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It's actually snail mail letters, not email. See the new thread on how to help

They now are asking for a letter writing campaign to the members of the university's board of trustees. Apparently, their email addresses are classified. SO, as strange as it may sound, this is a snail mail writing campaign. Letters should be sent to trustees at the following TU address...

By the way, here is the story on NPR with an interview of coach Fred... http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2013/12/17/cuts-to-temple-university-athletics-programs/

If people want to help, I heard within the last 24 hours (from their head coach) that the best thing to do right now is to email members of the Temple Board of Trustees. Explain why cutting mens gymnastics is a bad idea, etc and keep their inboxes full. I hope that he will follow up by providing...

I just signed the petition to Temple's Board of Trustees...wondering what effect it can have if they reach the goal of 25K signers..Maybe at least it will trigger some fundraising program...USAG should work together with college programs. Maybe they could add a head tax at meets

The last campaign reached it's goal, so here's another one, this showing 26 days left in the funding period: Help Support Jaxson Robertson and his Family | Indiegogo I put in $15, based on being satisfied with my workouts over the last 15 days. Anyone willing to match, or add a sponsor...

I'm sure we all agree here that the desire to reduce the "watermelon belly" is not about appearance, but due to a desire to avoid serious lower spine problems in the future, knowing that the rate of lumbar disc degeneration is fairly high in elite gymnasts.

I meant that they move the femur with respect to the PELVIS.

That results from overworking the iliopsoas muscles, particularly the psoas major -which comes from doing a lot of hip flexion- and NOT working the anterior abdominal wall enough. Both the iliacus and the psoas major move the femor with respect to the hip, but while the iliacus originates form...

The importance of strength:weight notwithstanding, don't you think that increasing skill and experience can give an older athlete an advantage? Take the vault example. No doubt, 17ish Maroney must have a higher strength:weight than 37ish Chusovitina, but is this why Maroney is so good? She gets...

Hi, I like your story and I hope you'll find a place to train. I did some gymnastics when younger, but not enough, then I trained with a college team seeking to compete on one event. In my late 30s I got interested again and found different adult gymnastics programs in different places, but only...

IMO, a double back is NOT something that you should try learning without a coach. As others have said above, you should find a place that has the coaches and equipment to teach you this. It doesn't have to be a pit; in fact, a spotting belt is better. Assuming the spotter knows how to belt spot...

Sometimes, event specialists can stay in international competition fairly long. Examples include Yordan Yovchev, on rings, and there is a woman on vault whose name I do not know. I think she's Uzbekistani but lives/trains in Germany?

This is a test of the idea. I picked this child randomly on the Indiegogo crowdfunding site:Smilin' Jacky Mulvena Conquers Cancer! | Indiegogo Then, I sponsored my workout last night, consisting of: Gymnastics gym: 3 ROBHs, 25 blockups, 25 horizontal punchups, 25 V-ups. Regular gym: 2 miles on...

The impression that I got from the initial post is that the girl is *training* a Yurchenko at the new gym, not actually going over the table with it. My older child is only preteam, but I see the L7 girls training all the time at our gym, and they're roundoffing from a springboard to BHS on...