… Here Kellie Mizoguchi shows drills she uses to teach this important element. …
Click PLAY or watch Kellie on YouTube.
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Entries Tagged 'beam' ↓
full turn on Beam – drills
March 11th, 2010 — Gymnastics, beam
Alexandra Raisman – Beam
March 10th, 2010 — Gymnastics, beam
Two talking points:
• doesn’t she remind you of Alicia on Beam?
• what a dismount!
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
She’s certainly not going to win the Longine’s Elegance Award.
But a routine that steady will take her a long way.
10.0 BEAM: Taylor vs Hopfner-Hibbs
March 8th, 2010 — Gymnastics, NCAA, beam
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs had a 10.0 Beam this weekend. And so did Grace Taylor.
Who’s routine do you like better?
Click PLAY or watch Elyse on YouTube.
Grace Taylor’s most recent 10.0 Beam is on GeorgiaDogs.
Thanks for the updated link, Marcus.
Beam – Tatiana Solovyova
March 5th, 2010 — Gymnastics, beam
Aunt Joyce linked to yet another solid, up-and-coming gymnast from Russia. They’ve got depth.
Click PLAY or watch Tatiana on YouTube.
Kimberly Jacob – Beam
March 3rd, 2010 — Gymnastics, NCAA, beam
On the American Gymnast blog, Andrew Thornton linked to videos of some of the gymnasts who qualified for the Nastia Liukin Cup this coming weekend.
… an AMAZING beam combination that is one of the most difficult ever done: … front aerial to a back handspring full …
Click PLAY or watch Kimberly on YouTube.
Andrew does have some questions about who can qualify for this competition, however. For example, Kimberley:
… I didn’t realize that gymnasts 18 and over could compete in this competition. Kimberly Jacob won her “Level 10” session at the Circle of Stars Meet in Indiana, but she has competed as a senior gymnast since 2007. In fact she competed in the SENIOR US Nationals in 2008 and 2009, placing 17th and 12th, respectively. She is 18 and will be competing for Alabama this fall. I thought the Nastia Liukin Cup was for “up-and-coming” Level 10 gymnasts? I did look at the rules at the Circle of Stars Meet, and it said that the winners of the Level 10 sessions, regardless of age, would qualify for the Nastia Liukin Cup. …
They should somehow change the selection criteria for the second annual to truly bring in up-and-coming Level 10s. Kimberly’s career, for example, is already fixed. She doesn’t need this additional experience.
introducing leap on beam
February 27th, 2010 — Gymnastics, beam, psychology
Posted by Al Fong.
… It’s all in how you raise them from the beginning. When it comes to controlling the fear factor as we teach the “scary” skills, progressions and the right training stations are critical. Our station for the split leap on balance beam is one such example.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Buckeye Gymnastics videos
February 22nd, 2010 — Gymnastics, beam
On the Beechurst10’s Channel find routines from this past weekend’s Buckeye Classic.
One sample. Click PLAY or watch Kara Lovan’s Beam on YouTube.
Great potential.
Balance Beam in Slow Motion
February 21st, 2010 — Gymnastics, beam
The elegance and grace of balance beam.
In this video:
Nastia Liukin
Shannon Miller
Dominique Moceanu
Shawn Johnson
Nadia Comaneci
Svetlana Boginskaya
Kristie Phillips
Yelena Mukhina
Mary Lou Retton
Mo Huilan
Catalina Ponor
Yang Bo
Carly Patterson
Svetlana Khorkina
Kim Zmeskal
Andreea Raducan
and others…
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Luisa Portocarrero – balance beam
February 17th, 2010 — Gymnastics, Olympics, beam
Luisa Portocarrero was the alternate for the beam final at the 1992 Olympic Games representing Guatemala.
One of the many wonderful gymnasts coached by Carol-Angela Orchard at now defunct Seneca Gymnastics, Toronto. Recall that Carol-Angela married and moved to England after the Beijing Olympics.
Click PLAY or watch Luisa’s 1993 American Cup routine on YouTube.
Like so many other Seneca girls, Luisa went on to compete for UCLA.
I was reminded of Luisa after seeing this routine linked from a Gymbits post – Sport Seneca Style.
Click through to see more Seneca highlight routines from the past.
(barely)controlledchaos mentioned Luisa this week, too. She’s a legend.
Beam – back handspring drills
February 16th, 2010 — Gymnastics, beam
Kellie Mizoguchi teach hand positioning for backward handspring.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thanks GymSmarts for the many, many Gymnastic Minutes. (Tom must edit these just about every day!)
Gymnastics Montage – Fresh Feeling
February 15th, 2010 — Gymnastics, bars, beam, floor (women), floor tumbling
Somewhat random WAG clips. It kept me going right to the end.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Quitters Try)
Rebecca Bross – Beam
February 14th, 2010 — Gymnastics, Olympics, beam
Oft injured Rebecca should be in good shape for March 6th, the American Cup.
How’s she doing?
Click PLAY or watch her beam from the WOGA meet this weekend on YouTube.
Should she replace that Sheep Jump?
Update. Marcus points out it’s not as bad as it looks at full speed.
Check the comments for other concerns.
Rebecca is a fantastic gymnast. But is she fantastic enough to be the next Olympic Champion from WOGA? …
I’m not convinced she is. Rebecca’s legs, especially on bars, are very deductible.
Abigail Adams – Beam
February 5th, 2010 — Gymnastics, NCAA, beam
Gymnastike posts an NCAA Routine of the Week. It’s nice to see an East coast team getting some love.
… University of Maryland Junior Abigail Adams on beam in their home quad meet against West Virginia, Maryland, and Rutgers. With Abigail’s help, the unranked Terrapins upset #16 Denver in taking 2nd overall. Abigail was the beam champion of the meet with a 9.85 and their combined team score on beam of 48.800 was their highest team beam score of the year by more than .700.
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike
Shout out to David F. Pendrys for this one. He’s doing his best to bring more attention to College gymnastics in the Northeast on his site GymnasticsReport.net.
