Blythe of Gymnastics Examiner was impressed with the unusual circus like format of the mixed pairs Swiss Cup. Elisabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambuechen walked off with the $30,000 first prize.
“It’s kind of a show competition,” Jeffrey Wammes remarked. He’s right — the arena is bathed in blue light for the entire meet and each country had a different, carefully selected piece of music played before its gymnasts compete. Before a Romanian competed, we heard snippets of O-Zone’s “Dragostea din tai.” The French had an intriguing techno-mix. The Germans and Italians had big band pieces.
… NCAA men’s coaches seeking to attract people to their meets ought to visit and take notes on the program …
At Glacier Gymnastics, this was a blast. Elephant vaulting is one of my favourite gymnastics activities. It teaches motor fitness: agility, balance, rhythm, etc.)
… the latest project of New York City-based artist and photographer Sally Davies, who bought a McDonald’s Happy Meal back in April and left it out in her kitchen to see how well it would hold up over time.
The results? “The only change that I can see is that it has become hard as a rock,” …
After 6 months:
… Wellness and nutrition educator Karen Hanrahan has indeed kept a McDonald’s hamburger since 1996 to show clients and students how resistant fast food can be to decomposition. …
My family had a summer home near Nelson, British Colombia for 30yrs. I was pleased to be asked to be guest coach at a clinic / camp at Glacier Gymnastics in Nelson.
In a remote town population 9,258 (2006), this club has 600 kids a week!
The coaches there are doing a great job on this key basic skill. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
The plan is to introduce baby sole circles (AKA froggie circles, monkey circles) to the beginners.
Next put them on the Tower of Power. (credit John Carney)
And work up to handstand step down to 2ft sole circle back to handstand, as shown. First on straps. Later on single rail.
When the kids start giants and free hip handstand on the real bar, early grip change will be no issue. It’s already been perfected on the easier sole circle.
A major weakness in the American compulsory program on Bars is that young girls get expert at “mill circle”, not bothering with the much more important sole circle.
Another terrific article by the British journalist Ollie Williams:
At World Championships Rotterdam:
… He, the Olympic uneven bars champion at Beijing 2008 and possessor of the most technically challenging routine in the world, fell spectacularly from the bars minutes earlier – as did her young team-mate, Huang Qiushuang.
… A day later it will be their coach, Lu Shanzhen, standing here under the spotlight of Chinese state television, China’s women having ended a World Championships without a gold medal for the first time since 2002.
As He’s tears flow and the teenager forlornly fights for air beneath a carpet of faces and dictaphones, a journalist from another organisation turns to me and says: “Can you imagine what she’s going to face back home?” …
I’ve added a link to the site in the right hand navigation.
DGS is Deary’s Gymnastics Supply. They are the official grip supplier to the USA Gymnastics Men’s and Women’s national teams.
Here’s the backstory on the company and founder John Deary:
I was influenced as a young gymnast by athlete coaches from Springfield College and later my college Coach Abie Grossfeld at Southern Connecticut State College 1976 to 1981.
Like most gymnasts, the gymnastics bug infected me and the passion for the sport became part of who I am.
Combining this passion with my family influences in business and my many years of experience working for AAI as a sales representative, I started the company in 1993 as a gymnastics equipment distributor. …
Along with some success in business came the feeling of wanting to give back to the sport that has been so good to our company. In 2004 our company offered to sponsor the USA National Teams as their Grips Supplier and are in the second quadrennium as the USA Official Grips Supplier.
The back story is of a very young African American child who wanted straight, blonde hair. Her Dad, Sesame Street head writer Joey Mazzarino, put this together for her.
“It’s kind of a show competition,” Jeffrey Wammes remarked. He’s right — the arena is bathed in blue light for the entire meet and each country had a different, carefully selected piece of music played before its gymnasts compete. Before a Romanian competed, we heard snippets of O-Zone’s “Dragostea din tai.” The French had an intriguing techno-mix. The Germans and Italians had big band pieces.
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