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This Week’s Favorite Gymnastics Video

Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Bob Wilson in News and Notes

I may be way behind the times, but I just discovered metacafe.com and I’ve been spending time tracking down the best gymnastics videos. Metacafe is basically a YouTube with stricter submission guidelines and an emphasis on social selection, ranking and voting, meaning the videos tend to be more interesting and of a higher quality.

And yes, you can search for just gymnastics videos. I’ve been checking that page daily for the last week and it’s now found a permanent home in my bookmarks. Here are my three favorite videos so far:

Incredible Tumbling

My background is in dance, but I’m always blown away by the strength, power and speed of competitive tumblers and this video shows it all. It’s a fast-paced compilation of some of the best tumbles:

Extreme Gymnastics – Best Ever Tumbling Compilation. – Funny home videos are a click away

Parkour videos

Do you remember the opening scene from Casino Royale? That was parkour. The sport, also called “Free Running,” is essentially “an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as smoothly, efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body.”

It combines the power and moves of gymnastics, the flow and grace of dance, and the freedom of undefined, independent movement. You’ll find a lot of older gymnasts and even dancers are getting involved with this movement. This video is more stunt-based, but it’s still a great example of Parkour in action:

Amazing Le Parkour And Gymnastics – Click here for more free videos

5 Craziest Gymnastics Skills

If you get off on moves like the tkachev salto or a triple backflip off the parallel bars, this is the video for you. It’s all men, but it will amaze you:

The 5 Craziest Gymnastics Skills Ever! – The best bloopers are here

Do you have a favorite gymnastics video on either metacafe or YouTube? Please share it in the comments section and hopefully I can get it on the blog!

Photo: Simon Lesley

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