All the caoches at my gym dread coaching boys b/c they never listen to you, but our boys program is getting restarted. (this is the fourth year since quite a while ago)

Jaime Lee has been picked for the 3rd member: "Gymnastics: Jaime roped in to replace injured gymnast" - http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2006/10/30/sports/15860884&sec=sports [quote]The MGF's technical delegate chief, P. Ramalinggam, said that Jaime was the best performer in the trial, which was held on Friday. The others who attended the trial were Wan Siti Hanizah Wan Izhar,[ Read More... ]

Well, anyways, the boys do like to use our girls equipment! During open gym, there's at least a couple of boys on the beam or uneven bars! The boys programs are, at least in our gym, more relaxed than the girls. Maybe it's because the boys teams are run by men and they run it differently.

Russia got 10 medals, 9 gold and 1 silver. Belarus got 3 silvers and 1 Bronze, Bulgaria got 2 silvers and 2 bronze, Italy got 2 silvers and 1 bronze, and Ukraine got 4 bronze. Highlights: Junior Apparatus Finals: Alexandra Yermakova (rope), Yekaterina Donich (ball), Natalia Pichuzhkina (clubs) and Darya Kondakova (ribbon) -->all Russia. Filipa Siderova (Bulgaria) and Darya Kushnerova[ Read More... ]

No, the elite men do practice long hours, perhaps -- maybe -- a bit less than the women. Take for example this article from last week, on Alexander Artemev, a.k.a. Sasha, called "Artemev impresses with work ethic Dedication drives 21-year-old back from injury" : URL: http://www.wcsn.com/article/news.jsp?ymd=20060912&content_id=5828&vkey=gymnastics_news&id=34012&dpre= . It's right there in the[ Read More... ]

sure, it's: http://www.intlgymnast.com/interview/videnov_georgy.html

sure, it's: http://www.intlgymnast.com/interview/videnov_georgy.html

Hey leah! I don't think in Bulgaria and Europe they do those kind of games on floor and beam, but I know what you're talking about! Maybe the girls do more reps. than the boys cuz they listen more to the coaches and the coaches can get them to do more reps., vs. the boys don't....so I mean diff. coaching style. Can you post the link to the whole article? Thanks!

Hi, I was googling Viktoria Karpenko (she's competing for Bulgaria at Worlds!) and came across an IG Interview from some while ago with her new Bulgarian coach, Georgy Videnov. You know, he used to be the Bulgarians men's coach until the 2000 Olympics. He tells IG about the differences, between coaching mens and womens: [quote]IG: How do you like coaching women's gymnastics? GV: It[ Read More... ]

This third week Carly was better...she's getting better! Did you guys know she wants to make her carrer singing? That's what she said in the show! During the Nationals this year, they kept saying that Carly might come back to gymnastics. Maybe she's leaning more towards singing now.

OOOO, great post teri! Lots of girls at my gym do it! I'll tell them about it. Thanks!