… 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 …

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… 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.

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… “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

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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.

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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.

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Gymnastike has an interview where Georgia talks about grips.

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

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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

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

That’s from a longer Tony tutorial – Drills for Giants on Uneven Bars

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