I love Gaylord 1 in Men’s Gymnastics. It’s dangerous, though. Miss long, you might over-rotate to a tragic landing.
Adding the half twist for Pegan is far more difficult — but safer.
Gaylord 1 on Bars (Mo salto) does not have much future in WAG, I fear. Will we ever see one with much amplitude?
What can you do out of it?
… Jaeger?
UPDATE from melanie:
It would be a shame if we never saw the Mo again in WAG.
I think, if it were possible to do it with enough amplitude facing away from the low bar, a gymnast might go straight into a Yezhova (which is another skill we don’t see enough of).
UPDATE from ber:
At least for this quad, it won’t have to be connected. They removed the empty swing deduction after the Mo salto, and the counter-kim elements.
Most gymnasts, male and female, start with layout Geinger. Later doing the skill in pike or straddle pike (Deltchev) only if they cannot compete layout.
I can’t recall the last male gymnast I saw compete Deltchev. Leave a comment if you do.
It’s nice to see some variety in WAG release skills. But I’d only try Deltchev if a girl had problems with Geinger. It might work for those who already do a good straddled Jaeger. Girls very comfortable with fast straddled hip flexion.
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Using PVC pipe for swings on a Bar is great for beginners. Hand width is locked. There’s no worry about grip.
Once they can do a skill 10 times in one turn on the Bar, I ask them to switch to griping old socks taped on to the rail. To start learning the grip shift. And how to vary width of the hands.
If you are at all worried when making the switch, put a small hip pad between the hands.
Thank you to former Olympic Champion, Mr. Rustam Sharipov for visiting Gymnastics Mississauga and sharing a wealth of information and experience with our MAG athletes!
Rustam attended Nationals, recruiting for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He’s Head Coach.
When I reminded him of his performance showing 8 or more Tkachevs in series, in the good old days, he told us an interesting anecdote.
Rustam actually had problems learning Tkachev. Two men’s coaches could barely throw him over the Bar.
Finally he tried it on the women’s rail, and had immediate success.
