Coach Laurie Gallus is promoting an intriguing new book, her first in a series of three.
It’s called Flip Outside the Box
She’s selected and illustrated “unique and creative gymnastics elements … which are not yet included in the JO Code of Points”.
Here’s one sample:
dismount – butterfly with double twist
… Actually, it looks more like 1 3/4 twist.
But I must admit, I’ve never seen or dreamed of this dismount. It is unique.
I’m not yet prepared to order the book for myself. But if you get a copy, please send us a review.
$25.00 plus $4.95 shipping and handling – details
(via Perfect 10)
UPDATE: Gail McGann, the judging director for Vermont, has reviewed the book and gives a positive reaction in an article called Off the mats, on to the page.
4 comments ↓
I wonder who did that? This would be a really cool book if these are real skills performed by real gymnasts. It makes sense that if a video and a description of these skills have to be submitted in order to get a value that somewhere there is a list of all the skills ever submitted to USAG. Putting those skills in a book would be a super cool idea. Are these those skills though or are they just someone’s imagination?
I’ve thought of leap dismounts off beam before but I never would’ve thought of a butterfly double twist dismount.
Dear shergymrag,
All the elements in my book came from my imagination. I have never heard of them or seen them before, as they are not listed in the JO Code Of Points. There are instructions on my website on how to have these elements given a value so they can be used in competition and potentially added to the JO Code Of Points. Flip Outside The Box has been reviewed by a nationally rated judge. You may read her opinion in a newspaper article about me and my book by typing in the title of the article into Google. It is called Off The Mats On To The Page. Hopefully, someday all these new elements will be listed in the JO Code Of Points. This book is the first of a 3 book series, if there’s enough interest.
I loved the article and hearing about her pursuing gym in her latge 30s. Really cool that she has loved and thought about her sport enough to write this book of hypothetical new skills. Much better than some of the good gymnastics who really don’t think about their sport as well (yet I credit them with performance).
I wonder if she has ever thought of coaching.
Also, I wonder how many MAG skills should be brought to WAG. Or visa versa? I still despise that vault over the UB that is really a couple of Mag Bs and does not even EXIST as a MAG trick (although it is a single bar release).
yet is a G in wims.
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