Although it might be true that height can make things more difficult, I think coaches forget this is an individual sport and each individual wants to get as good as they can - regardless of height. Also, there are those who achieve amazing results no matter how tall.Des Moines Muay Thai

Cool! And you don't have to install a plugin like on Universal Sports TV online!

Date Men's (M)/Women's (W) Event/Host Opponent(s) Location Time Webcast/ Live Results 1/14/11 W Arkansas Alabama Fayetteville, Ark. 7:00 p.m. CT Gymnastics - News - University of Arkansas Athletics 1/14/11 W Auburn LSU Auburn, Ala. 7:00 p.m. CT Auburn Women's Gymnastics - Auburn University Official Athletic Site 1/14/11 W Ball State Central Michigan Muncie, Ind. 7:00 p.m. ET Gymnastics - News[ Read More... ]

I had watched and Cheerleaders were really fantastic.. love their job..

College sheerleading/dance competition on tv today on ESPN 2! Awesome lifts and flips by the cheerleading teams. Dance competition on now on West Coast. Nice walkovers, pirouettes, and jump series.

College sheerleading/dance competition on tv today on ESPN 2! Awesome lifts and flips by the cheerleading teams.

I get the controversy on the Russians having ropes on their costumes and using them to aid them in lifting - that will probably be banned quick this year - it's like having a harness...but I don't get the controversy on their free dance costume: [QUOTE] Some Australian aboriginal leaders have claimed Domnina and Shabalin's original dance is offensive cultural theft, with inauthentic steps and[ Read More... ]

I thought Dancing with the Stars asked Nastia too! It is a lot of practice time they do. You can read about Shawn's experience on Dancing with the Stars directly from Shawn on her blog, on her official website (www.shawnjohnson.net). Here is what she wrote after the 2nd week of competition (last week): [quote]

Shawn Johnson is doing great on Dancing with the Stars this season. Nastia Liukin was asked to do the show as well but said no; she is getting for Worlds 2009, which has no team competition this year, only individual events: [quote] [Shannon] Miller also has a combined 16 world and Olympic medals. Liukin's combined total is 14 after her five Olympic medals in Beijing. But for the 19-year-old[ Read More... ]

[quote=keri;81062]They are zoomed out so much on Shannon Miller's tumbling on beam it is like they are saying it is not really her. I like Vanessa Atler's reese's pieces commercial - how you eat a reese's pieces - she flips over it and then eats it.[/quote] Atler's was a good one! On the Shannon Miller commercial they zoom out when she is supposedly tumbling and dismounting on the beam, and[ Read More... ]

They are zoomed out so much on Shannon Miller's tumbling on beam it is like they are saying it is not really her. I like Vanessa Atler's reese's pieces commercial - how you eat a reese's pieces - she flips over it and then eats it.

moral: follow your heart! if the sport's calling you, listen to it. ;)

Here are the other parts to the team final competition videos, just loaded up: 2008 European Championships Team Final - Part 8 [youtube]uPhk7EyAKRM[/youtube] 1:05 Marine Petit - Floor 2:35 Marina Proskurina - Beam 4:30 Carlotta Giovannini - Bars 6:45 Anastasia Koval - Beam 2008 European Championships Team Final - Part 9 [youtube]_ABfiNYblZU[/youtube] 1:00 Steliana Nistor - Floor[ Read More... ]

Great if you missed the tv on BBC: Watch gymnastics tv online! 2008 European Championships Team Final - Part 1 [youtube]QwnS2VfH69U[/youtube] 0:10 Svetlana Klyukina - Bars 2:00 Laetitia Dugain - Beam 4:10 Verona van de Leur - Floor 6:10 Oksana Chusovitina - Vault 8:00 Ksenia Semenova - Bars 2008 European Championships Team Final - Part 2 [youtube]NdBy4svATPc[/youtube] 0:10[ Read More... ]

DWTS - Kristi Yamaguchi with Mark Ballas - Week 2 [youtube]WUAR5-Rx2tw[/youtube] Watch Mark dancing in a skirt! He's funny! lol :D Kristi practices 6 hours/day dancing! She's on top of the leader board.

I found this on how to edit music for your gymnastics floor music on wikiHow: How to Edit Music for a Gymnastics Floor Routine Tired of hearing your child's optional-level floor routine music being used by half the other girls at the meets? You can create your own! With a few simple computer tools, practice using the software, and the time to edit it to perfection, you can create an original[ Read More... ]

Ice skaters think about being tall too, who knew? :D Here's the thread on Evan Lysacek (he won the 2008 US Men's Figure Skating Nationals just recently) talking about on being tall, and figuring out skills to do to go with his height, show long lines, etc.: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=22394#22394 Reminds me of Svetlana Khorkina!

Evan Lysacek on being tall in ice skating: [youtube]CaEYRWuLtpE[/youtube] doing some things different, show long lines, kind of like Khorkina in gymnastics! gymnastics thread on being tall: "too tall for gymnastics?": http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=305

[quote]When I was 9, I thought I would have it all figured out by the time I was in my 20s. For all you young readers out there, I

[quote]I wasn

5'8" that's tall for a gymnast! [quote]Venom's real name is Beth Horn, a 1995 graduate of Ball State University with a degree in exercise physiology. She also spent two years as a gymnast for the Cardinals. More than a decade after donning the Cardinal red, Horn now wears a silver spandex of the gladiators. "I am an American Gladiator, which is awesome" she said. The show is the revival[ Read More... ]

Cool! :D What scores did you get? Are you still doing YMCA? No zones, you just qualify straight to state from individual competitions? What do you do for your bars routine? It's not requred in club gymnastics to do giants in your level 7 routine I don't think (unless they changed it!), but most clubs have that in, to get the points and routines easier and also you need it for the next[ Read More... ]

Catalina Ponor was doing really well in her comeback. She's really fun to watch. [quote]"I spoke on the phone with Ponor and she told me about her decision to withdraw," Stoica was quoted by the local Mediafax news agency. He said it is hard to say what Ponor will do in the future." Life goes on. She will finish college and plan her life. It is hard to say what she wishes to do next."[ Read More... ]

[quote]The daily

It sounds like Dominique and her husband are looking forward to having the baby in gymnastics: [quote]Canales, a former gymnast at Ohio State, is now a podiatric surgeon in Cleveland. Canales said the baby is healthy, and may just have the traits needed to follow in the footsteps of her successful parents. "Baby and Mommy are both very well," Canales said. "Baby appears to have innate[ Read More... ]