Tweet I love having Olympic fever and really can’t wait until London 2010 when the Olympics will be so close to home. I think photography in gymnastics has come a long way in the last few years. Here are a few of my favourite photos from Beijing 2008.

Tweet I often wonder how other people find music for their floor routines. As a child, I would spend hours upon hours, sitting on the floor by the tape player (Cd player in the latter years!) surrounded by tapes I had pulled from my parents huge collection, to try and find that one piece of music that I would use for only one and a half minutes. These days, gymnasts are lucky that they have a lot of choice and resources when it comes to choosing their floor music. They …

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I love this photo of Svetlana Khorkina during the Sydney Olympics in 2000. It’s shows her smiling and enjoying the routine, which we don’t often see. Her body line is beautiful – her lovely pointed feet and hands. I must remember to show this to my gymnasts, maybe it will spur them on to remember why we constanly remind them to stay tight, to stretch and point their toes and hands.

Tweet Coaches in Ireland, both MAG & WAG especially, should keep an eye out on the news section of the IG website. There’s regularly posts featuring on the website from clubs looking for new coaches.

Tweet Some great moves in this video of the “Amazing Super – Human Stunt Man”…