http://perfect10.rustyparts.com A random assortment of thoughts on the sport of Artistic Gymnastics... Wed, 27 May 2009 16:21:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the rest of you have no doubt noticed, I'm beginning to realize that I haven't had much time for my blog lately. In fact I'm finding that I can rarely do more than quickly skim the gymnastics blogs in my google reader, wishing I could pour over some ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2009/05/27/so-long-farewell/ I got an email from the author of a new gymnastics book called Flip Outside the Box, featuring "creative women's gymnastics elements."   Thought it might be worth passing along to you all.  Here's the website with info on the book and ordering information.  If any of you get it, ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2009/02/26/flip-outside-the-box/ So I had to watch the American Cup in 3 different sittings this year. And I haven't had a chance to re-watch it yet, which is rare for me. But here are some of my thoughts from the NBC broadcast on Saturday... Jordan Wieber won.  No surprise there.  Didn't it ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2009/02/26/2009-american-cupthings-that-made-me-go-hmmm/ So the American Cup is tomorrow. I have mixed feelings about it. As other people point out often enough, it's a bit of a joke. It gets a lot of hype for such a small, Amerocentric competition.  But I still tend to look forward to it.  It's ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2009/02/20/the-american-cup-other-odds-and-ends/ Ok, enough already!   No more threatening emails!   My apologies for the ridiculously LONG absense.  Perhaps some of you chalked up my absense to the inevitable post-Olympic let down but I have a better excuse.   On September 28th, I gave birth to my first child - see proof below.    Kind of ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2009/01/28/229/ You've seen my thoughts on the Men's Event Finals and to follow up, here's my take on the Women's... Vault: Congratulations to Hong Un Jong who was able to capitalize on the mistake of Cheng Fei, the Gold Medal favorite prior to the finals.  A first for North Korea - well ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2008/08/21/2008-olympics-womens-event-finals/ I'm definitely experiencing the inevitable let down now that the artistic gymnastics portion of the Olympics has come to a close.  There is such build up, such anticipation for the Olympics and it always seems to fly by once it's here.  I'll admit though, that I did enjoy going to ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2008/08/21/2008-olympics-mens-event-finals/ So it seems like we all pretty much knew that the two American women would take the gold & silver if they both hit.   And I knew that no matter which one ended up on top, I would feel pretty sad for the one that took the silver.  Not that ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2008/08/18/2008-olympics-womens-all-around/ I tried something a little different last night.  I decided to watch the Men's All Around final on the Canadian station (CBC) rather than NBC.   The highlight of the CBC's coverage was definitely the length.  They gave almost 3 solid hours of the finals and there were frequently 20-30 minute ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2008/08/14/2008-olympics-mens-all-around-final/ Like Rick McCharles over at Gymnastics Coaching, I felt a bit deflated after the Women's Team Final last night.  China was brilliant and were well-deserving of their gold medal.  But I, too, was hoping it would be a closer race for the title.    This morning I didn't really feel like ... http://perfect10.rustyparts.com/2008/08/13/womens-team-final-article-from-slatecom/