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Street acrobat Alexandre Sayhi from France had retired, I thought.
But at age-24, he’s still training despite many injuries.
I post this video from 2009 as it’s a far better edit, and far more insightful, than the usual Parkour / Free Running YouTube montages.
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Gymnastike posted this on Halloween. Funny.
From Temple University.
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The Americans are the teams to beat in Aracaju, Brazil November 4-9.
Kyla Ross, Gym-Max
Bridgette Caquatto, Naperville Gymnastics
Alexandra Raisman, Brestyan’s American Gymnastics
Sabrina Vega, Dynamic Gymnastics
C.J. Maestas, Gold Cup Gymnastics
Sam Mikulak, SCATS HB
Jesse Glenn, SCATS HB
Jake Martin, Orlando Metro
This event leads up to the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, August 10-26 in Singapore.
Toronto was just awarded the 2015 Sr. Pan American Games. Guadalajara Mexico hosts in 2011.
From MostepanovaFan:
A montage showing some named skills from the Code of Points that were actually performed by other people earlier. Generally this happens when people never get to go to a world championships but occasionally the FIG like to remind us how dumb they can be and just name the skill after the wrong Romanian. Smooth.
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This is opening up a HUG discussion. (Hugging the athlete not credited.) And a HUGE discussion. Check the comments.
Fact is the “naming” of gymnastics skills has always been inconsistent and political. It often depended on who was on the Women’s Technical Committee at the time.
And why are some skills named after a male gymnast?
… blantonnick points out the only skill in the Men’s code named for a woman is Yurchenko.
Couch Gymnast has some interesting and entertaining summary thoughts on her trip to World Championships.
Here’s a sample:
… Nadia Comaneci, … gave Ana Porgras a little pep talk before beam was quite sweet too. …
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I also have to say, that the one thing I really noticed about the Romanians, particularly Forminte, is what good care he took of little Porgras. He was always by her side. Just look at how he is looking at her during this clip, all fatherly and proud and ‘how exciting is that you are meeting Nadia?’
I mean, they seem to take care of all the other girls too. The Romanians have such a family like vibe about them. Not lovey- dovey, but just a practical, healthy family dynamic that probably comes from living together all year round.
… I noticed, during the floor final, when Ortiz was hurt, he was kind of shielding her from watching what was happening. He seems happy to let her just stay the child she is, which is more than I can say for Belu and Bitang whose baby gymnasts looked like careworn war widows by the time they’d made it onto the senior national team. …
Couch Gymnast – WORLDS TV COVERAGE: SOME THOUGHTS (READ: RANT!)
Click through to read the rest. It’s great.
It will premiere in December at the new CityCenter in Las Vegas.
Click through to the official Cirque show page for video links.
Facebook Viva ELVIS fan page.
Greg Marsden tweeted this news:
Read the intro to “Concepts in Women’s Gymnastics” by Dr. Jerry George, illustrated by Jim Stephenson. It will be a must read for all coaches and gymnasts.
Dr. Gerald S. George, author of the excellent “Biomechanics of Women’s Gymnastics” (1979), is finally publishing another. Gymnastics coaching books are rare, as you know.
Here’s confirmation:
… have just completed a new textbook entitled “Concepts of Women’s Gymnastics” which will be available to the public in January 2010. …
A big story in Aussie Gymnastics. I saw the official notice reprinted:
Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS), in conjunction with Gymnastics Queensland (GQ), have announced the appointments of Vladimir Joura (Head Coach) and Irina Joura (Senior Coach) to their Women’s Elite Program. …
Vladimir Joura coached for 12 years at the highly successful West Australia Institute of Sport (WAIS) Women’s program and takes with him to Brisbane his youngest daughter Natalia Joura who is a current member of the National Junior Squad.
Vladimir’s departure will create a coaching opportunity at WAIS. …
No confirmation yet if big sister Daria “Dasha” Joura would stay at WAIS. Or move with the family.
Thanks yet again MostepanovaFan.
Now I know what skills to focus on, as a coach. (Just kidding.)
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The first skill I’d devalue is the first skill, the so called 1/1 twisting Tkachev (Shushanova).
What skill shown should be an H?
Triple back on Floor would be an H, for example. If it was in the code.
Romanian Coach Nicolae Forminte said:
… the Code of Points does not help Romania develop and retain many gymnasts.
“Now the scoring is open(-ended), so everyone tries to do many difficult combinations that take a lot out of the body,” he said. “It’s not easy to make many routines. There are two notes, Difficulty and Execution. To have good execution you have to do it many times, and when the difficulty is higher, it is not easy to do many times.” …
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Some 2009 World Championships clips including the fall by Rebecca Bross on FX.
It’s interesting to look at a large number of falls closely to see why they happen – often very bad technique and form – and to speculate on why the coach left the skill in the routine.
Seems to me there’s too much incentive to do “difficulty” in our rules.
And that many of these athletes have not done enough landings on competition mats prior to the meet.
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The second reason to watch this edit is to analyze how some athletes can fall, and not get hurt, while others do get hurt.
I wonder if there is a “psychology of falling” that “saves” some kids. And not others. Or is it physical preparation, technique of falling … and luck?
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