2009 World Championships London, Great Britain Oct. 17, 2009 Individual event finals Complete Results: [COLOR=#003399]Men | [COLOR=#003399]Women Women’s events Vault 1. Kayla Williams, Nitro, W.Va./Gym Nest Inc., 15.087 2. Ariella Kaeslin, Switzerland, 14.525 3. Youna Dufournet, France, 14.450 Uneven bars 1. He Kexin, China, 16.00 2. Koko Tsurumi, Japan, 14.875 3. Rebecca Bross,[ Read More... ]

Awesome bars routine by China's He Kexin - she brought back all the difficulty from her 2008 Olympics winning bars routine, with some change-up! Cool stick on the second vault by USA newcomer to Seniors from JO Kayla Williams (wins vault). Awesome rings routine by Bulgaria's Jordan Jovtchev (wins silver) and floor routine by Romania's Marian Dragulescu (wins gold) who came out of the retirement[ Read More... ]

cool :D

A cool workout skill: You've heard of the clapping push-ups, but what about the clapping pull-ups?! Clapping Pullups [youtube]KolPpY_z_1U[/youtube]

Lilia Podkopayeva: [quote]The 29-year-old remembers standing atop the medal podium, receiving the women's all-around gymnastics gold medal, and listening to her nation's anthem. Then came a meeting she laughs about today. Following the medal ceremony, "I met the president of the United States, Bill Clinton, and he shook my hand,'' Podkopayeva said before being inducted on Saturday into the[ Read More... ]

It's cool there are members on here from all over...like Canada, England, Germany, Australia, Honduras, Netherlands, USA...Everyone hasn't put their location under their message boards user profile, but also some do in their first posts, you know. Welcome! :D

Ballet is a lot different from gymnastics, gymnastics practice, even gymnastics conditioning - it's a lot slower paced you know. So, a lot of gymnasts probably would not want to be required to take ballet. There isn't one way to training / practicing, so gymnasts should do what works for them. Shawn Johnson is an awesome example of different than usual training that works and is fun!!

Funny Press Conference AA 2007 Stuttgart [youtube]5xXxMdORYVM[/youtube] [quote]1 Shawn Johnson (USA) 2 Steliana Nistor (ROU) 3 Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 3 Jade Barbosa (BRA) They have huge problem with the language! [/quote] The press conference is in German, Shawn's parts in English.

Montage: USA girls for 2008 [youtube]MNXW8PwqbDU[/youtube] Potential gymnasts for the US team. Music: "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns and Roses

Are you sure that's the reason your teammates don't like her? Could it be that they just don't like her style of coaching? I had a similar experience - sometimes people think of a 'hard coach' and 'making you work harder' as the reason you're not comfortable with a coach or don't like working with them, when it's really their style of coaching - not the hard coach and working hard part. There are[ Read More... ]

It sounds like you're talking about an animal when you say behave or behavior - you know like in those pet training things, they say, behave...but ya, I don't use it on my pets either.