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Wavney Gymnastics Club signs a deal with the Canadian Team for London 2012
Gymfinity asks -  How You Know?
Beth Tweddle insists that Britain’s Got Talent

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According to Tech Eye and Tech Radar – the BBC are planning to broadcast the 2012 Olympics in 3D.

The BBC is lining up boxing and gymnastics as its lead sports for a 2012 Olympics showcasing 3D and Super HD TV.
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“And with gymnastics, if you think about someone doing a vault, they start a long way away and move towards you – there is a real sense of depth.”

It was also revealed that boxing and gymnastics will be the headline sports for the 3D display. These sports were chosen for …

Tweet This is a good initiative; Swindon School of Gymnastics in the UK are offering a free two-hour taster session for non-members on Sunday, July 4th. There’s no new information about it on their club website but it is in the Swindon Advertiser

The event, from 2-4pm is an ideal opportunity for school-aged children to visit the fully-equipped gymnasium and to see if the sport is for them before committing to the termly fees.
To book a place, call 01793 480846 or email ssginfo @ tiscali.co.uk with your child’s name, date of …

Tweet Graceful Gymnast tries a different approach to writing a blog post – Vlogging

Mark Folgler discusses the expectations that coaches and parents have of children

Beth Tweddle will be at the 2010 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics British Championships

Kent has reached an agreement with the Slovenian Gymnastics Federation (SGF) to base themselves there in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics.

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Make It or Break It returns tomorrow night.

Tweet I recently read this article from the Daily Illini on Coaches face ups and downs of summer communication. The article discusses how for many sports once May arrives, not only is their competition season over but their training sessions end as college athletes “are not allowed to meet with their coach during summer months in which they are not competing”. Excuse my ignorance as I am not American – but why is this so? Is it for insurance reasons? It explains in the article that exceptions are made for …

Tweet Last week I posted about the World Record attempt in Dublin to have 1500 people bouncing on Space Hoppers together. On Sunday the record was broken! 1505 people bounced together in central Dublin on space hoppers. See below for pictures – looks like fantastic fun!!

Tweet This little links is a small collection of items I’ve been reading from other blogs – always pleasant to link to other blogs for they’re work you’ve found interesting or enjoy
Chelsea Hobbs (Emily Kemetko) blogs on the upcoming new season of MIOBI
Jen from Full In Full Out on Nastia Liukins latest tweet
Graceful Gymnast calls Beth Tweddle the Khorkina of Great Britain
Daniel Keatings is off his crutches

Tweet As previously posted, the Street Performance World Championships are back in Merrion Square, Dublin 2 this year, from Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th June. Organisers would like to invite you to take part in a Guinness World Record attempt on Sunday afternoon at 2pm. The plan is for 1,500 people to bounce together on Space Hoppers on Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2, outside the Pepper Canister Church. Bouncy, bouncy!! Sounds pretty cool!!

If you’d like to participate, all you have do is email worldrecord@spwc.ie to register your …

Tweet For the second year in a row, the AIB Street Performance World Championships will be coming to Ireland, taking place in both Dublin and Cork  from Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th. Dublin events will take place in Merrion Square, Dublin 2. The event will feature numerous performers, the Garden of Light, the Playday Forest, the Wooden Games area, Food Stalls, Ministry of Silly Mats, Whale, Art Jam,Clay People and Face Painting. I’m sure there’ll be many other surprises throughout the weekend!

There will be many performers of all different talents …

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If ds-x2.com is right, we’ll soon be seeing Shawn on our Wii, Nintendo DS and DSiWare consoles in the near future.

Zoo Publishing is set to release Shawn Johnson Gymnastics, the first game on Nintendo Wii dedicated to gymnastics – the game will also be released on DS and DSiWare. Compatible with the Wii Balance Board, the game will offer a truly realistic experience in the following gymnastics events: floor exercise, vault, balance beam and uneven parallel bars. Shawn Johnson Gymnastics is set …

Tweet Normally I’m not a football fan although I don’t mind watching World Cup matches as the players featured are (supposed to be) the best players in the world. Who to support though? Ireland have only just about gotten over the “Hand of Henry” and the World Cup begins, reminding Ireland that France are (perhaps) playing in their place.  So, with the World Cup in mind, here’s a football related Little Link.

Fatigue in Football: Physiology in Performance

Top 10 World Cup Injuries – Hamstring Strain, Groin Strain, Metatarsal Fracture, …

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According to STV and Unreality TV, Spelbound are charging £30,000 for 15 minutes of performing since their Britain’s Got Talent win last weekend!
What do you think? Would your company pay that much for a 15 minute performance? I reckon I might encourage the girls in gym to get a group routine together and poach some local companies..what do you reckon!?!

Tweet I came across an article in The Independent on Sunday by Alan Hubbard. Beth Tweddle discusses Spelbound, her company “Total Gymnastics” and the 2012 Olympics.

Tweddle, the best gymnast Britain has ever produced, who came away with two individual golds and a team silver, puts it down to “a new belief, particularly among the younger gymnasts, hard work, the right coaching and Lottery funding”.
The 25-year-old “Tweds” has become the sport’s talisman having made her international debut in 2001 and winning Commonwealth, European and two …

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I’ve been discovering more and more gymnastics blogs and websites recently so today the blogroll was updated to add in a few newbies, at least to Full Twist anyway! Some of them haven’t updated in a while but hopefully they will. If you haven’t noticed the list of links (Blogroll) before, it’s on the right below the Archives and Tags.
It’s always kind to link to other blogs who’s work you appreciate, so if you’ve found you’re not there (or I’ve not credited you with using news that you …