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She swings “big”, like a guy. … Hmm, she’s coached by Ed Burch, who coached 1992 Olympic gold horizontal bar medalist Trent Dimas.

A list posted on Gymnastics Stuff.

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Who is this gymnast? Alexei Nemov?

Sergei Kharkov at 1991 Moscow World Stars. Thanks Hertzen.

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I’m looking for more examples of the world’s best Tkachevs.

Nemov’s layout reverse hecht is as high as any I’ve seen.

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Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s post on front giants. The next step.

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It’s from GymDrills.com.

Boys are always surprised when the girls in their gym tell them that forward giants are more difficult than backward. After all, most boys learn forward giants first.

Front giants should be less scary for the beginner. And technique is easier than backward giant.

On straps I always teach forward giant first, boys and girls. But on the rail I’ve only managed to get two or three girls to do forward giant first. A proud accomplishment, those times.

Coach Bart won’t have any problems. He introduces the long hang foward swing in under grip to very young kids. It’s like a game to them at this stage.

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The girls soon learn that it’s easy to hang on in under grip.

See more on his site – Gymnastics-Skills.com – Front Giant

Watching the Tkachev montage by MunchTheSilivasFan I was struck by how many different ways gymnasts can pull off a Reverse Hecht.

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You can do a terrible giant, let go, scrape your butt across the bar … and still hang on. The judge will give you credit and possibly not much deduction.

Or you can launch a monster release like Anna Li or Jordan Moore. And likely not get much more credit.

There are two kinds of Tkachevs I admire:

1) Super HIGH … perhaps with not much counter rotation
2) Super counter rotated … with potential to swing a giant or another release in sequence

The best I’ve ever seen at the second kind was Rustam Sharipov. In demos he connected many, many in series.

The highest Jaeger and Tkachev I’ve ever seen were from 1988 Olympian Charles Lakes, coached by Dan Connelly. (Yes, I know release moves are easier on the Men’s bar.)

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In this particular routine he hits the Jaeger perfectly. But his Tkachev I’ve seen much higher. (Unfortunately I cannot find a better one online.)

Leave a comment if you’ve a “best Tkachev” to name.

Danell Leyva, the young American World Championships Horizontal Bar finalist, recently added Liukin (Layout Tkachev 1/1 twist) into his long, difficult routine.

I hadn’t realized that Stanford’s Alexander Buscaglia caught Liukin Day 1 of Winter Cup. (Leyva missed it Day 1.)

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Wasef Burbar (age 16-18) is competing it too. You can see video of Wasef doing it in training on YouTube.

Thanks Jeremiah for sending us the links.

==== melanie ponders whether we’ll ever see a female gymnast do this trick. I think we will, but not for many years yet. We need layout Tkachev first.

Just checking out a new system of women’s gymnastics handguards from a company called Panfilof and Daughters.

… a new fastening system—ratchet buckles. This system is more convenient to use than the grips with Velcro or the grips with regular buckles. The ratchet buckle grips are fast and easy to tighten exactly as needed. Ratchet buckles prohibit spontaneous opening of the bracelet. …

Narrow grips have neoprene fasteners on the tongues of the finger holds which makes it possible to regulate the size of the finger holes by moving it inside or outside.

Grips page

The company, out of Eugene, Oregon, touts many celebrity endorsements, including WOGA coaches.

If you’ve seen or used these grips, and have an opinion, post a comment. They also sell “wristbands” and “bracelets“.

One of the most talked about routines at Winter Cup. Danell catches Liukin (Tkachev layout full).

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UPDATE: Jeremiah tells that Wasef Burbar (16-18) from Buffalo Grove Gymnastics caught Liukin at the Windy City Invite.

Gymbits posted an update on that Japanese robot that swings on a bar.

Uchimura watch out. Japanese robot enthusiast Hinamitetu has a mechanical competitor improving rapidly.

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I saved this video to use as an example of the biomechanics of swing and release.

Long term goal of this project? A Cylon gymnast?

… The intermediate step would be a robot assisted gymnast?

(via Gymnastics Examiner)

What are they?

This photo was posted by bogwoppit on the Chalk Bucket forum.

bogwoppit explains:

They make the finger holes of your grips smaller. I managed to get some from the UK, where they call them wedgies!

Order from GymnasticExpress.co.uk.

Without them, kids simply stuff foam into the finger holes to fill the gap.

Kyle’s was famous for his form and consistency on Floor and Vault.

But not many people remember his Horizontal Bar.

Not surprisingly, Kyle had superb form, line and technique. Some of the only “clean” stoop Stalders and Endos you’ve ever seen in MAG or WAG.

In 2004 I watched him do many “perfect” routines in sequence in training, often the only issue being whether or not his knees bent on the regrasp of Def.

This is how gymnastics is meant to be performed. (Horizontal Bar depresses me in 2010.)

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Kyle has a YouTube channel now where he’s archiving some of the Canadian team routines from the past.

Click over to Gymnastics Examiner for highlights from the last week, including:

Do you like the new sticking rule for women’s floor?

Nowadays elite gymnasts are deducted for lunging backwards out of their tumbling passes. Amy Van Deusen at About.com Gymnastics would like to hear your thoughts about this. …

Ana Claudia Silva changes gyms

The 2008 Brazilian Olympian, 17, has signed a contract to compete for Rio de Janeiro’s Flamengo Club this season, as has 2009 World team member Khiuani Dias. Other Flamengos include Diego and Daniele Hypolito and Jade Barbosa. …

Spotlight-ready

Stanford freshman Ashley Morgan is the daughter of baseball’s two-time National League MVP Joe Morgan … Says her Hall of Famer dad, “I’m more proud of her than I am of anything I ever did as an athlete.” …

Why Paul Hamm deserved to win the 2004 Olympic all-around gold, once and for all

Andrew Thornton dissects Yang Tae-Yung’s high bar performance from the 2004 Olympic all-around final. … Yang’s start value on high bar was incorrectly tabulated…

details and links – The gymnastics week in review

I’m not completely convinced by Andy’s conclusion in the Hamm scandal in Athens. But he’s right that Yang Tae-Yung was over-scored by 0.1 in the start score on Horizontal Bar. Yet another blunder for the Men’s judges in that meet that went unnoticed until now.

Thanks Andy.