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babies dancing to Beyoncé

My Facebook is filled with friends linking to this hilarious video of baby Cory.

This kid busts much better moves. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Looks like we have a meme, babies dancing to Beyoncé.

Episode 3 of the TV show Glee riffs on the Put a Ring on It dance, too. The football team uses it to win their first game.

have you seen Glee?

I heard a great interview with Matthew Morrison, star of the Fox TV series Glee.

Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.

Leave a comment if you have an opinion on Glee.

You can watch recent episodes in Canada on Global. Watch recent episodes in the USA on Fox.

On iTunes, Season 1 (13 episodes) costs only $13.95.

another clip of the Garrison on beam

anna filmed and posted that incredible beam mount of Natsumi Sasada at Japan Juniors.

Perhaps the biggest skill we’ve seen all quadrennial, done superbly.

Click PLAY or watch it again, in training, on YouTube.

Wow!

Sasada finished 2nd on beam in the Final. She must have hit the mount again in that competition.

training at Aerial Athletics Gymnastics

This Workout Wednesday edit is a little long at 8min. But don’t miss the excellent Geinger progression at about 2min. … Come to think of it, that’s the only progression for Geinger. You’ll do it like Nastia.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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

This workout was filmed Thursday, September 10 at Aerial Athletics in San Antonio, Texas. Aerial Athletics is run by Heather Schnelzer whose coaching philosophy is centered around longevity with a priority on college scholarships for her athletes. In the past 7 years, she has produced 11 collegiate gymnasts. …

handstand … call the Sambulance

Gymnasts I coached a number of years ago in New Zealand made their first trip to North American this summer.

And had a great time!

handstand

photo from Sam’s facebook

gymnast to watch – Natsumi Sasada

The Couch Gymnast has an important post called JAPAN ON THE RISE …

She highlights a somewhat unknown super talent from Japan who finished second all-around behind the unbelievable Viktoriya Komova, (who just might be the best gymnast in the world right now).

Natsumi Sasada is like the Japanese Women’s Artistic team, under appreciated and under rated.

Click PLAY or watch Natsumi Sasada’s beam on YouTube. (Superb layout Garrison mount!)

… Natsumi Sasada comes from a gymnastics family. Her mother is Yayoi Kano, a gymnast who was on five Japanese World Championship Teams. …

Bye bye, Super Six. Hello, Final Four

Great headline posted by Gymnastics Examiner:

The NCAA has officially approved canning the six team NCAA Gymnastics Championship final in favor of a sleeker four team format, which is more TV friendly, The Salt Lake Tribune reported earlier today.

Some, including several prominent NCAA gymnastics coaches, also believe that a four team final will help casual gymnastics fans follow the action better than the Super Six format, which was first implemented in 1993.

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Of course, the new team championship format, which will debut at the 2011 NCAA meet in gymnastics-neutral Cleveland, can’t be called the Final Four (the reason is a copyright issue with the NCAA basketball tournament of the same name.) So the hunt for a catchy new title is on. At the 2009 J.O. Nationals, which followed the yearly NCAA Coaches Conference, a few took to calling it the “Flipping Four” (go ahead and groan).

Under the new rules, 12 teams will still qualify to the NCAA Championships, but only the top four (the top two from each of two sessions) will advance to the team final. …

read more on Gymnastics Examiner – Bye bye, Super Six. Hello, Final Four

If it doesn’t work, I’d expect to see a return to the 6 Team Final.

By “work“, I mean, help secure live TV coverage of the Team Final in the next couple of years. That’s the main goal of the change.

meet gymnast / acrobat Nathan Blair

Nathan Blair was a Horizontal Bar / Floor specialist with the University of Iowa from 1999-2003.

You can see some video highlights on YouTube. He competed Def from age-16 to age-23, rarely missing the regrasp.

One College season he never missed a single routine on pipe.

Since then Nathan has been coaching and performing all over the world. Sea World San Diego. Acrobatic shows on cruise ships. And more.

Click PLAY or watch Nathan on YouTube.

Coming up is a gig on the world’s largest cruise ship — Royal Caribbean’s $1.2 billion Oasis of the Seas.

… Facilities rival the best on land. The 1,380-seat main theater features a thrust stage, and entertainers perform aerial acrobatics. The AquaTheater pool has a hydraulic floor that reaches nearly 18 feet at its lowest depth and underwater cameras. …

Sounds great!