Archives for June 2014

June 25, 2014 by GymCasticCrew 5 Comments

100! Biomechanical Booty Advantage

We made it to 100! This is the shamelessly vainglorious episode where we answer all of your questions about our irrelevant personal lives, and the origins of show. This week, Dr. Uncle Tim, Blythe, Evan and Jessica chat about:

Marta’s very positive comments on Gabby Douglas, who made a triumphant return to camp!
An intimate moment accidentally recorded in the background during the interviews
Since Bill Cosby is saving Temple Men’s Gymnastics, should the team now wear Cosby sweater uniforms?
Evan reveals a grand secret that even Jessica didn’t know about; and his most embarrassing on-assignment moment, as captured by NBC.
Major changes for Olympic hopeful, Lexie Priessman, who left Cincinnati Gymnastics.
How much sleep does Blythe get when she’s on assignment at a World Championships?
Play along with Dr. Uncle Tim for our very own quiz show based on the past 100 episodes.
Why are only 19% of the gymnastics federations headed by women?
The Commonwealth Games have been announced and our favorite twerker made the team.
We reveal plans to form our own country in order to recruit the best gymnastics team in the world–including stamps, flag and signature beverages.
Uchimora dominates per usual and Kenzo makes his case for Worlds.
Gymnasts, coaches and summer vacation–Evan gives wise advice.
Bailey Key and Roxanna Popa are training Amanar’s

Lauren Hopkins launched her young adult fiction series based in the gymnastics world: The 2016 Trilogy

Dvora Meyers officially announced her book “The End of the Ten – The Fall of Perfection in Modern Gymnastics.” Details on her site, Unorthodox Gymnastics.

Details on the fundraiser with BILL COSBY for the Temple Men’s gymnastics team.

Pro Gymnastics Challenge streaming Wednesday, June 24th at 9pm Eastern.

The Nike Pro Sparkling Sunburst tights as worn by Ms. Gabby Douglas, Olympic Champion (available here).

gabby douglas in sunburst nike tights — Gabby Douglas and Lloimincia Hall at Nike.

Real leg? Who needs that? Liana has a prosthetic leg for beam that works just fine thanks.

June 18, 2014 by GymCasticCrew 1 Comment

99: Princess Catherine Lyons and Coach Rochelle Douglas

Catherine Lyons & Rochelle Douglas — Princess Catherine Lyons and her coach, former international elite, Rochelle Douglas have been together since Catherine was six!

Princess Catherine Lyons of Europa and her coach, former international elite gymnast, Rochelle Douglas, are here! We noticed these two in the very popular YouTube series called Team Sparkle. Princess Catherine is known for her exquisite form, her elegance, her uncommon maturity, making audiences cry with her expressive melancholy and angst-filled modern dance choreography. She’s on a major winning streak, in 2012 she won the all-around at the British Espoir Championships; in 2013 she swept it, winning all-around and all four event finals; and this year she’s won gold on floor in every meet she entered, including the English Championships and British Championships; and finally she capped off the year by becoming the 2014 Junior European Floor Exercise Champion where she helped the British team take silver. At Euros she also had the highest Execution score of any junior. And you know how we LOVE that.

We have her coach, Rochelle Douglas, to thank for this. Rochelle was an International gymnast from 1994 to 2000 and competed at European and World Championships along with Lisa Mason and Holly Murdoch, only just missing out on the 2000 Olympics. She’s passionate about building truly artistisc gymnasts and getting them to the highest level. We discuss:

Achieving such a high level of artistry and execution at such a young age.
The story behind Princess Catherine’s floor routine and choreography.
Why having puppy feet can be an adjustment, even for an artistic master.
A typical day in the life of Miss Lyons and her coach who has two jobs!
Why Catherine likes danger and how she mastered her switch split mount.
Creating confidence and commitment to performance in young gymnasts.
Keeping judges attention and drawing them into a routine.
How Rochelle handled the disappointment of not making the 2000 Olympic team.
Shenanigans that Rochelle and teammate, Lisa Mason, got into in their elite days.
Steps the British program has taken to improve their results since Rochelle was competing.
What happens at the Lilleshall National Training Centre training camps and what makes Amanda Reddin a special kind of leader.
What Princess Catherine and her coach think of her nickname.

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Princess Catherine Lyons and her coach, former international elite, Rochelle Douglas have been together since Catherine was six!

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Catherine Lyons on Twitter

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Europa Gymnastics Centre website.

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June 11, 2014 by GymCasticCrew 1 Comment

98: Eddie Penev the Bulgarian-American Bullet

Eddie Penev Vault twisting 2010 Worlds — Eddie Penev competing for Bulgaria at the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam.

The US is lucky enough to have a World floor finalist, Stanford alum and Nissan-Emery winner Eddie Penev back on their team. With dual-citizenship, he used to compete for Bulgaria but now he’s alllll ours again. He just won floor and vault at Anadia and has basically has every skill in the book on floor. This week he chats with Blythe and Jessica. We discuss:

Why he switched from Bulgaria to the United States even though the US is so much more competitive, and harder for him to make a World team.
What he learned from teammate Jordan Jovtchev.
Standardizing equipment for international competitions.
The current state of Bulgarian gymnastics.
The biggest party animals and goofballs on the US men’s team.
Growing up in New York with gymnastics parents.
How he can help the US with our pommel horse deficit.
Presentation and artistry work at US training camps.

Remember to leave us a voicemail question or topic for discussion for our 100th episode!

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June 4, 2014 by GymCasticCrew 16 Comments

97: Anadia World Cup & Canadian Nationals

Episode 97 Transcript

In the news, Uncle Tim and Jess chat about:

The star of Portugal, Filipa Martin winning a medal on floor while Jessica Lopez just keeps getting better every year.
Which gymnast would be capable of much more if she were training elsewhere?
We pick our beam songs and discuss the horrors of background techno.
The correct moment to pick a wedgie if the television cameras are watching.
If we’ll ever get this whole difficulty world record thing going in artistic.
Is the call for a ban of the Produnova vault is just sexism?
Could Ellie Black contend for a medal on balance beam at Worlds in China?
Trampolinist, Karen Cockburn placed third at Canadian Nationals, proving once and for all that any woman can go back to adult gymnastics after giving birth.
The Enrique Tomás González, Eddie Penev, Sam Mikulak epic showdown on floor exercise at the Anandia World Cup.

And here are the latest news stories from around the gymternet discussed this week:

TUMBLE! A new gymnastics show coming to BBC, featuring Louis Smith, Beth Tweddle and Nadia!
Uncle Tim quizzes Jessica on: What’s Your Country’s Weakest Event
Belu is threatening to leave the Romanian gymnastics team for the 700th time.
The awesomeness of Rachel Gowey and Alyssa Baumann.
Gabby Douglas and Mary Lou Retton’s daughter, McKenna Kelley, are at the Ranch training together.
University of Florida student charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault for pointing an Airsoft-style rifle at Mackenzie Caquatto and Marissa King.