Hard bars dismounts from Nastia Liukin (double front half), Shawn Johnson(double layout/double twist) - stuck landing!, and Ksenia Semenova - stuck her unique bars dismount too!

Lots of teams around here have adults in them, but usually in their 20's to early 30's. Very rare to see someone in their late 30's or older. I think it's great, gymnastics should be a sport that you can enjoy at any age and adults have many advatages that kids don't, while they often struggle with flexibility they build strength easily and dont have to worry about their bodies always growing[ Read More... ]

That's cool her gym is open to her being on the team and even asked her to join! And didn't say you have to be like the 10 year olds/ teenagers or you're out - like with practice schedule and how you practice and workout too. Practice should be individualized in general anyways. Like Italy's Vanessa Ferrari's coach does: [quote]Good coach individualizes workout to fit for each gymnast, Italian[ Read More... ]

From adult classes to team after break from gym: [quote]At 38 years old, Mrs. Wise of Davidsonville, has managed to tumble, balance and flip her way into the regional competition in Charleston, W.Va., after placing seventh all-around in the 15 and older age group at the Maryland state finals last weekend in Columbia. The regional championship in May will draw gymnasts from six states in the[ Read More... ]

Started new topic under Competitive Gymnastics category: Who said competitive gym is just for kids?! http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=36291

You know about Oksana Chusovitina, Jordan Jovtchev, Blain Wilson, competing in their 30's. The mean average of the competitive gymnast is getting older, but you still get the tv commentators calling an 18 year old gymnast old. Check out this story (it's under the Gymnastics News & Blogs category): "38 year-old gymnast defies odds (The Capital)"[ Read More... ]

Vanessa Ferrari getting ready for the 2008 Beijing Olympics! She's high-flying, and energetic. [quote]Fronting Italy's gymnastics team for August's Beijing Olympics, Ferrari began in the sport when she was seven. "In the beginning it was like a game," she told Reuters after performing a routine on the asymmetric bars at her new gym in the northern city of Brescia. But, tumbling and bouncing[ Read More... ]

Watch Dasha Joura's routines: 2008 Friendship Classic - Dasha Joura [youtube]0VjeohiU9OM[/youtube] Friendship Classic, March 15, 2008 Daria Joura Australia Vault: 13.750 Uneven Bars: 15.150 Balance Beam: 14.850 Floor Exercise: 14.550 Lauren Mitchell's routines: 2008 Friendship Classic - Lauren Mitchell [youtube]Eksb-vUkdI[/youtube] Friendship Classic, March 15, 2008 Lauren Mitchell Australia[ Read More... ]

Videos topic for 2008 Friendship Classic started here: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=32448#32448

News on 2008 Friendship Classic at; http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=29825 Kristen Harabedian Floor, 2008 Friendship Classic [youtube]oyJlFAToBJQ[/youtube] "Kristen is a level 10 at Arena Gymnastics in Princeton NJ. This scored a 9.4!"

From the friendship classic official web: SENIOR JUNIOR All Around: 1. Dasha Joura (Australia)-58.30 2. Lauren Mitchell (Australia)-58.05 3. Laurie-Eve Pepin-Gagne (Canada)- 52.85 4. Cytnhia Lemieux (Canada)- 52.30 5. Anna Katashynk (Ukraine)- 52.30 6. Loes Linders (Netherlands)-50.50 Vault 1. Joura- 13.75 2. Kalashynk- 13.65 3. Mitchell- 13.50 Bars 1. Joura- 15.15[ Read More... ]

One-arm giants into geinger: Liu Xuan - 1996 Worlds Finals - Uneven Bars [youtube]HXccdNx_24M[/youtube] Liu Xuan is the first woman to do one arm giants, does them twice here, 2nd time with a geinger release move right after. FIG rates one arm giants a low C because they don't want to encourage it. Rick from gymnasticscoaching links to this one: Liu Xuan - 1996 Olympics Team Optionals -[ Read More... ]

More on that at: "China 'regrets' Spielberg's Darfur decision" - http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCASP24253120080214?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 (via gymnasticscoaching) [quote]BEIJING (Reuters) - China voiced its disappointment on Thursday over movie director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit his Beijing Olympics role because of China's policies in Sudan and said the Games[ Read More... ]

[quote]Film director Steven Spielberg announced he would not be associated with the Beijing Olympics' opening and closing ceremonies, because China isn't doing enough to end the crisis in Darfur. Freedom of speech at the Beijing Games came into question, spurred by the British Olympic Association asking its athletes to refrain from politically sensitive speech and gestures during the Games.[ Read More... ]

Training hard. 6 months to Beijing Olympics. The Tyson American Cup in March will be exciting! :D At 2007 Worlds Shawn Johnson won medals Nastia won previously, but Nastia was getting over her ankle injury - it was a good comeback from that, and quick to compete at Nationals and Worlds. At the American Cup it will show where everyone is in their training for the Olympics. [quote]"It's so[ Read More... ]

Grace Taylor 2008 UGA GymDogs Sneak Peek UB - 3 comanecis [youtube]QER0MY7fwdM[/youtube][quote]Grace Taylor 2008 UGA GymDogs Sneak Peek UB. After the rotation was over, she attempted to do 4 comaneci releases in a row and caught 3 of them. [/quote] kip cast comaneci, 3 times in a row! (via gymnasticscoaching)

If you go just up and down and not back, it means you're not setting back and/or also your position at the end of your flipflip or roundoff or whatever you're doing before might not be correct - for connecting flip flop flip flop you want to kind of get your feet under after each one, for flip flop back flip you want your feet more out and not under you know. For the setting for your back[ Read More... ]

gymnasticscoaching brought attention to this today: Remember Adriana Giurca (1982-1993) From a 1995 article: [quote]Over and again Adriana had tried to complete the complicated beam routine under the unforgiving gaze of her trainer, Florin Gheorghe. But each time she was less than perfect. Gheorghe, 25, couldn't tolerate failure. Adriana, 11 by this time, was his favorite pupil and he[ Read More... ]

The European coaches seem always to be very candid don't you think. Here's an interview with Mariana Bitang, in 2001 before the World Championships in Ghent: http://www.geocities.com/gimnastica/articles01/bitangwhine.html Mariana is stressed out and feels sick: [quote]PS: Are you sick? MB: Yes! My nerves are frayed! I

Kayleigh, any news on that?

Another book from Romanian gymnast, Corina Ungureanu, written by poet Laurian St

It does depend on your gymnastics coach, and also what basics / strength&flexibility you already have. Lots of clubs have gymnastics coaches teaching level 1 -3 that just teach those skills, and aren't qualified to teach the harder skills, but some do have the experienced coaches from the beginning, and if they think you are ready, you could learn something like the back flip or front flip or[ Read More... ]

Great 2007 Gymnastics World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany, articles at: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewforum.php?f=35 . Check them out!!

Great 2007 Gymnastics World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany, articles at: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewforum.php?f=35 . Check them out!!

2007 World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany: Women's Team Finals Results: vault, bars, beam, floor, total 1 USA United States 45.950 (1) 47.325 (1) 45.800 (4) 45.325 (1) 184.400 2 CHN China 44.375 (5) 46.650 (2) 48.150 (1) 44.275 (2) 183.450 3 ROU Romania 44.825 (4) 44.175 (5) 45.850 (3) 43.250 (3) 178.100 4 ITA Italy 44.950 (3) 44.575 (4) 43.425 (6) 42.500 (7) 175.450[ Read More... ]