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Canadian coach and Sports Psychology Consultant Rachelle Valel had her Master’s thesis edited into a book.

… the process and emotion an elite athlete faces when contemplating retirement. This research has practical applications in sport psychology and coaching. Sport identity, motivation and accomplishment are discussed as factors that contribute to a positive or negative retirement experience. The sport of gymnastics is highlighted due to the unique challenges athletes face at a young age. …

Sport Retirement: The Experiences of Elite Female Gymnasts

What does the former WTC chair think about WAG rules today?

… She doesn’t like them.

GYMmedia exclusive interview with the long-time President of women’s Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Jackie Fie (USA)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Amanda Turner linked to videos of the 2010 World Champion … back when she was still falling off Bars in competition.

Show that to your kids.

Amanda has links to Beam and Floor from 2004, as well.

Funny cuz it’s true.

This cartoon is 10min long, but worth watching.

… a humorous example of a situation most coaches have encountered at one time or another.

Click PLAY or watch it on xtranormal.

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Thanks Jason.

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Amilia integrates registration and online credit card payment processing …

Amilia.com

Costs start at $.19 / transaction and $19 / month.

Leave a comment if you’ve tried it. There’s a 30 day free trail.

I’d almost given up on getting any more videos from FIG.

Click PLAY or watch another great edit of day 1 Apparatus Finals in Rotterdam on YouTube.

Love the kick out on Chen Yibing’s dismount. What a deserving World Champion!

The Presidential Classic is a boys and girls meet for levels 2 to Elite hosted at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World, Orlando.

It’s held President’s Day weekend February 18-20, 2011, a long weekend for many kids. This is the second year that the event has been named an official qualifier for the Nastia Liukin Cup. The event features a high level of competition with teams competing from all over the world. Even Canada.

More info PresidentialClassic.com

Gymnastics camp is a great environment for kids to do new skills for the first time. In fact, it’s good yearly planning to schedule your kids to do their biggest new skills first at camp.

Yet even if you are a great spotter, as a camp coach you find yourself working with kids you don’t know.

Check out the GymRep camp in Quebec.

Click PLAY or watch Double Back on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Double Pike on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Double Layout off Bar on YouTube.

Nice. I’d let Robert and David spot ME on Double Layout.

Sign up NOW if you want to attend this francophone camp. It filled fast last summer. GymRep.com (bilingual).

 

An American study …

… more than six texts per waking hour …

… 43% of teenagers now say texting is the #1 reason they get a cell phone.

… Teens are sending 8% more texts than they were this time last year …

… Voice usage has decreased by 14%  …

Details via Mashable

Vanessa finished 6th on Floor Exercise at the World Gymnastics Championships. If she had won, … I’d not have complained.

Cick PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

… If we take out Afanasyeva, every other E-score of the final was between 8.883 and 9.1 – not nearly enough to reflect the true differences …

Andrew Thornton

What do the Execution judges want on Floor in 2010?

We keep hearing the new emphasis is on controlled landings. Ferrari had the best landings, yet they awarded her 3rd last for the best HIT routine of finalists.

Floor judging makes no sense to me. This panel should be embarassed at not giving more credit to the former world AA Champion.

And what happened to Raisman? Her E score is 9.016. … How do you get that kind of number? Was it averaged out with the Reference score? … There’s nothing wrong if it was, but I’d like to know if the score went up or down. It might have made a difference in the medal rankings.

Finals scores. (link to PDFs)

(via The All Around)