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Another step forward for NCAA.

The National Gymnastics Foundation, in partnership with USA Gymnastics, is creating a Collegiate Gymnastics Developmental Fund. The fund’s goal is to provide solutions to support collegiate programs in peril and offer educational and business training for coaches and program administrators to assist them in building financially secure programs. The Collegiate Gymnastics Developmental Fund complements the initiatives USA Gymnastics already has in place to support collegiate gymnastics.

“Collegiate gymnastics is a vital part of the gymnastics fabric in the United States,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. …

In addition to the Collegiate Developmental Fund, the National Gymnastics Foundation already has scholarship programs in place for men’s collegiate gymnastics and trampoline athletes that are endowed through donations and fees. USA Gymnastics organizes national championships for both men’s and women’s gymnastics to supplement the NCAA National Gymnastics Championships. USA Gymnastics has taken an increasingly proactive role in supporting the collegiate arm of gymnastics; earlier this year it hosted a summit to discuss the issues facing collegiate gymnastics and assisted in a fundraising effort for Cal State Fullerton women’s gymnastics team.

The Collegiate Developmental Fund (CDF) will be supported through public and private donations, as well as through some existing funds in the National Gymnastics Foundation. The NGF has dedicated funds valued at $100,000 to seed the CDF.

“The Foundation is still working out the details for the fund,” said Bob Wood, chair of the National Gymnastics Foundation. “No grants will be issued until the guidelines and parameters for funding and distribution are solidified. We are excited about the opportunities the Fund will present, and we hope the gymnastics community will band together to build a solid endowment for this effort.”

“This is a huge step forward,” commented Mike Lorenzen, president of NACGC/W. “We are very excited about the opportunity to work with USA Gymnastics and the National Gymnastics Foundation to identify solutions to maintain and develop new college programs.”

“It is important for us to work together to sustain NCAA gymnastics as an important goal for all of our athletes,” said Mike Burns, president of the College Gymnastics Association for men’s gymnastics. …

The National Gymnastics Foundation was created from the energy and excitement generated by the gold-medal Olympic effort of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Proceeds totaling $1.4 million from the 1984 Olympics were used to establish the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Today, the Foundation’s assets total approximately $4.3 million.

USAG – National Gymnastics Foundation, USA Gymnastics create Collegiate Gymnastics Developmental Fund

Where can people donate?

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$85 – WallStars

It’s far from a done deal.

In fact, I think Chicago will win out in the end. Madrid would be the second most likely, IMHO.

… there is an art to the way the International Olympic Committee drafts reports such as the one it made public Wednesday evaluating the four cities in the hunt for the 2016 Summer Games.

It’s not just what the report says, it’s how it says it and, almost important, what it doesn’t say.

Thus there’s an art as well to reading between the lines of these things, which is why Rio de Janeiro emerged as the report’s clear winner, the report not only buying into the Brazilian vision of the bid as catalytic force but reciting the “potential power of the Games to transform a city, a region and a country.”

read more on the Olympic Insider blog

Back to school. Back to regular training in my part of the world.

Actually, the T&T athletes are doing a kind of early season “boot camp” called Hell Week.

Here’s the latest month from Rik Feeney.

larger version (PDF)

Gymnastics Examiner has a good post on this most unusual and painful skill.

Cool skill alert: German giants in combination

Click PLAY or watch Chanen Raygoza on YouTube.

See more routines: Cool skill alert: German giants in combination

Personally I don’t like German Giants even when done by Men.

Tammy Biggs shows ballistic kicking drills to improve strength in flexibility using theraband elastic.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The Gymnastics Minute is a series of free introductory video tips produced by GymSmarts.

vbtube posted this on The Chalk Bucket forum.

I worked extra hard on this one. It’s basically about how Ivana has struggled but she always does her best and comes through it stronger.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Inside Gymnastics – WORLDS ’09 WITHOUT LIUKIN

Good article.

In response to Alia Mustafina – Khorkina 1 on Bars, Don Eckert mentioned the Worlds best Yamawaki by Tamayo!

In recent years for Men the Yamawaki (stretched Markelov) has been included in most routines. The guys consider it an “easy D-part” and a good mount.

More videos like this on the Gibson Athletics SaltoCafe YouTube channel.

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Too bad.

… 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, has withdrawn her name from consideration for selection to the U.S. Team for the 2009 World Championships, Oct. 13-18, in London, England. The first selection camp for the women’s team is slated to start on Sept. 8 at the Women’s National Team Training Center in Huntsville, Texas.

“I have given a lot of thought to this since the 2009 Visa Championships,” said Liukin, who competed in the Visa Championships in Dallas earlier this month. “Getting back into the gym and competition has been a major goal for me this summer, and I have worked hard to balance my training and obligations. This past year has been wonderful and a whirlwind. With the selection process for Worlds beginning next week, I realized I need to take some time to get myself where I need and want to be competitively. Competing at a World Championships is an incredible experience, and I look forward to supporting my teammates as they prepare for London.

“The 2012 Olympics in London remain an important goal for me. I have more to accomplish in this sport.” …

read more – USAG

These are the unimportant World Championships, after all.

I expect we’ll see more big names withdraw from countries around the globe. It reminds me that Kyle Shewfelt did not compete at World Championships 2001 … but went on to win Floor in 2004.

In a 4yr cycle, this is a good time for a “rest”.