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Off tonight to our first meet of the Canadian season. (A nice late start this year.)
Meet hosts need refer to Kathy Ostberg’s article called Organizing the Perfect Women’s Gymnastics Meet
It was posted 1998 in USAG Technique magazine.
Perhaps not yet the best, but certainly the BIGGEST competition in the world is CHICAGO STYLE, Feb. 6-8th 2009!
Good luck to coach Todd Gardiner and his team in putting together that event!
When I posted Tasha’s Floor routines the other day, I did not realize she was currently on MATERNITY.
Oregon State senior gymnast Tasha Smith returned to the team this week.
Smith, who has been away from the team during her pregnancy, gave birth to her daughter in December. Smith has recently been cleared by both her doctor and the team’s doctor to resume training.
“I’m very excited to return to the gym with my teammates,” Smith said. “I’m thankful for the opportunity and look forward to supporting the team in any way I can.”
“We are excited to have Tasha back in the gym training,” head coach Tanya Chaplin said.
Super blogger Anne Phillips posted photos and a video interview of the German team training in Texas.
The Women’s German National Team is holding a training camp at WOGA right now as they prepare for the upcoming European Championships.
Included in the camp:
Seniors: Anja Brinker (2008 Olympian), Susann Herbst (2008 Olympic alternate), Jenny Brunner, and Elisabeth Seitz
Juniors: Maike Roll, Desiree Baumert, Giulia Hindermann, Pia Tolle, and Nadine Jarosch.
3 gymnasts named:
Shannon Miller – Missouri Kerri Strug – Arizona Mary Lou Retton
– West Virginia
The Italian Olympic committee on Wednesday called for a doping ban.
Gymnast Andrea Gaddi could be banned for two years after traces of cocaine were found in his system following a competition in Ferrara, Italy, in November 2008.
Gaddi was 2nd on Horizontal Bat at Italian Nationals 2008.
Doping infractions are so rare in Artistic gymnastics that even stupidity-violations, like this one, are news.
On my first look at the new site, I had a few complaints.
Many of those have already been answered.
NOTE: A link to Grace Chiu’s photos has been added to the home page. Nice!
Also a link to competition results – Gym Score Depot.
The Classified ads are now easy to find. Including the blurb on the coaching job at Altadore in Calgary.
It’s still being improved, by the looks of things.
Congratulations Gymnastics Canada.
Gymnastics Canada – English
Congratulations. A number of people I really admire were honoured today.
Carly Patterson won the all-around gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
larger original – flickr – jodfevic
Patterson was selected to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame on Tuesday, a day before her 21st birthday. She and 12 other members of this year’s class will be inducted Aug. 14 during the national championships in Dallas, where Patterson trained.
Joining her in the Hall will be Mary Sanders, the national rhythmic gymnastics champion from 2002-04 and an Athens Olympian; 1996 Olympian John Macready; Steve McCain, a member of the 2000 Olympic squad; two-time world acrobatic champions Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis; James “Jimmy” Yongue, bronze medalist in synchronized trampoline at the 1968 world championships; and Fred Turoff, the men’s gymnastics coach at Temple.
Also being inducted is the men’s double mini-trampoline team that won the gold medal at the 1999 world championships. Pat Wilson Henderson, a trampoline and tumbling judge for almost 35 years, will be honored for lifetime achievement. …
Gymblog notes that Carly does not meet the criteria for induction into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Gymbrooke Sports News posted a partial list of Canucks currently training in the American College system:
Marci Bernholtz – UCLA
Alyssa Brown – Stanford
Laura-Ann Chong – Oregon State
Aisha Gerber – UCLA
Alexandra Grant – Iowa
Brittnee Habbib – Nebraska
Danielle Goldman – BYU
Nicole Heikkila – Michigan State
Melissa Hough – BYU
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs – UCLA
Jennifer Lezeu – BYU
Gael Mackie – UTAH
Leslie Mak – Oregon
Heather Purnell – Stanford
Casey Sandy – Penn State
Jennifer Simbhudas – Iowa
Rebecca Simbhudas – Iowa
Kylie Stone – Nebraska
Melanie Tham – Iowa
Click through for information on each.
Gymbrooke – Canadian 2009 NCAA Gymnasts
JANUARY 22: Alyssa Brown – original
We talk about Elise Ray every day in my gym.
A couple of our girls do Stalder from low to high (“Ray”) as a bar transfer. That’s not the only “Ray” on Bars. She also has the dismount named after her. As well as the toe-on toe-off to Tkachev.
Click PLAY or watch Elise Ray on Bars at the USA 2000 National Championships finals on Gymnastike.
Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike
Nance at the Perfect 10 blog named Elise one of the best bar workers EVER.
She went on to University of Michigan on a full athletic scholarship, tying with Onnie Willis of UCLA for the All Around title in 2001. She is currently a performer in the Cirque du Soleil in the Las Vegas show “O”.
From the Tumbl Trak email newsletter:
… Below are some of my reasons for minimal spotting and the value I believe it brings to our young athletes.Â
Minimal Spotting Approach – Rationale
Using a teaching approach to gymnastics skills that relies minimally on spotting results in:
1. Independence: children learn by finding out what they can do by themselves, not what an adult/teacher can do for them; dependence on a spotter is diminished, or doesn’t occur.
2. Confidence: when children accomplish a skill and can do it alone, this builds their confidence.
3. Saftey: children learn how to fall and not get hurt; children who learn what they can do by themselves do not have a false sense of security. For example, a child knows she needs to grip the bar in order not to fall.
4. Body Control: children learn what it takes to move body parts (trunk, legs, arms, shoulders) and hold a position (straight, arch, hollow). Teachers may move parts not in position, then see if a child can “find” it again…
5. Teacher Observation: when spotting a skill, the teacher is often too close to see what the child is doing; when the teacher stands back and observes, attempts at a teaching station, she or he can analyze body positions, timing, etc. to provide corrective feedback.
CRITICAL: in order to teach with minimal spotting, the right equipment is necessary, as well as knowledgeable teachers. The equipment is only as good as the teacher who can create appropriate stations with it.
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Thanks Doug.
Good advice.
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