Some interesting clips.
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The most valuable to me is at 28 seconds: double full twist to kick open to full twist in the opposite direction.
We’ve known this was possible biomechanically, but that’s the best video evidence I’ve seen on Earth that you can untilt one way, and retilt the other, mid-air.
Astronauts have done it perfectlly in weightless conditions.
Steve Elliot, for fun, could show half-in, half-out four different ways. R,R – R,L – L,L – L,R.
related – saltocafe → Claire from GK’s showing off her twisting skills.
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Thats a full twist kick out to full twist in the same dirrection, if you watch the shoulders you can see that the same one crosses over each spin
It looks like he twists right and then left to me.
Hmm….what I see is a full twist to the right, kick out, full twist to the left. Am I wrong?
Damn. You are right, wordsmith.
It’s only 1/1 twist, 1/1 twist.
… still … it’s proven to be possible. A gymnast can change direction of twist in mid-air.
wow, I’ve seen this video a while back and never paid attention to this part. I always knew it was possible but I wouldn’t say it’s “the best video evidence I’ve seen on Earth”; not cause I’ve seen others – but because of the poor technique. I’m sure the pros could do it better, plus as you could see at the out opposite “full” twist – it’s so badly imposed and doesn’t even look like a real full. check out the body position on the start. all in all, it’s a nice vid
I recall Dale McNeely doing something similar into the pit decades ago.
He would play with arm drop at different positions in the twist, sometimes increasing twist in the same direction, sometimes untilting, sometimes even reversing the twist direction after untilting.
Have you seen the astronauts doing it in the space station?
I need a video of that. I’ve only seen it on TV.
No, I haven’t seen this astronaut vid. but what’s the point in doing any gymnastics in zero gravity?
I have fantasized however, about this idea of taking a group of top notch gymnasts and let them train in a slightly lowered gravity environment. now that imo, could help getting new elements quicker, and in the pros perspective – even push human boundaries to a new edge.
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