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gymnastics line drill – roll series

Adam Paterson:

… a basic roll routine used on a daily basis with our gymnasts.

Many coaches have their own variations of this routine but these routines generally include many back extension rolls to handstand, with 1/2 turn and full turns.

Depending on the age and ability of the gymnast these rolls can be simplified …

GymnasticsPlanet.co.uk

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

New tag line for this new MAG site:

… News, Techniques & Discussions from the World of Gymnastics

Mackenzie Brannan – Bars

I really like Mackenzie and have followed her progress for years. Her Bars have elite potential.

… but who are these judges?

International elite gymnast Mackenzie Brannan earned a perfect 10.0 for this jam-packed uneven bar routine during the exciting event finals session of the 2012 Alamo Classic in San Antonio. Watch for Brannan as she makes her senior international debut this year and works to achieve her dream of qualifying to the 2012 Olympic Trials.

Click PLAY or watch her competing L10 on Gymnastike.

Ashley Priess – Bars 9.925

Alabama 196.325 – Auburn 196.250 … close

… “I know that when it counts, she’s going to be right there on fire,” Alabama coach Sarah Patterson said of Priess. …

Record crowd at Auburn sees Ashley Priess help Tide gymnasts escape with a victory again

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gabriela Dragoi – Bars

Romania needs Bars. Rather than link to another Porgras montage, we’d better consider their best remaining Bar competitors.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. 14.575 ( D 5.8 )

No Gripz Dabritz

Another video featuring Georgia Dabriz from Utah.

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Of course there have been World and Olympic champions who did not wear grips. But it’s quite unusual in NCAA Gymnastics 2012.

Thanks Greg.

No Gripz Dabritz – Utah Bars

How many Collegiate gymnasts, aside from Georgia, could there be not wearing grips?

Click PLAY or watch a short clip on YouTube.

Filmed with a high speed Casio Exilim EX-FC 150 with portions in slo-mo at 30-120 fps …

That super slow-mo reveals all the minor execution “deductions” not deducted under NCAA rules.

Update: Greg Marsden sends the link to her full routine, featuring Comanechi :) and Jaeger.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gymnastike has an interview where Georgia talks about grips.

channel pit / trench pit?

What’s the best channel pit you’ve ever seen?


source

And what’s the least expensive you’ve ever seen?

Please leave a comment.

American Gymnastics in the comments likes the safety of semi-circle trench pits like this by GYMNOVA.

Sandra Izbasa training all-around

Sandra Izbasa is more essential than ever if Romania hopes to challenge for Team podium in London.

Right now I’d rank Romania something like 10th in the world on Bars. And I don’t see wonderful Juniors coming up to improve that apparatus.

Fangymnastics translated an excellent interview:

- So, when did you go back to full capacity training?

- In December I started to follow the normal program again.

- Anything new in your routines? Where are you with the difficulty?

- Everything is new. Adding difficulty and working on the execution is normal if we want to do well in the next competitions. I won´t tell anything else because we want this to be a surprise.

- Have you started training bars as well? Do you see yourself in the all-around?

- My palms hurt, I just moisturize at night and I start again the next day. For the all-around, it all depends on how they will want to approach this.

- How´s beam going?

- I´m training to help the team. I am fighting for every apparatus.

- Why couldn´t Ana Porgras fight through it for 6 more months?

- I don´t know if I should comment on this subject. What I do know is that everyone tried to talk her into staying, we all did.

read the entire interview – Izbasa, looking forward to London: “I cannot wait!” @ GSP

gymnastics gifs

The gymnasticsgifs Tumbl features animations like this …

Check it out – gymnasticsgifs.tumblr.com

(via @GymnasticsZone)

introducing ‘tap swing’

Standard progressions. Bar and Rings.

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Rings are easier than the Bar for beginners. Easiest of all is swinging rings. :)

That’s from a longer Tony tutorialDrills for Giants on Uneven Bars

Resnick / Forster Bars Camp

Tom Forster and Neil Resnick are expanding their popular Bars training camp.

Camp 1- Central
May 18-20
Colorado Springs, CO

Camp 2- West
June 8-10
Long Beach, CA

Camp 3- East
June 15-17
Hamilton, NJ

Call 719-322-7826 or email tom@iclasspro.com today for more information or to register!

I heard great things about the one held June 17-19th, 2011 at Aerials Gymnastics in Colorado Springs.


Chelsea Averna – Jaeger

via the Tumbl Trak Jan 2012 email newsletter

Ana Porgras retires

Oh no.


SHOCK! Ana Porgras withdraw only 18! World Champion in 2010 and a beam of hope for gold in London gave up gymnastics

That’s the headline on Sport.ro.

The 2010 World Champion on Beam made the decision after an elbow injury at a Christmas training camp in France.

Read the article via Google Translate.

She won the 2011 Longines Prize Of Elegance in Tokyo. This is a terrible loss for Team Romania, especially on Bars. And for gymnastics fans everywhere.

Update – the Prosport interview translated by Fangymnastics:

From the moment I made this decision there is no turning back. I said stop and I’m not coming back.

(via Fangymnastics on Facebook)

Kristina Vaculik – Geinger

Kristina Vaculik does one of the best Geingers in the world. (Def?)

You really can see the Bar most of the time … if you fly high enough. :)

another amazing photo from GraceClick.ca

Watch her prelims routine on YouTube. 14.333 (5.8) – qualifying for Finals.

She and Peng Peng had the highest Execution score in those Finals – 8.666.