The better of the two.
Click PLAY or watch it on Youku.
NCAA Gymnastics ranking
Boise moves into the top 12.
1 Florida 197.035
2 Stanford 196.6563 Utah 196.165
4 Georgia 195.950
5 Oklahoma 195.933
6 Oregon State 195.821
7 Alabama 195.770
8 Michigan 195.635
9 Nebraska 195.438
10 UCLA 195.43011 Arkansas 195.180
12 Boise State 195.038… see more on College Gym Fans
Stanford will be tested next weekend against Oregon State, UCLA, Nebraska and Michigan. That should confirm whether or not they are the default to win NCAA Championships this year, … should Florida falter.
GymInfo – Top 25 Teams
Thanks JAO for catching a mistake in my earlier post.
gymnastics career in 3 words?
Disappointment, satisfaction, appreciation.
That from Cerasela Patrascu, the Romanian gymnast who retired after the 2010 World Championships.
In this interview she eloquently communicates the mixed emotions of the elite gymnast.
… “I am not happy with what I have accomplished in gymnastics, because I know I could have done more. My dream was a medal on the uneven bars and to go to the Olympic Games. I, however, don’t have any regrets that my parents took me to gymnastics. I don’t miss anything, I had the best life a child could ever have” …
fangymnastics – [Must read] The happy gymnast`s sad story – Cerasela Patrascu (Prosport article)
CJ Maestas – Rings
Jason Shen – National Champion
The final installment in Jason Shen’s essay on how his team won the NCAA gymnastics championships.
Inspiring.
… Whenever we would do an amazing routine or skill, instead of getting super high-fivey about it, we would just shrug our shoulders and say “Just another day in the office.” Because we were professionals and outstanding performance was just what. we. did. …
Part 3 (Finale): How I Blew Out My Knee and Came Back to Win a National Championship
finding the best stuff on Gymnastics Coaching
This site has over 7000 posts. Of those, I’d love to link the 300-400 best technical posts from an online Table of Contents.
Ideal would be a wiki, where others could add, delete and edit
Yet every time I research the state of the art wikis, I’m disappointed.
We don’t need much:
• WYSIWYG easy page editing for ‘normal’ people
• hosted
• good security
I’m currently experimenting with Google Sites.
Click PLAY or watch a tutorial on YouTube.
Leave a comment if you can recommend other options.
Mai Murakami competes in USA
… Mai Murakami, 14-year-old, will compete at the 2011 California Classic Gymnastics Invitational from March 4-6. This gymnastics competition will be hosted by the Southern California Elite Gymnastics Academy …
Mai is coached by Japan’s former male Olympic medalist (Seoul and Barcelona), Yukio Iketani. …
She will travel from there to compete City of Jesolo in Italy, Mar 19th.
The new littlemissgymnast blog links videos. Including her double layout on Floor at age-13.
Glee Chevrolet TV commercial
More cheese.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I love cheesy.
The cast of Glee halftime show (Heads Will Roll / Thriller) was far more entertaining than Black Eyed Peas at the Super Bowl. … What was with the audio on that?
Oregon State rocks a 196.950
Yet another team pushing the magic 197 only half way through the season.
This today at Arizona State (194.800)
… details to come on OSU Beavers.
Next weekend Stanford, UCLA and Oregon State all compete at IGI Chicago Style (” Largest Women’s Gymnastics Invitational Meet in the World!”) on Friday at Navy Pier.
Stanford then heads to Ann Arbor, Michigan for a tri-meet with Michigan and Nebraska on Sunday.
Two GREAT meets.
cool new MAG gymnastics vid
It’s the first of The New Dimension Of Gymnastic Videos.
Black and White. Camera angles you’ve never seen before. Excellent editing.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
Martijn Kuikman, Producer.
That’s a bit of a teaser. There’s more to come.
Kuikman is a Dutch gymnast who studies Media & Entertainment.
Thanks Tarik.
