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You might want to put these dates on your calendar. The first two days, qualifying rounds, will not be broadcast.

FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
LIVE: Men’s All-Around Final
Thu, Oct 15 1:30 PM ET

FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
LIVE: Women’s All-Around Final
Fri, Oct 16 1:30 PM ET

FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
LIVE: Individual Apparatus Finals Day 1
Sat, Oct 17 7:55 AM ET

FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
LIVE: Individual Apparatus Finals Day 2
Sun, Oct 18 7:55 AM ET

Universal Sports – Gymnastics

Hopefully we’ll be able to watch the coverage from any nation in the world. Gymnastics is streaming for me right now in Canada.

If you are one of those affected by DirecTV dropping Universal Sports from their line-up, you can email DirecTV on this page to ask them to reconsider.

Or, if you a DirecTV customer, you could call 1-800-DirecTV to request that Universal Sports be continued on DirecTV’s channel package.

An unusual and interesting edit from the Australian Gymnastics Blog.

… A montage of Australia and Great Britain 2008 OG prelims floor to the music of Basement Jaxx. I loved both of these teams! …

It’s got the feel of a dual meet, at the Olympic Games.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Just saw this on The Couch Gymnast:

… Mostepanovafan has posted the top ten most successful gymnasts of all time montage. She has done quads, but now its the whole of elite history. …

Mostepanovafan explains:

… the most successful gymnasts ever based on World and Olympic individual medals.

Success was worked out by: total number of World and Olympic individual medals won (no team medals counted), if there were ties it was split by number of golds, then number of silvers, then number of bronzes.

Who are the top 10? … This will surprise you.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Seems to me the quality shared by these women is “toughness“. They were successful for a long time. And could HIT under the pressure of the biggest meets.

None (except #10) would be on my list of favourite gymnasts.

This is quite a poor video montage … with a great message.

Gymnastics
Its being able to do things most people can only dream of doing
Its being with your team more than anyone else
Its being able to remember every routine you’ve ever done
Its never having time to do anything else Its ripped and blistered hands and feet. Its always being sore- but never contemplating a night off
Its not being able to understand how some people can’t touch their toes
Its using chalk more than soap
Its never using the words “can’t” or “impossible”
Its owning more leos and warm ups than actual clothing
Its knowing you work ten times harder than any other sport
Its that dizzy, happy feeling when you stick that one landing
Its having your own language and using it non stop.
Its not just a sport…
*Its a way of life*

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Craig Smith for linking to it on Facebook.

That magazine does a terrific job of updating on both Twitter and Facebook.

If you are using Facebook, find them on this page.

As you know, Facebook is confusing. Often I click links from their posts expecting to go to the online magazine, … only to find myself on the Inside Gymnastics Facebook page. Recently Facebook bought Friendfeed, a far better competitor, but one that never caught on. Hopefully Facebook will adopt some of Friendfeed’s simpler “river of news”.

The Inside Gymnastics site seem to crash today during the live broadcast of their Radio show with host John Roethlisberger. The Radio page is back up now. Hopefully they will post it soon so we can listen to a “repeat”.

Better than this, of course, would be a regular gymnastics audiocast available from the Podcast section of iTunes. There are no gymnastics audiocasts available currently.

If you are a Twitterer, follow them at twitter.com/insideGym

This is not how I teach forward layout, full twist. But it’s very similar to what is taught by Russian Head Coach Andrei Rodionenko.

Something tells me I should listen to Sean Golden. I already know I need to listen to Andrei!

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/assets/portal/add_ons/mediaplayer-4.2/player.swf

Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike

This is part of the Technique Tuesday series of tutorials. (Workout Wednesday is tomorrow. I can hardly wait.)

Good luck and have FUN to everyone going !!

2009 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, a Facebook group, is posting regular updates and photos.

American coach Hal Halverson is over in London helping organizers. He emailed:

… very very large set up .. seven full mens and womens gym set ups … it is being conducted in the O2 Stadium which was formerly referred to as the Millenium Dome … so some heavy work days ahead …

John Roethlisberger will be there as a commentator for NBC Universal. Great call. He’s one of the best informed and most entertaining colour guys. … What !? … There is no Wikipedia page for John? That’s crazy. Someone correct that oversight. His sister has one.

John will be on Inside Gymnastics Radio tonight LIVE. (Hopefully that episode will be available to stream in a few days … but don’t count on it. Inside Gymnastics has promised and not delivered many times on that terrific, innovative addition to their website.)

I’m so happy that the Smooth Skills series highlighting great performances has been resumed on Andy Thornton’s American Gymnast blog – Andy’s Angle.

Smooth Skills Episode 3 highlights amazing Chinese beam workers

Click PLAY or watch Li Xue Hong Beam EF 2001 Chinese Nationals on YouTube. Very pretty.

Along with a number of Chinese gymnasts in Episode 3, Andy includes one PRK Bar routine. Click PLAY or watch Han Jong Ok Bars 2005 East Asian Games on YouTube. Tkachev direct to Geinger.

All WAG coaches need click through to every video Andy links:

Smooth Skills Episode 3

I’m totally enjoying this oddball TV show.

Click PLAY or watch Don’t Stop Believing on Viddler.

http://www.viddler.com/player/2ef3e81e/

Click PLAY or watch Golddigger on YouTube.

trailer for season 1

Another terrific montage from MostepanovaFan.

Montage showing the most successful gymnasts of the 1993-1996 quad.

Success was worked out by: total number of World and Olympic individual medals won …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via The Couch Gymnast)

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