BdoCanadaGym posted some videos from the excellent Wild Rose Invitational in Edmonton, Canada.
The Senior Beam Champion was Miranda Meyer.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thanks Stu.
more flooring for gymnastics gyms
SuperKevin added another option in a comment on our original best flooring for gymnastics gyms post.
Looks good. More information on the Wonder Mat website.
Are they durable enough?
making sense of gymnastics scores
Coaches at the NCAA Championships were discussing Greg Marsden’s proposals to make gymnastics more appealing to the regular fan.
The scoring of 6 teams — 2 on byes at any given time — is VERY confusing.
One great idea Marsden did not forward in his proposal came up.
What if — in addition to the running team total — an additional report was shown with AVERAGE counting score, so far. It might look like this:
9.823 – Georgia
9.817 – Alabama
9.817 – Arkansas
9.803 – Utah
9.791 – Florida
9.783 – Stanford
Fans would know exactly who was winning the team competition at any given moment. Regardless of what teams have had byes, what had not.
It would be GREAT at NCAA meets. But even better at FIG competitions where even some gymnastics experts give up trying to make sense of scores.
=== UPDATE from the comments:
Marcus Says:
they do this for CBS broadcasts, they show the average after each rotation …
Interestingly enough, the final averages
UGA 9.891
Bama 9.879
Utah 9.871
UF 9.835
Ark 9.824
LSU 9.819and Kupets averaged 9.953 at NCAAs of all 13 routines (including the 2nd vault)
best flooring for gymnastics gyms?
Michele Soucy asks us what’s the best material to cover concrete between gymnastics apparatus in our gyms.
Good question.
I’m not sure.
In my gym we have red and gold tiles on the floor of our public common area. They are easy to clean and sanitize.
In the gym, most of the concrete is covered with carpet tiles.
Carpet is difficult to keep clean. I really don’t like carpet. The only advantage is that a stained carpet tile can easily be swapped out with a new one. Here’s the glue and trowel we use to affix new tiles.
Better is one section of the gym where instead of carpet we are using an old wrestling mat as a base for other mats.
Do you have a recommendation for what to use to cover concrete floors?
Leave a comment.
if you let me play sports … Nike
Trampoline and Tumbling coach Brett MacAulay has been linking to inspirational commercials on his Facebook account.
Nike ad from 1995. Agency: Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Oregon.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Kupets, Baskett, Clare-Kearney, López
2008-2009 Gymnastics Honda Sports Award Nominees:
Courtney Kupets – University of Georgia
Kristina Baskett – University of Utah
Ashleigh Clare-Kearney – Louisiana State University
Jessica López – University of Denver
ACK won gold on Floor and Vault at NCAA Championships 2009
Honda honours the most outstanding female collegiate athletes in the nation with the Collegiate Women Sports Awards.
Winners are selected in each of the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA administrators. (Not partially by online fan balloting as is done with the now discredited Sullivan Award.)
All 4 fantastic gymnasts are Seniors. We’ve seen their final routines.
Perhaps Jessica López will continue to compete internationally for her native Venezuela. I certainly hope so.
Watch an interview with ACK on Gymnastike after winning 2 NCAA Titles.
follow Gymnastics Coaching on twitter
Talk about a fad.
Everywhere I go people are talking about the new micro-blogging tool twitter.
It’s fairly useless for most people. But is getting so popular, so quickly, that (I guess) it’s essential I start a twitter feed for Gymnastics Coaching.
Twitter users can get every post by clicking FOLLOW on twitter.com/gymcoaching
The new gymNICEstics blog (the most recent site with that name) did exactly the same thing. Follow it at twitter.com/gymnice
Cirque Ovo – teeming world of insects
For its 25th anniversary, Cirque du soleil is taking inspiration from lowly insects and elevating the bustling world of bugs into another of its trademark acrobatic extravaganzas.
Quebec-based Cirque offered a preview of Ovo — its 25th production in 25 years — in Montreal on Tuesday.
Ovo, which denotes the Portuguese word for “egg,” will be based on the life cycle and ecosystem of a colourful and insect community that discovers a mysterious egg in its midst. …
Watch a 15sec trailer on the official home page: Cirque du Soleil – ovo
disclosure – I love Cirque du Soleil
Gymnastics World Cup Maribor Day 1
Day 1 Finals results are posted on International Gymnast.
5th Maribor World Cup/42nd Salamunov Memorial
April 18, Maribor, SloveniaWOMEN’S VAULT FINAL SV SCORE
1. Anna Myzdrikova 5.0/5.2 14.062
2. Yekaterina Kurbatova 5.3/5.2 14.037
3. Annika Urvikko 5.0/5.0 13.800UNEVEN BARS FINAL SV SCORE
1. Yekaterina Kurbatova 5.8 14.325
2. Kristina Goryunova 5.5 13.700
3. Ethiene Franco 5.3 13.650MEN’S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL SV SCORE
1. Diego Hypolito 6.5 15.300
2. Alexander Shatilov 6.1 14.950
3. Filip Ude 6.0 14.800POMMEL HORSE FINAL SV SCORE
1. Donna-Donny Truyens 6.0 15.075
2. Saso Bertoncelj 6.4 14.850
3. Zoltan Kallai 6.2 14.750STILL RINGS FINAL SV SCORE
1. Konstantin Pluzhnikov 6.6 15.650
2. Irodotos Georgallas 6.8 15.000
3. Regulo Carmona 6.4 14.800read more – IG – Russians Take Three Titles in Maribor
waterproof Tiger Paws for divers
Geena sent us a link to an interesting product.
The Tiger Paw Wrist Grip Supports were first worn (and still are) by many of the elite gymnasts in the country to support the constant pounding on their wrist during training and competition. Now worn by many of the top platform and three-meter divers in the country to do the same!
The exclusive Water Proof material is light and does not absorb water — a real plus for divers!! …
Product Note: While some divers do still wear the leather or suede Tiger Paw Wristgrip Support, most divers prefer to wear the WATERPROOF Tigerpaw Wristgrip model because they weigh about one half as much as the leather or suede models and they do not absorb water. Gymnasts, Tumblers and Cheerleaders usually prefer the leather or suede models because they have that extra bulk and heartiness.
SpringboardsAndMore.com – Water Proof Tiger Paw Wrist Grip Supports. Price: US$58.25
UPDATE:
A commenter notes that some have switched to this product for Platform.
The Wrist Wraps Support is ideal when limitation of range is needed in one direction only, such as extension, flexion, ulnar or radial deviation. It is also ideal for sports-related and job-related injuries allowing freedom of the hand from splinting. Can be used in football (linemen) for prophylactic use as well as jobs requiring repetitive hand/wrist movement. …
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