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Here’s that video showing Olympic Training Centre athletes putting together routines for VISA Championships.

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I saw this terrific montage linked from Gymnastics – No Ceiling:

… one of my favorite channels on youtube is pikedjaeger. Lauren’s montages are great because they always remind me why I love gymnastics despite the controversies. This is Fresh Feeling:

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“Coaching for Coaches”

2010 Gymnastics Ontario Coaching Development Weekend (Oct. 1-2, 2010)

Futures Gymnastics Center, Mississauga

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G.S. George is author of Championship Gymnastics. Greg Marsden is the legendary women’s coach at Utah, oft credited as the most important builder of the successful NCAA Women’s Collegiate program.

Sadly, my entry on behalf of Cam and Scott – Worst Gymnastics SPOT Ever !!!! – did not win.

Click PLAY or watch the 2 winning videos on Gymnastike.

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… It basically shows WOGAs current Jr Int Elite gymnasts (Grace McLaughlin, Lizzy Leduc, Madison Kocian) following in the footsteps of WOGAs past champions (Hollie Vise, Carly Patterson, Nastia Liukin). Rebecca Bross acts as the in-between because she’s still following Hollie, Carly and Nastia but she is also setting an example for the juniors. …

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(via IG forum … jordan1919 edited this video)

Andrew Thornton feels there are only 2 athletes certain to qualify to World’s in October who are a “lock” for the A-team: Paul Hamm and Jon Horton.

What will Paul Hamm bring to the USA Men’s team?

Most of all, he’ll eliminate the need to use up an entire spot on a pommel horse specialist. Prior to Paul’s announcement, it was looking like the USA men’s team would need at least one pommel horse specialist, as most of our top all-around gymnasts are quite weak on this event. …

Ideally, we need a couple of guys who could potentially do rings AND pommel horse. They’re few and far between, but here are four I can think of (besides Paul Hamm):

Chris Cameron
Tim McNeill
Wes Haagensen
Kevin Tan

read more – American Gymnast – Andy’s Angle – What will Paul Hamm bring?

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Nice article on IG:

With the U.S. national championships starting Aug. 11, the gymnasts at the U.S. Olympic Training Center are in their final stage of preparation for the event in Hartford, Conn. …

Four gymnasts training at the USOTC in Colorado Springs are preparing for the upcoming Visa (U.S.) Championships: 2008 Olympic team bronze medalist Joseph Hagerty, Bilozertchev, Andrew Elkind and 2009 world team member Wesley Haagensen. (USOTC gymnast Tim McNeill, seventh all-around at the 2009 Worlds, will miss the competition after the recent death of his father). …

Haagensen said he hopes to nail all 12 routines in Hartford.

“I don’t mean just make all of my routines though, I mean slam every set I do to the absolute best of my capabilities,” he said. “Basically hit my routines like an animal. I have really been training hard every day, every turn, for this competition. I put in hours of mental and physical work, and I feel this is a goal that I can reach.” …

USOTC Gymnasts Prepare for Visa Championships

Leave a comment if you know where to find the “montage” they posted.

Early projection by Andy Thornton. The American women’s team to World’s … based on the Covergirl competition.

1. Rebecca Bross
2. Kytra Hunter
3. Bridget Sloan
4. Alicia Sacramone
5. Mac. Caquatto
6. Aly Raisman

7. Mattie Larson

read why – American Gymnast – Andy’s Angle – Analysis…U.S. women D-Scores

I was interested to see him not rule out Vanessa Zamarripa, for her Vault potential and high execution scores. That’s a long shot, though.

Likely things will change after VISA Championships.

Click PLAY or watch Mackenzie Caquatto’s Bars on YouTube.

That was linked by Gymnastics Examiner – CoverGirl Classic revisited: 10 routines you should see

related – Mackenzie Caquatto Gymnastike interview

The Couch Gymnast magazine posted an exclusive with Dutch National Champion Marlies Rijken. She’s in the media spotlight as her nation will be hosting World Championships in October.

What does a normal day involve for you?

My day begins at 6:30, I wake up eat something and make myself ready for the first training which begins at 7:30. The training takes two and a half hour, ending at 10. Then I make myself ready for school. The other children in my class on school have already begun. Mostly I follow my lessons from 10:30 and school normally finishes at 15:00. The second training begins at 15:30 till 19:00.

Congratulations on your success at Nationals. Did you expect to do so well?

Thank you very much! I actually didn’t think I would be first on beam and floor… My friend Mayra Kroonen is really good so I thought she was going to win, and actually on beam it really happened because we tied for first!

read more – Rising Dutch Star- Marlies Rijken

Marlies trains at ProPatria Zoetermeer with Frank and Patrick Kiens. Her younger brother trains at TAG / R & D Zwijndrecht.

Gymnastics Australia posted highlights of a major clinic. Show-off day.

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