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American Cup not all that bad
Gymnastics Coaching - 5 days ago
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Seems to me there was more interest in this year’s American Cup gymnastics meet than in many years past. Kudos to USAG and the meet organizers. Now … why don’t you improve the format for 2011? Do you want it to be referred to as the Scam Cup forever? Blythe Lawrence linked to some analysis if [...]
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Alabama v Oklahoma, UCLA v Georgia
Gymnastics Coaching - 10 days ago
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What’s the best gymnastics meet this weekend? Not the Women’s American Cup, I’m afraid. It’s inevitably a let down as half the astonishingly small field typically miss routines. #1 Alabama v #2 Oklahoma on Friday? or … #3 UCLA v #5 Georgia on Saturday? More adversity for Georgia as Shayla Worley is out with ankle injury. Grace [...]
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Canada “Going for the Gold”
Gymnastics Coaching - 10 days ago
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Kyle Shewfelt linked to this good news story: Olympic athletes get gold in federal budget Big increases in funding for high performance sport. They’re still adding up the numbers. Some had feared funding would be cut drastically as soon as public interest in the Olympics waned. But politicans bandwagoneered on huge popular support of the Games. [...]
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Dad supportive of youth sport?
Gymnastics Coaching - 11 days ago
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Sports Girls Play linked to an amusing TV commercial: … this PSA ad put out a few years ago spotlights the importance of Dad’s involvement in the development of their childrens’ self esteem. Enjoy…. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (via Youth Sports Parents and Sports Girls Play)
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gymnasts turn to aerial skiing
Gymnastics Coaching - 26 Feb 2010
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Lydia Ierodiaconou Lassila just won the Women’s Aerial skiing Gold Medal for Australia. Australia ?? … Lassila took a congratulatory phone call from Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and showed her same knack for twisting and turning on the slopes by urging him to increase funding for better facilities at home. “I was trying to persuade [...]
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gymnastics – Oksana Omelianchik
Gymnastics Coaching - 26 Feb 2010
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The gymnast that defined the word “pixie”. The latest from MunchTheSilivasFan. … Music: Cartoon Heroes – Aqua Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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gymnastics – a sport for deaf kids
Gymnastics Coaching - 24 Feb 2010
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Diego Neumaire was born without ears 11 years ago to a poor family in Mexico. Despite the odds he has excelled, winning the National Championship of the Mexican Gymnastics Federation this past April. His story has so compelled Dr. John Reinisch that the Hancock Park resident is donating his skills as a world-class surgeon in ear [...]
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gymnastics workout at UCLA
Gymnastics Coaching - 24 Feb 2010
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This workout was filmed by Kyle Khou on January 7th just before the start of the season. Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike. Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike
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best triple back on Floor
Gymnastics Coaching - 24 Feb 2010
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Don Eckert nominates Eddie Crane. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube (2008). Eddie was a Team Gattaca gymnast. Leave a comment if you know what he’s doing now.
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Charlie Tamayo goofing
Gymnastics Coaching - 23 Feb 2010
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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Thanks Don. Hey, he’s launched a website called Flip For Charlie: … my most important challenge- making the 2012 Olympic team. Despite the obstacles I may face, I know with your support my Olympic dream can be kept alive. I would like nothing more than to give back to a [...]
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gymnastics grip accessories
Gymnastics Coaching - 22 Feb 2010
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A list posted on Gymnastics Stuff. see more – gymnastics grips supplies
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Buckeye Gymnastics videos
Gymnastics Coaching - 22 Feb 2010
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On the Beechurst10’s Channel find routines from this past weekend’s Buckeye Classic. One sample. Click PLAY or watch Kara Lovan’s Beam on YouTube. Great potential.
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teaching dance head position
Gymnastics Coaching - 22 Feb 2010
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Creating long beautiful line leaves a favorable impression with the judges. Here Donna Culp shows a how to create long beautiful lines through your shoulders and head. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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if gymnastics was easy it would be called football
Gymnastics Coaching - 22 Feb 2010
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Search for and join this Facebook group: if gymnastics was easy it would be called football In High School Physical Education, obviously, I was the teacher’s assistant for the Gymnastics Module. The football players got paid back. Best was watching them try to cross support on low rings. Hilarious.
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Balance Beam in Slow Motion
Gymnastics Coaching - 22 Feb 2010
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The elegance and grace of balance beam. In this video: Nastia Liukin Shannon Miller Dominique Moceanu Shawn Johnson Nadia Comaneci Svetlana Boginskaya Kristie Phillips Yelena Mukhina Mary Lou Retton Mo Huilan Catalina Ponor Yang Bo Carly Patterson Svetlana Khorkina Kim Zmeskal Andreea Raducan and others… Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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BEST of the Great West Gym Fest
Gymnastics Coaching - 21 Feb 2010
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Talking to kids at the big meet in Idaho this weekend, they like best two things: 1) March-in like a big College Meet. 2) Meeting inspiring Olympians The AWARDS are brilliant too. The best anywhere. See more meet photos on flickr.
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Florida over Georgia Gymnastics
Gymnastics Coaching - 21 Feb 2010
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My friend Courtney told me her team had a great meet but was edged out by Florida. … the Gators registered their first home dual meet win over No. 7 Georgia … since 1990. Florida posted a season-high 197.25 to claim the slender win over the five-time defending NCAA champion Gym Dogs. Georgia’s total of [...]
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sportsmanship of a Norwegian coach
Gymnastics Coaching - 21 Feb 2010
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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Thanks Brett.
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why I love short track
Gymnastics Coaching - 18 Feb 2010
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What’s the essence of sport? People challenging others to see who’s “best” under some arbitrary set of rules. Short Track Speed Skating is exactly that. The race itself is madness. There’s a delicious uncertainty about who’s going to win. … the story of Steven Bradbury, “The Last Man Standing” in the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in [...]
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have you seen Snow Kiting?
Gymnastics Coaching - 17 Feb 2010
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Cirque’s Marceline Goldstein went out to try this insanely extreme sport. Looks hairy. This is the latest snow kite promo video from Ozone, manufacturers of power kites , snow kites, kitesurf kites and paragliders. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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Port-au-Prince government getting Cirque tents
Gymnastics Coaching - 14 Feb 2010
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Several large circus tents previously used by Cirque du Soleil are on their way to Haiti to be used as a temporary headquarters for the Port-au-Prince government, according to the man donating them. The self-contained tents would replace government buildings destroyed a month ago by the devastating earthquake that killed at least 200,000 people, Nevada real [...]
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are you a UCLA fan?
Gymnastics Coaching - 14 Feb 2010
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Anna’s boyfriend says he’s UCLA Gymnastic’s BIGGEST FAN. It’s hard to argue after seeing this interview. Don’t bother sending Anna a valentine. Click PLAY or watch fan boy on YouTube. (via @uclagymnastics)
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Susan Jackson 6th AA victory
Gymnastics Coaching - 13 Feb 2010
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The #1 college gymnast, Susan Jackson, refuses to miss a routine. Susan won her school record 6th straight all-around with a 39.525. And she’s leading her team up and up. Last weekend LSU beat #1 Alabama. Tonight they tied their high team score of the season with a 196.475-190.775 win over Texas Woman’s.
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Susan Jackson the #1 gymnast in America
Gymnastics Coaching - 8 Feb 2010
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LSU’s Susan Jackson as a club gymnast was coached by Dan and Ashley Baker at Stars Gymnastics. She was a four-time member of the USA National Team. Susan’s making her former club proud this season, ranked #1 in the NCAA again, for the 5th week in a row. This past Friday night was her happiest [...]
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LSU Vs Alabama- Gymnastics 2010- Susan Jackson - Floor [User Video]
Gymnastike - 7 Feb 2010
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LSU upset #1 Alabama and Susan Jackson of LSU scored a 39.725 in the All Around. Shes ranked 1st in AA
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#1 gymnast Susan Jackson – Floor
Gymnastics Coaching - 7 Feb 2010
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For the first 5 weeks of the NCAA season Susan’s been ranked #1 in the all-around. Yet there’s not all that much information about her on the interwebs. One thing for sure, she’s got legs. Click PLAY or watch her Floor on Gymnastike. Aside from the cute back headspring, a somewhat conventional routine by College [...]
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#12 LSU knocks off #1 Alabama
Gymnastics Coaching - 6 Feb 2010
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I had a feeling this might happen. Predictable in that this College gymnastics season has been so unpredictable. … “This is a huge victory for us in our gymnastics, but it is also a confidence booster,” LSU head coach D-D Breaux said. “A win like this does so much to validate how we are training [...]
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Florida Gymnastics season high 196.725
Gymnastics Coaching - 30 Jan 2010
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Arkansas scored 196.750 tonight in a win over Kentucky. No. 3 ranked Utah scored only 195.850 in a win over No. 24 Washington. Team ranking scores are going to be TIGHT next week. Blythe Lawrence predicted that scores would go up this weekend. I too thought some teams would put together 24 of 24 hit [...]
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