This video was taken at a clinic at (one of my former clubs), Can-Am in Saskatoon. It was the early 1990s. Her coach was Mr. B, an “acrosport” specialist. The clinician at this event was Yuval Ayalon.
She has the perfect name – Jacki Bender.
Click PLAY or watch Jacki on YouTube.
Clearly Jacki had the skills of an Acrobatic gymnast. … We should look for Beam specialists in future with this skill set.
(via 80sgymfan on IG forum)
At our Vegas clinic, interim Head Coach Dana Brass brought in a (former gymnast) circus handstand specialist to work with all of the older gymnasts.
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This goes to show how wrong the current composition requirements are for beam. We see all these crazy jumps and one tumbling element after another, connected in a way that could never really be fluid. I’d love to see a non-flight acro element or series become mandatory, maybe that would help to bring back all these cool innovative hand balancing elements that made beam fun to watch.
Actually Yuval Ayalon, did the workshop with all the kids at the clinic Rick. All nearly 90 of them! He was a legend!
Say it ain’t so. All these years I remember it was Mr. B. …
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