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No doubt gymnasts win these contests.
Ha. UPDATE: elnino wrote to say that’s him on the video … and that he’s NOT a gymnast.
Oops.
From the Varnsdorf 2009 Speed Rope Climbing competition, here’s a look at 1st place. 8m in … 6.15sec.
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(via Straight to the Bar)
more on rope climbing – JohnGill.net
Gymnast Crossing is a blog that chronicles the day-to-day events at a gymnastics club. In this case the Los Angeles School of Gymnastics.
This unusual and charming edit was posted by the Wordsmith by Nantucket.
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Gymnast Crossing – On My Way to Wanna Be
Download most recent PDF Technical update for the meet as a PDF document.
You can see this meet will be very well organized.
This prestigious international gymnastics event will be held in Edmonton, Canada from April 2-5, 2009.
Equipment is AAI only.
official website – WildRoseGymnastics.com
Gymnastics Coaching will be there.
Click through to see the poll on Gymblog.
Past & Present Gymnastics predicts:
1. Bridget Sloan
2. Jordyn Wieber
3. Brittany Rogers
Always bet on an American to win the Scam Cup. … And why were two more Americans not added this year to further stack the odds in favour of the USA?
official website – American Cup
Who’s stronger?
University of Georgia female gymnasts? Or male football players?
… You know the answer already.
The Gymblog linked to this entertaining article:
“Challenge of the Champions,” a weight room competition put on two years ago to find out which team was stronger.
“I definitely think it was eye-opening for the football players,” gymnast Abby Stack said. “They were a little bit faster runners. But I think strength-wise, pound for pound, we got them every time. More push-ups, more pull-ups, more jump rope, more leg lifts, more handstands, just every thing.” …
… Pull ups? Nobody on the football team could make 20. Kupets hadn’t broken a sweat at 20. …
Michele Hawke thinks this photo is funny.
Tsk tsk.
A photo of Le Pennec taken on vault at the 2005 World Championships and published by Getty Images was the subject of controversy …. The photo appears to depict Le Pennec having an episode of incontinence in the middle of her vault. However, the image captured in the picture is inconclusive, the incident has never been substantiated by any reliable source, other photographs, video footage or eyewitness accounts, and neither Le Pennec nor the French Federation have commented on the matter. Nonetheless, the photo has appeared on various Internet sites and in a British tabloid magazine.
Wikipedia
I assume the photo was faked. Most on Snopes agree.
Claudine Gervais sent me a link to a very interesting article.
Platelet-rich plasma therapy is an experimental treatment for “stubborn” injuries including (common-in-gymnasts) knee tendinitis.
… The method, which is strikingly straightforward and easy to perform, centers on injecting portions of a patient’s blood directly into the injured area, which catalyzes the body’s instincts to repair muscle, bone and other tissue. Most enticing, many doctors said, is that the technique appears to help regenerate ligament and tendon fibers, which could shorten rehabilitation time and possibly obviate surgery. …
NY Times – A Promising Treatment for Athletes, in Blood
It sounds something like blood doping.
Cost about $2000 in the USA, not something the average amateur gymnast can consider.
But if it proves to work, cost may come down.
Steven Legendre is getting all the internet buzz, but who’s #1 ranked in the NCAA All-around?
Penn State’s Casey Sandy collects his third weekly award of the season upon capturing four individual titles en route to his fourth all-around crown of 2009, in Saturday’s dual meet with third-ranked Illinois. It is the fourth time this season that Sandy has claimed four or more individual titles while winning the all-around in a single meet. …
GymInfo
Just like last season, little known Casey Sandy is top dog. He gets no respect.
CONGRATS.
Put your money on Casey Sandy to repeat as NCAA All-around Champion.
One of the most conspicuous talents I saw last season is coached by Erika Bakacs at Naydenov Gymnastics in Vancouver, Washington.
She has now qualified for the USA Gymnastics Hopes program for gymnasts ages 10-11, scheduled for two national meets this year.
read a feature on her – Olympic Destinee?
Another good article on USolympicteam.com
I’ve seen gymnastics coaches who love to take the credit when a gymnast does something right:
“WE did a fantastic Tkachev.”
But are quick to blame the athlete when something goes wrong.
In general, coaches of female gymnasts are too controlling. They try to continue coaching 13-year-olds they same way they coached the girls at age-9.
That’s not the best or most efficient strategy. As gymnasts get older, they must make more and more of the decisions. We are preparing them for life, as well as gymnastics.
Not only do we have to “let go” of control. But each athlete is individual. Some 13-year-olds can make good decisions for themselves and are self-motivated. Some 15-year-olds want you to yell at them for “motivation”.
Reuters – China Daily
Five Tips
You can start teaching your athlete to be self-reliant with simple ideas that can be done in practice, such as:
Don’t over analyze—if they can remember three things that you tell them to do—that is amazing. Have them describe what happened, instead of you telling them what happened. If they didn’t like what happened ask them what they would do differently—don’t accept “I dunnoâ€. Design practices so that you don’t do the same skill over and over again (block practice) but make it random … mix it up … the variability makes the athlete think much like they would in a game. Stop workouts and ask them questions. How did it feel or I noticed this happened, why do you think that is? Don’t give constant feedback—tell them what the purpose of the workout is—let them work on it. Let them experiment and give constructive feedback after 5, 10 or 15 tries. If you do it every time, they learn to rely on you and not on themselves. …
read the rest of this article By Catherine Sellers- USOC Coaching – DEVELOPING A SELF-RELIANT ATHLETE
Gymnastics Coaching.com 