights video last weekend to see what she means by “fun”

Martina Eggeling (Gymnastics United) pointed out that we need “personalities” that can interest the school and general public. Men’s gymnastics has always lacked stars with charisma.

Alexei Nemov, Fabian Hambuchen. … Who else is in that category? … Uchimura?

Click through to Gymnastics Examiner for the full Discussion on this important topic.

Men’s collegiate gymnastics meets are actually more thrilling and interesting than the girls. … But nobody knows because nobody goes.

And that’s a shame.

The most dangerous skill in gymnastics in my opinion is …

Cast to stand on low bar, jump to high bar.

Many gyms have one broken arm / year on that sequence.

TumblTrak posted a good video on how to introduce the skill a year or two before you put them up on the regulation bars.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

For more information visit tumbltrak.com or call 1-800-331-4362

related post – JAO – jumping to high bar

As of January 24th, here are the top 10 teams:

more rankings on GymInfo

Stick It Media has the best summary of what happened last weekend – Stanford Tears it Up With 364.40 in Win Over Cal

Cal’s Dennis Mannhart, from Switzerland, is the #1 ranked all-arounder, so far, with 89.90 average.

The highest all-around has been Jake Dalton 90.750 (Oklahoma).

2008 Olympian Anja Brinker ruptured her right Achilles tendon on 23 January, the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) announced in a press release on Monday.

The 20-year-old was performing a floor routine during the gymnastics show Feuerwerk der Turnkunst in Berlin when the tendon snapped. …

THE ALL AROUND

Is there nothing to be done to help prevent this injury?

Georgia third. I’m surprised.

Their new star Lindsey Cheek, from Athens, has the top average AA score in the NCAA. Jay Clark was her first club coach. Watch a lovely video profile on Lindsey.

And Oklahoma is off to another great start. Kudos.

more rankings from 24 January 2011

Don’t count UCLA out. … Until next week. Then we’ve got to start counting them out as having any chance to defend the title. This is getting ridiculous.

And don’t put too much stock in the exact numbers. Teams from the SEC typically get higher scores than anywhere else. That seems to be true this season again, from some of the meet reports I’ve read online.

Fitness guru Jack LaLanne died at age 96 in Morro Bay, Calif., of respiratory failure due to pneumonia.

LaLanne brought fitness to America with his workout show in the 1950s to the ’70s. He demonstrated exercises that used no special equipment, just a chair and a towel. He popularized working out in the home so that more people could participate.

LaLanne was also a friend to USA Gymnastics and was part of the morning fitness activities at the 2007 Visa Championships in San Jose, Calif. LaLanne brought his fitness expertise to gymnastics professionals and San Jose residents. …

USAG

Jack’s best line at that competition:

“I can’t die. It would ruin my reputation.”

Aunt Joyce recommended a montage of Soviet girls, including members of the 1992 team.

The golden age so long ago that … Alexandrov was coaching … with a thick head of hair.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

These girls all grew up with an hour of trampoline and an hour of ballet every day. It shows.

China is criticized for not being innovative. That’s hard to accept after watching these 8 gymnasts:

Zhu Sangsang
Jiang Yuyuan
Huang Ying
Jiang Wei
Li Linjing
Xiang Xuelei
Guan Wenli

Zhou Duan (1997) Gaylord 2. … Wow.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That was linked by Amanda Turner on Facebook.

Check Vellu at 40sec on this tricking highlights reel.

He’s from Finland. On team Unito.

… Seems to me I’ve seen video of Deferr doing that skill in training.

(via kinesthesist)

Everybody loves Chellsie freaking Memmel these days.

They like that (of the comeback queens) she walks the walk, … not just talks the talk.

She’s competed twice already. That takes guts.

Spanny has a funny take on Chelsea’s recent Gymnastike interview.

Definitely Chellsie needs a Tweddle solid 7.0 start Bar routine to have any chance to make the Olympics. But I sure like how she’s handling this comeback.

Good luck. I’m cheering.

Big Fake Smile – at least i didn’t fall and break my talent.