Irish Kings of Comedy

This video starts with all the drama … 😀

Anaya Smith – Vault

coolest Beam mount

Wow.

This is Mahleea Werline who plans to compete for Boise in a few years.

acrobatics on Ed Sullivan

FLASHBACK – – Rare Video of World Acrobatics Society Founder, Bob Bollinger performing with his partner Antony Napier, on the Ed Sullivan Show (circa 1956).

– Dagmar Nissen Munn on Facebook

Bob first got interested in acrobatics in 1937 Shanghai, China, during the Sino-Japanese War.

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Winterland by Rae Meadows

A novel about a Soviet gymnast. Rae Meadows is an adult recreational gymnast.

Soviet Union, 1973: There is perhaps no greater honor for a young girl than to be chosen for the famed USSR gymnastics program. When eight-year-old Anya is selected, her family is thrilled. What is left of her family, that is. …

Amazon

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What Gym should I start at?

A question coaches often hear from friends with young children. 😀

Moy progressions

Shun Tomizawa is a Japanese coach who worked in Canada. And is currently in Germany.

He has many MAG tutorials on his YouTube channel. Here are a couple of samples.

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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Fun fact. As a young coach, we took a team of Americans and Canadians to Netherlands for a friendly international competition. Moy won the AA representing France. He was already excellent at age-16.

unofficial NQS rankings

National Qualifying Score will decide which 36 teams advance to the regional championships.

While NQS won’t officially take effect in the rankings until next Monday, most teams have now completed enough meets to have a prospective NQS …

  1. Oklahoma – 198.038
  2. Florida – 197.838
  3. Michigan – 197.792
  4. Utah – 197.679
  5. Auburn – 197.446
  6. UCLA – 197.425

See the full list on Balance Beam Situation:

WEEK 6 RANKINGS & FIRST NQS UPDATE

Fighting Illini for Mental Health

Team is dedicating the 2023 season to promoting mental health. Some problems can be helped by having some kind of support group.

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looming IOC PR disaster Paris

The International Olympic Committee floated the worst possible solution to a real dilemma. Allowing some RUS athletes to compete in the Paris Olympics — but not those who support Putin’s attack on Ukraine.

Allow them all. Or ban them all. Simple.

… the IOC knows it will have a PR disaster on its hands if it allows Russians en masse into the Games. …

Insiders suggest that the IOC will instead place multiple conditions on entry, including banning the Russian flag and anthem and requiring its athletes to wear all-white uniforms.

More significantly, anyone with links to the Russian military is also likely to be barred – which could result in 75% of their team and officials being declared ineligible. …

Guardian – So Mr Bach, will nothing ever be enough to ban Russia from the Olympics?

Putin has been bombing civilian targets including Bakhmut’s stadium which is used as a training facility for Ukraine’s Olympic athletes.