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Anastasia Grishina’s Mom
Gymnastics Coaching - 31 Jan 2012
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A charming write-up from Nastia Grishina’s mother. A good Russian mom. Galina Grishina: … My three sons started in gymnastics and Nastia is the fourth child in our family. The older sons are now 30, 27 and 24 and are not involved in sports anymore, but they are still in good shape. … And now [...]
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Anastasia GRISHINA (RUS) – Bars
Gymnastics Coaching - 12 Jan 2012
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Will Grishina qualify for the Russian Olympic team? She MIGHT be top 3 on Bars by London. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Her Beam is very good too (despite the awful fall on dismount today), … but I can’t see her top 3 on either Floor or Vault by London. She’d be a [...]
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Julie Croket BEL – FX
Gymnastics Coaching - 12 Jan 2012
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One of the best routines today. … As always, Floor sells much better LIVE than on YouTube. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. TQ London 2012 Test Event 5.4 + 8.6 = 14.0
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Kieran Behan – Olympian
Gymnastics Coaching - 12 Jan 2012
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History. We knew Kieran was in contention for one of the last spots in the AA for London. … #34. Kieran Behan IRE #35. Shakir Shaikhaliyev AZE Reserves: Sasha Palgen LUX Irodotos Georgallas CYP Gutierres Carbonell VEN … some yet to be added from Continents not well represented Full list will be linked once we [...]
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WAG Test Meet videos
Gymnastics Coaching - 12 Jan 2012
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… starting to be posted on the FIGchannel. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. One of only two double doubles in the meet. The other is Ferrari. She’s 2nd AA so far after 3 rotations. A great addition to the Canadian team. … Update: fall on side salto Beam.
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Men’s qualification wrap-up video
Gymnastics Coaching - 12 Jan 2012
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An excellent edit from FIG. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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the God Jordan Jovtchev
Gymnastics Coaching - 11 Jan 2012
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The prospect of competing at a record sixth successive Olympics is not the only thing spurring Jordan Jovtchev to battle through the pain barrier this week. If the 38-year-old Bulgarian dynamo books his ticket to the London Games in July, it will also ensure the survival of his federation. … Universal – INTERVIEW: Bulgarian federation’s [...]
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no LIVE video stream prelims
Gymnastics Coaching - 11 Jan 2012
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FIG did not promise LIVE video until Finals. But they did hint that it was possible. Here’s the clarification via @officialFIG: ART and TRA #FIGTest12 FINALS only will be live on youtube.com/figchannel on January 12 and 13 – no qualifications! The near immediate posting of routines on this YouTube playlist was pretty cool, though. And [...]
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new – NBC Sports Network
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 Jan 2012
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Nastia linked to this new promo video. Watch this director’s cut of the NBC Sports Network Warm Up spots – NHL, Cycling, Olympics, and more – just for you, our loyal sports viewers. Hope you enjoy. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Versus is a sports-oriented cable television channel in the United States. … [...]
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offensive gymnastics ad HOAX
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 Jan 2012
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I’d never this fake ad before today. It seems to have been a sick hoax with USA Gymnastics and Breyers ice cream the victims. Leave a comment if you know more. See offensive image. (via @TripleTwistBlog)
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things we’d like to FORGET from 2011
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 Jan 2012
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# 10. Planking See the entire list on Buzzfeed.
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huge Tkachev
Gymnastics Coaching - 31 Dec 2011
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And what a doll. See more on Big Fake Smile.
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Bars: Shushunova vs Monckton
Gymnastics Coaching - 19 Dec 2011
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At the start of this montage is a slow motion clip of Yelena Shushunova doing the Shushunova on Bars — currently over-valued as a G skill in the Code (3.703). Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. At the time called a full-twisting Tkachev, it’s clearly got nothing in common with the full-twisting Tkachev introduced by [...]
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GymnasticsLeotards4u.com
Gymnastics Coaching - 19 Dec 2011
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Kimberly Murphy announces the launch of their new website: “Offering cute, comfortable, and affordable gymnastics leotards for gymnasts everywhere” Check it out – gymnasticsleotards4u.com Available worldwide.
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5yr-old kip
Gymnastics Coaching - 18 Dec 2011
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I’m not sure I’ve seen a 5yr do a kip. Until now … Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube. Leave a comment if you’ve seen 4 or 5yr-olds who could do a kip.
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Bar pirouette shaping drill
Gymnastics Coaching - 18 Dec 2011
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Tony Retrosi recommends this drill posted by Mary Lee Tracy. Shaping drills for twisting and pirouettes Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. I’ve never used it before. But will now.
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on motivation …
Gymnastics Coaching - 18 Dec 2011
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This starts slow. But finishes strong. Just like the athlete who finds motivation. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. I assume that’s from the TV show Friday Night Lights.
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Uchimura 93.565 in Tokyo
Gymnastics Coaching - 28 Nov 2011
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The man wins Tokyo World Cup by more than three points. 2. Philipp Boy 3. Daniel Purvis (89.631) 4. Shogo Nonomura (89.237) Here are the final World Cup points standings: 1. Daniel Purvis, GBR, 130 points 2T. Mykola Kuksenkov, UKR, 115 points 2T. Philipp Boy, GER, 115 points details on Examiner Kohei will be one [...]
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Huang Qiushuang wins Tokyo
Gymnastics Coaching - 26 Nov 2011
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Tokyo World Cup Women’s All Around Results: 1) Huang Qiushuang CHN 2) Yu Minobe JPN 3) Kim Bui GER 4) Nadine Jarosch GER 5) Mary-Anne Monckton AUS 6) Georgia-Rose Brown AUS Two weeks ago, Huang won the Stuttgart World Cup (58.032). via @Double_Front Click PLAY or watch her Stuttgart routines on YouTube. She’s the overall [...]
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Huang Huidan, Feng Xiao BEAM 14.35
Gymnastics Coaching - 21 Nov 2011
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Chinese Individual Championships Apparatus Finals of the by Chinese Gymnastics Blog: 1 Huang Huidan 14.35(6.2) 1 Feng Xiao 14.35(6.1) 3 Xie Biying 14.225(6.1) Click PLAY or watch Feng Xiao on YouTube. Click PLAY or watch Huang Huidan on YouTube. BB Event Final Results – 2011 National Individual Championship More results and videos via that link.
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last day Chinese Championships
Gymnastics Coaching - 20 Nov 2011
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It’s the final day of competition in Hong Kong … and I’m over in Macao. The best place to follow what’s happening is Chinese Gymnastics Blog. Here are WAG medalists from Finals day 1: VT Li Yiting 14.45(6.0)/14.775(6.3) – 14.612 Angel Huang 13.70(5.2)/13.675(5.0) – 13.687 Jiang Tong 13.85(5.3)/13.275(4.8) – 13.562 UB Luo Peiru 14.925(6.6) Huang [...]
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MAG Chinese Championships Finals
Gymnastics Coaching - 20 Nov 2011
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Results day 1 via GymChina: News on Facebook. They credit piibunia. The MAG competition was far stronger than the WAG. And deeper. With the National team absent, they still had 90+ strong gymnasts competing. And I was told there are perhaps another 150 seniors training who did not qualify. China is far deeper than Japan, [...]
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devalue roll-out skills
Gymnastics Coaching - 13 Nov 2011
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It seems that every male gymnast does many different roll-out skills. But — in fact — they are only allowed to do two. For improved safety of the athletes, I hope the rumour is true — that they will be devalued next Code. Certainly they are overused type currently. (That still leaves FIG in the awkward position of [...]
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