Nastia VS the Media

It seems that Nastia Liukin isn’t too impressed with the media attention she is currently receiving.

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!

Old Adidas Commercial

This Adidas commercial was release in 2004 featuring Nadia Comaneci and Nastia Liukin. I always find it beautiful to watch.

What does she mean??

Another one of Nastia’s tweets that just leaves us guessing…Any ideas?

Little Links 19/1/10

As coaches and gymnasts we all know how important a move the basic handstand is in our sport. I really enjoyed this article by Troy on Handstands. I strongly suggest that you take the time and read it. I’m really enjoying the in depth posts from Troy and Chris – you guys are helping me learn new things and refresh my memory from college

Rick posted a link to this fantastic book Building The Gymnastic Body. I had a quick glance over the contents and bought it immediately. Including shipping it cost $79 (€55 / £48), I’m hoping it will turn out to be an invaluable source of information for myself and the gymnasts I coach.

Our club recently purchased some new equipment and I see that Gymnova UK have updated their website, looking lovely, a much better layout than the previous website.

Over the last few months, many people have been doubting Nastia Liukins return to gymnastics next season. I have definitely noticed how Nastia is concentrating mainly on her business projects since taking this year off. It would be a great pity if she didn’t return to the sport as I know a lot of my gymnasts look up to her. Up until a few months ago, I followed both Nastia and Shawn Johnson on Twitter but soon began to feel somewhat irritated with their updates. I suppose I wanted it to be more gymnastics related but with Shawn on Dancing With The Stars and Nastia concentrating on her business schedule I felt a little bored of seeing their updates about taking a flight to X, Y and Z etc.  Here’s a few links from Gymnastics Coaching , Full In Full Out and Gymtruthteller’s Blog to get an idea as to how people are feeling – especially check out the comments on each blog post.