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Former American Olympic Coach Peter Korman is promoting a new product. Ideal for introducing forward and backward handspring to beginners, including older Cheer kids.

Any gymnast that learns a backward handspring without spot is near certain to re-register for the following session.

The UCS Tear Drop Trainer is specially design to properly train the athlete performing a back or front handspring.

Available in 4 sizes including an extra large model to accomodate taller athletes

$495 – $830

UCS – Handspring Tear-Drop Trainer

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It looks like a slight improvement on Norbert’s The Boulderâ„¢. To compare that product video, click here. About $650.

GymNiceTic posted a list of movies free to watch on the internet:

Nadia (1984)

Little girls in pretty boxes (1997)

American Anthem (1986)

Reach For the Sky (1991)

The Gymnast (2006)

White Palms (2006)

Peaceful Warrior (2006)

Click through for details.

I recall coach Jim Holt, years ago, kept a complete list of Gymnastics Films. I’d love to post that.

more posts tagged with “gymnastics movies”

The No. 3 seeded Crimson Tide will be joined in the evening session by No. 2 seed Utah, No. 6 Oregon State, No. 7 UCLA, No. 10 Arkansas and No. 11 Illinois.

The afternoon session will be comprised of No. 1 seed Georgia, No. 4 LSU, No. 5 Florida, No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 9 Stanford and No. 12 Penn State.

College Gymnastics Board – AlabamaGymnastics

Some are convinced the evening session has an advantage as judges scores rise.

Thanks vrba. The entire Finals is posted on the 2008agwc YouTube channel one routine at a time.

Floor Exercise Final Men

Pommel Horse Final Men

Rings Final Men

Vault Final Men

Parallel Bars Final Men

Horizontal Bar Final Men

One sample. BOUHAIL Thomas FRA winning Vault. Tsuk double pike. Handspring double front, half out.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Meredith of the He Kexin = 14 blog just posted an unusual and interesting montage.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gymnastics In Europe was there.

Click through for results with commentary. And links to Finals videos.

Click PLAY or watch Beth Tweddle’s crazy hard gold medal Bar routine on YouTube.

More videos on the 2008agwc YouTube channel.

UPDATE: Blast. This was a newspaper April Fool’s Day PRANK. I’ve been had.

Thanks XMaestro.

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Blythe on the Gymblog loves the fact that University of Wisconsin-Madison has added a Women’s Gymnastics Team.

… the UW Athletic Department is finally giving the students what they want by announcing the return of Division I baseball to Madison. To both provide sufficient funding to the baseball program and satisfy Title IX regulations, the Department of Athletics will drop Wisconsin’s FBS football program, effective immediately. …

The Daily Cardinal – Football replaced by baseball, gymnastics

This was posted April 1st.

I trust it’s not an April Fool’s joke.

Ten-0

2009 European Championships Apparatus Finals

Floor Exercise Final Men
1 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER – 15.450
2 FAHRIG Matthias GER – 15.400
3 KOSMIDIS Eleftherios GRE – 15.350
3 SHATILOV Alexander ISR – 15.350

Pommel Horse Final Men
1 BERKI Krisztian HUN – 15.600
2 SMITH Louis GBR – 15.550
3 KEATINGS Daniel GBR – 15.500

Rings Final Men
1 VAN GELDER Yuri NED – 15.750
2 VOROBIOV Olexandr UKR – 15.600
3 IOVTCHEV Iordan BUL – 15.550

Vault Final Men
1 BOUHAIL Thomas FRA
2 KOCZI Flavius ROU
3 FAHRIG Matthias GER

Parallel Bars Final Men
1 CUCHERAT Yann FRA – 15.825
2 PETKOVSEK Mitja SLO – 15.800
3 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER – 15.375

Horizontal Bar Final Men
1 MARAS Vlasios GRE – 15.375
2 CUCHERAT Yann FRA – 15.250
3 KUKSENKOV Nikolay UKR – 14.925

GymnasticsResults.com – full scores

Videos of all routines.

GymNiceTic called bad boy Matthias Fahrig the Man of the Day:

At the event finals of the European Championships today, Matthias Fahrig (GER) won a silver medal on floor (15.400) and a bronze on vault (16.235) – he´s definitly back in the game and will have good chances to represent Germany at the Worlds in London. Congratulations for this successful comeback after causing some troubles and not being allowed to go to the Olympics because of disciplin problems. …

Jamd

Floor and Bars. Beth is a big STAR in the UK.

This is a terrific result.

Beth Tweddle won two golds for Britain on the final day of the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. …

After her bars routine, Tweddle, the 2006 uneven bars world champion, said: “It’s nice to be back.

“Since 2006 I have had my share of fourth positions, and all week I have been so focused on getting everything right. ” …

BBC – Tweddle secures double Euro gold

IG – Amanda Turner’s commentary – Tweddle Reclaims Uneven Bars Title

From the Couch Gymnast:

… The floor final was the best though, in my opinion. It was such a great finale to the women’s competition, though the crowd was confused about the scoring. …

Event Finals!! – Yay Beth!

GymnasticsResults.com – full scores

For once the results of one of our competitions this season are being posted online, quickly, thanks to Stu Cram.

Gym Score Depot – Wild Rose 2009

Edmonton, Canada April 2-5, 2009.

official website – WildRoseGymnastics.com

The best meet in Canada.