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That’s from RedNasvw who lives in Rotterdam.

Men’s gymnastics is still evolving. It’s exciting. It’s amazing. … Much more so than WAG.

(via Michael Outram)

… Often Don had only a WEEK to teach the entire skill to camp kids.

Check this excellent video put together by Don. Some drills you’ve never seen before.

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(via About.com Gymnastics)

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Don Eckert posted some advanced Kaboom skills by Bob Robbins.

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… the body’s mass center exits from any external swing at a 90° angle to its radius of rotation (tangent to the swing) …

Just as the archer’s bow establishes the flight direction of the arrow, so too does the tangent release establish the flight direction of the gymnast. …

… read more

double back tucked

Information excerpted from Championship Gymnastics: Biomechanical Techniques for Shaping Winners, by Gerald S. George, Ph.D.

That graphic would generate a discussion regarding whether or not she might “pull-in” to the bar by shortening the body before release. … She might.

I’ll use this layout flyaway graphic, instead, to introduce the concept of “tanget” to the point of release of swing.

Of course the path of flight is a “parabola” after release. (Unless the gymnast goes straight up, straight down.)

The problem with biomechanics is the risk of generating more heat than light.

China’s Tan Sixin was the STAR of the final day of Finals.

Floor: 1. Tan (CHN) 2. Bulimar (ROU) 3. Komova (RUS)
Beam: 1. Tan (CHN) 2. Ferlito (ITA) 3. Donald … Komova 7th (2 falls)

Vault: 1. Ganbat (MGL) 2. Arican (TUR) 3. Abad (ESP)
Parallel Bars: 1. Stepko (UKR) 2. Muntean (ROU) 3. Edalli (ITA)
High Bar: 1. Oldham (GBR) 2. Abad (ESP) 3. Zhu (CHN)

via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook

Congratulations to IOC, FIG and meet organizers. I’m astonished how smoothly the Artistic discipline has gone. In fact, the Games themselves seem to be a big WIN for Olympic sport.

Join us for a FREE sample of our LIVE ONLINE coaches seminar with Mas Watanabe teaching “Strap bar basic technique and skill development” on Tuesday, August 17th at 6pm PST/9pm EST.

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Term 3 begins Tuesday, August 24th!

Live presentations by Cheryl Jarrett, Tony Retrosi, Mary Lee Tracy, Russell Warfield, and Tammy Biggs are scheduled.

Good but expensive, I feel.

But what gym? Rumour has it that she’s switched from Omega to Phoenix.

Brittany posted this photo of her wrist under the caption – Bars love me.

Not too bad. Yet.

But recall it was an infection of the wrist that took Nadia out of the 1979 World Championships All-around.

Do you have a strategy for treatment / prevention of Bar wrist rip?

My best advice is to use vasoline under a neoprene wrist band. Often with a cloth wristband overtop.

UPDATE: Sara wraps electrical tape around her wrist, then wristbands as normal. … Any duct tape solution sounds good to me!

There are many, many different ways to do that technically easy, psychologically difficult, trick. Best advice is to look at the ultimate performances to date. Cade Raggio, for example.

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Click through to see the discussion – Chalk Bucket – Tkatchev: Men’s vs. Women’s technique

Valentin Uzunov and others have already weighed in.

related posts tagged Tkatchev

Examiner.com: Can you tell me a little about your childhood in gymnastics?

Jay Thornton: “I was very fortunate to have several a wonderful coaches from the beginning. I was a pretty good twister. I was a little bit bigger as a kid and I had that going against me. I’m about 5’10″ and competed at about 170 pounds. I was a bit bigger as a kid and wasn’t the most physically gifted, but my first coach, Tim Erwin, started preparing me with sound gymnastics technique from the day one.”

Examiner.com: When did you decide you wanted to go to the Olympics?

J.T.: “When I was 10 years old. It was 1984, the year of the Los Angeles Olympics and I, like every other gymnast at the time, was watching the ’84 U.S. Men’s Olympic team compete. When I saw them win that gold medal, I knew at that point that I wanted to become an Olympic gymnast.” …

Read about the coach who taught him to love gymnastics, Nick Brancheau. His inspirations: Roethlisberger and Bilozertchev. And how he reconnected with the woman who would become his wife.

Gymnastics Examiner – Catching up with American Gymnast’s Jay Thornton

The advantage of buying grips and equipment from American Gymnast is that Jay truly knows the sport inside out. Here’s his reaction to to Sho Nakamori’s post on his Reisport Ring grips tearing after only 2 days.

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Jay’s younger brother Andy, who also competed for the University of Iowa, posts an excellent blog, Andy’s Angle, on American Gymnast. I read it religiously.

Note that the coaching video tutorial section has a new address: Gymnastics on Demand