Little Links 23/2/10

Shawn Johnson has suffered an ACL tear and under went surgery last week - I wish her a successful & speedy recovery

Well done to Chris O’Connor of Ireland who won the U17 MAG title at the Celtic Cup held in Wales

Blythe has the scoop on Nastia Liukin and Evan Lysacek who are dating

Body Rhythm on Bad Sportsmanship

Rick linked to this beautiful video of balance beam in slow motion – a really lovely video. Thanks Rick!

Little Links 10/2/10

Irish Gymnastics maintains funding levels for the ‘National Governing Body (NGB) Core Grant’ allocation for 2010 receiving an allocation of €169,545, the same as in 2009. Read more here

British Gymnastics have launched BGTV. Check out videos of their gymnasts. What a great idea!

Gymnastics Article: Mental Blocks, Visualisation, Performance

FIG launches a database to purchase photos online. It features photos from the 2009 FIG World Championships in Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics, the 1st Gym for Life Challenge and the 8th World Games exclusively.

 Download the 2nd edition of the Science of Gymnastics journal here. I’ve not read it yet but the content sounds great!

Little Links 4/2/10

New tactics urged to fight female sports injuries

Salto Gymnastics Club – Irelands top gymnastics venue

Female athletes injured more than male athletes

Reduction in Irish Sports Council funding for Irish Gymnastics

FIG on “cracking down and easing up”

The current WAG World ranking lists

Which MIOBI character are you? I’m Payson “You’re talented and totally focused which makes you Payson. You’re the best of the best, you can afford to relax a little”