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Cost is $9.99, payable (I hear) before Sept. 1st.

Click through to UniversalSports.com/premium … and try to navigate their confusing site.

Is that available only in the USA? … Leave a comment.

It’s not clear on their FAQ.

Many coaches tell me that GAT is the best of the American gymnastics conventions.

Labor Day Weekend, September 3-5, 2010, 44th Annual Gymnastics Association of Texas Convention at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel in Austin, Texas.

Speakers include:

… Beach, Tom & Reiko, Biggs, Tammy, Jason Jarrett, Foster, Bill, Forster, Tom, Gardner, Beth, Gehman, Paula, Gehman, Tony, Jarret, Cheryl, Maloney, Connie, Metzger, Jeff, Sahlein, Frank … and more

home page and registration

Dr. Gerald George, author of the new book, Championship Gymnastics: Biomechanical Techniques for Shaping Winners, will be there:

Sat., Sept. 4: Ten Critical Factors for Vaulting Success
Sat., Sept. 4: 5 Basic Principles for Refining Gymnastics Movement
Sun., Sept. 5: Mechanics of Rotation and Twisting
Sun., Sept. 5: Mechanics of Swing

The most recent issue is online free from Brigid McCarthy.

VISA Championships quotes and photos

Romanian gymnast Anamaria Tamirjan

Australian junior National Team Member Amelia McGrath

Renmore gymnastics club, Ireland

a tempestuous history of Vault … and more

Rotterdam 1987 to Rotterdam 2010

Covergirl Classic

Floor music choices

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Couch Gymnast #6

Some of the contenders mentioned on a selecious IG forum thread:

Komova, Hadarean, Gogean, Liukin, Patterson, Lysenko.

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Here’s a great way to introduce it.

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That’s ‘M” from Go For It Gymnastics in Las Vegas.

Next step? … From Woodward West Gymnastics Camp 2007.

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Russia Cup Apparatus Winners:

WAG: V: Nabieva (14.550) UB & FX: Mustafina (14.775/15.300); BB: Dementieva 15.375
* bonus points are added

MAG FX: Belyavskii 14.900; PH: Petrov 15.400; R: Pluzhnikov: 15.450; V: Kudashov 15.675; PB & HB: Khorokhordin (15.000/15.200)

(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)

related post – AA winners

Write-ups by Amanda Turner on IG:

• Mustafina Defends Russian Cup Title

• Khorokhordin Wins Russian Cup Title

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That’s ‘E” from Go For It Gymnastics in Las Vegas.

A collection of Good, Bad, and Ugly dismounts from swinging rings into a swimming pool

The great crashes are near the end of the montage.

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Is this the same pool in Santa Monica, California I visited in 1977?

Thanks Mike.

Best 11 Gymnasts in History

1. Svetlana Khorkina, 105
2. Daniela Silivas, 77
3. Shannon Miller, 75
4. Gina Gogean, 73
5. Svetlana Boginskaya, 71
6. Simona Amanar, 66*
7. Elena Shushunova, 64
8. Lavinia Milosovici, 52
9. Lilia Podkopayeva, 43
10. Tatiana Gutsu, 38
11. Andreea Raducan, 35

Elite Gymnastics Stars

This is a serious list … though that’s a comedy blog.

I’m #1.

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Old farts (like myself) like watching gymnastics from the good ‘ol days.

… Flash Back Friday looks back at some of the great performances of some of our National Team Coaches. Many of these gymnasts were very successful gymnasts on the world and olympic level and are now coaching some of the USA’s top Men and Women’s National Team Members. …

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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