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2012 Junior Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics Asian Championships
Mielastic Gymnastic - 5 hours ago
The 2012 Junior Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics Asian Championships, will be taking place from March 11th to 15th in the Suphanburi Province of Thailand. A massive eighteen nations have registered to participate, marking a total of 348 participants with the competition being held at Suphanburi Sports School. Men's Artistic Gymnasts will be aged between 14 to 18 years old (1994-1998), and Females born between 13 and 15 years old (1997 to 1999)....
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Results - Winter Cup Prelims
Mielastic Gymnastic - 12 hours ago
Below are the results from the Preliminary competition at the 2012 Winter Cup in Las Vegas, Nevada. Good luck to the Top 42 who have qualified to the Finals! 20 POINT PROGRAM RESULTS FOR QUALIFICATION TO FINALS: TOP 42 QUALIFY TO SENIOR DIVISION FINALS: Christopher Brooks 85 John Orozco 81 Danell Leyva 72 Brandon Wynn 58 Sho Nakamori 54 Jesse Silverstein 54 Paul Ruggeri III 53 Alexander Buscaglia 52 Christopher Maestas 51 Steven...
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Ellen vs Michelle Obama
Gymnastics Coaching - 12 hours ago
Ellen is 54 and Michelle is 48. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. The U.S. economy is improving, by the way. That bodes well for Michelle’s hubby. (via Masters Gymnastics)
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strength legend Jasper Benincasa
Gymnastics Coaching - 12 hours ago
MARCH 25, 1921 – JANUARY 6, 2012 Jasper did a 1-arm chin-up the day he died, age-89. … His two most extreme accomplishments were doing one chin with a 265 lb man held between his legs, and a C.T.I. (Close to Impossible – arms parallel to the ground while holding a bar with his hands) [...]
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#4 Georgia at #1 Utah
Gymnastics Coaching - 21 hours ago
Two teams have been surprisingly impressive so far this season. Which is more likely to win it all come April? … the competition I’d most like to see this weekend. NCAA showtime at its finest. A crowd loud and proud. SEASON AT A GLANCE: Georgia comes off its highest scoring output in two years with [...]


Photo gallery: Men’s Winter Cup prelims
The Gymblog - 21 hours ago
Gymnastics photographer Jessica Frankl’s shots of Danell Leyva, John Orozco, Paul Ruggeri, Jesse Silverstein and others can be seen here.
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Brianna’s Story, Part One
Couch Gymnast - 22 hours ago
Brianna tells her story of competing in gymnastics while being profoundly deaf.


Leyva, Orozco look like Olympians
Gymnastics Coaching - 1 day ago
That’s the way it looks to Ron Noe: John Orozco picked up where he left off last October at the World Championships. Orozco is the Day 1 leader at Winter Cup, after a day of many lackluster performances, especially on pommel horse. He needed a 15.45 on his last event (vault) to tie 1st session [...]


London Stockwatch…A Look at Men’s Winter Cup Day 1!
American Gymnast - 1 day ago
What happened to the Olympic “stock” of some of the top Olympic contenders on Day 1 at the Men’s Winter Cup in Las Vegas?   Stock Went Up   John Orozco:  Any performance that simply re-demonstrates the gymnastics and composure … Continue reading → Rating: 0.0/ 10 (0 votes cast)


John Orozco charges to Winter Cup lead after evening session
Gymnastics Examiner - 1 day ago
John Orozco, the U.S. men's breakout star of 2011, got his Olympic year off to the right start Thursday night in Las Vegas, turning in five clean routines to advance to Saturday's Winter Cup final...


Vegas no. 1s, and who made finals at Winter Cup?
Gymnastics Examiner - 1 day ago
Here are a few stats from Vegas after night one of Winter Cup:Highest start values per event: FLOOR: Steven Legendre, 7.0POMMEL: Glen Ishino, 6.7 (and Ty Echard, 6.6). RINGS: Brandon Wynn, 7...


benefits of Youth Sport
Gymnastics Coaching - 2 days ago
Mark Folger: Here’s my list of what I feel are the greatest benefits our children will get from youth sports (in rank order). NUMBER 1: FRIENDSHIP NUMBER 2: LEARNING GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP NUMBER 3: DEVELOPING SELF-DISCIPLINE NUMBER 4: HAVING FUN NUMBER 5: ACHIEVING SUCCESS NUMBER 6: LEARNING THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS NUMBER 6.1: LEARNING GOAL SETTING [...]

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Rhythmic



Q and A with rhythmic gymnast Heather Chan
The Gymblog - 2 days ago
A very interesting interview with this talented youngster from California. Read it here.
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Five things to know about...rhythmic gymnastics
Gymnastics Examiner - 3 days ago
Learning about rhythmic gymnastics is like learning about a culture on the other side of the world -- some things are similiar and some seem totally foreign, but all of it is intriguing.In an effort to know more about artistic...


Q and A with rhythmic gymnast Heather Chan
Gymnastics Examiner - 3 days ago
Meet Heather Chan, a 13-year-old rhythmic gymnast from the L.A. School of Gymnastics and one of the U.S.'s junior hopefuls for the next quadrennium.Like many rhythmic gymnasts, Heather fell in love with gymnastics...


Aussie Rhythmic Squad for Pacific Rim
Mielastic Gymnastic - 3 days ago
Janine Murray (WA) (Image from WAIS) The Individual Juniors and Seniors from Australia for the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition at the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships have been named. Of the six Rhythmic Gymnasts (3 Senior and 3 Junior), three come from Western Australia, two from New South Wales and one from Queensland. Whilst the Group from Meriden Rhythmic Gymnastics qualified to compete, the minimum number of Groups required to make...
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Trampoline



Rick Mercer Trampoline
Gymnastics Coaching - 3 days ago
Bring on the FUNNY. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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wall tramp to X Games?
Gymnastics Coaching - 3 days ago
… The marketing side of me says, “YAY! I support the effort!” It could possibly bring more attention to the sport of trampoline, increasing visibility and interest. You can never have too much attention. Then, there’s the artist in me. She says, “Do you really want to place rules and parameters on such freedom of [...]
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Acrobatics



AcroYoga
Gymnastics Coaching - 12 hours ago
A natural for retired gymnasts. AcroYoga is a physical practice which blends elements of yoga, acrobatics, and healing arts. … The term was put into popular use by Jason Nemer and Jenny Klein in 2006. They co-founded the practice and wrote the first manual … There are three primary roles in an Acro-yoga practice: base, [...]
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Fantastic Acrobatic Gymnastics at Gym Gala
Gymnicestic - 24 Dec 2011
Belgium has some of the best acrobatic gymnasts in the world. And every year, they perform as a group and individually at the Gymnastic Gala; this year they even showed their new routines for 2012 – very entertaining and excellently executed! Enjoy! My favourite mixed pair at the moment: Laure de Pryck and Nicolas Vleeshouwers! Click [...]
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Aerobics



AGU Common Training Camp 2011 - Aerobic Gymnastics in Korea
Asian Gymnastics Union - 27 Nov 2011
Doha (QAT) November 27, 2011: AGU Common Training Camp for Aerobic coaches was organised in Busan - Korea during November 23 to 28, 2011 in Busan Sports High School. Participating nations: large turnout of participant to this course, this indicates the importance of this sport for many federation who encourage the development of this discipline. 11 nations and regions Coaches: CHN(2), HKG(2), IND(2), IRI(2+1manager), JPN(2), KOR(2), MAS(2), PHI(2),...


FIG Code of Points now online
Gymnastics Coaching - 23 Oct 2011
Great idea. John ATKINSON – President FIG Aerobic Gymnastics Committee – is modernizing that discipline. Instead of searching for a PDF document on the FIG website, you can read and search the Aerobic Code online. fig-aerobic.com Now we need all the other FIG disciplines to do the same thing. (via FIG)

General



Montreal should host Gymnastraeda
Gymnastics Coaching - 16 Sep 2011
On my Recreation Gymnastics blog I make the argument that Montreal should be the first North American host of the World Gymnaestrada: • a bilingual city with easy, inexpensive access for Europeans • Cirque du Soleil might partner • Gymnaestrada in Europe is not growing • the event needs to modernize, North America would help • [...]


Gymnaestrada safety
Gymnastics Coaching - 13 Aug 2011
One concern I had on arrival at World Gymnaestrada 2011 was safety of the participants. With no competition, no awards on the line, you’d think there would be comparatively few injuries. Yet I saw many people there in casts. And a few in wheelchairs. This girl was injured 2 days before travel to Switzerland. (She [...]
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