Makuts Heally on right arm.
Heally on left arm.
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15.300
D 6.400
E 8.900
Entries Tagged 'parallel bars' ↓
Uchimura – P Bars
May 14th, 2013 — Gymnastics, parallel bars
European MAG Finals – day 2
April 21st, 2013 — Gymnastics, parallel bars
The host Russians won three out of five gold medals Sunday as the 2013 European Gymnastics Championships ended in Moscow. …
Vault
1. Denis Ablyazin 15.383
2. Flavius Koczi 14.887
3. Artur Davtyan 14.866
P Bars
1. Oleg Stepko 15.766
2. Lucas Fischer 15.633
3. David Belyavsky 15.533
H Bar
1. Emin Garibov 15.433
2. Sam Oldham 15.133
3. Alexander Tsarevich 14.833
full results MAG & WAG with commentary on IG – Russians Rule as Moscow Europeans End
Great to see Oleg Stepko take Gold home to Ukraine. They need big results like this.
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no Whitlock on P Bars?
April 5th, 2013 — Gymnastics, judging, parallel bars
UPDATE:
As a number of commenters point out, many have done the skill before, including the great Scherbo in 1996.
How many have held 2 seconds?
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original post:
I thought back toss to 1-rail was to be named the Whitlock.
No?
It’s in the same box as back toss in the 2016 Code. But D-value, up from the C-value toss.
Max Whitlock recently won British Championships with 90.650.
Chinese compulsory P Bars
April 4th, 2013 — Gymnastics, parallel bars
Nick Blanton posted this video on Facebook.
I play that routine (from a few years ago) at every P Bar clinic. But this is a better video edit. A better angle than the version I’ve got.
Quintero – F to G
March 21st, 2013 — Gymnastics, judging, parallel bars
This should probably be an H. Or J. 
But G-part difficulty is as high as the Code goes. So far.
Leonard Isaacs – saving handstand
March 18th, 2013 — bars, Gymnastics, handstands, horizontal bar, parallel bars, physical preparation, psychology, spotting
The coaching guru challenges a gymnast to “save” a handstand 3 times in a row.
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Important physical, technical and psychological preparation.
We still see good gymnasts in major competitions who don’t have this preparation. They fall.
Leonard’s a non-spotting advocate. Instead the gymnast must be expert in controlling their own body positions.
Here’s the original longer video on YouTube.
home Gym equipment
March 11th, 2013 — Gymnastics, parallel bars, pommel horse, product endorsements
Norberts GT-300 Ultra Dome is my favourite mushroom. $310.00
Add the Optional Pommel Top kit. $295.00
Both can be used in the gym or at home. As can their Low P-bars for gymnasts under 100 pounds. $189.00
I’d love to stuff those 3 items into a rolling suitcase for my next overseas gymnastics camp. Light and mobile.
disclaimer – Norberts is an advertiser on this site.
Keatings – P Bars double front half
March 8th, 2013 — Gymnastics, parallel bars
I’m thinking this will be in Dan’s routine soon.
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via @DanKeatings and @Full_Twist
kip tips
February 12th, 2013 — bars, Gymnastics, horizontal bar, parallel bars, physical preparation
Recently at No Limits Gymnastics Panama coach Daniella had 3 girls learn kip within a week time span.
I insisted they have a FIESTA for each.
Shawn Johnson said kip was the most difficult skill she ever learned.
Gymtastics GymTools sells a package of task cards that can be used in setting up Bar circuits.
This package contains 30 professionally illustrated skill cards. These visuals can be printed out to 8 1/2″ x 11″ on your personal printer. Great to place within your circuits for children to visually see how skills and progressions are performed correctly.
We need all the help we can get.
related JAO videos:
on Bar deflection
February 11th, 2013 — bars, biomechanics, Gymnastics, horizontal bar, parallel bars
Some gymnasts — often taller, heavier and older — know how to use the movement of the bar to improve dismounts and releases.
Some close-up video.
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via Nick Blanton’s Gymnastics Consultancy on Facebook
Though just last week I used a “bow and arrow” analogy, it’s far more complicated than that.
The new Elite Canada Champion Anderson Loran works a Horizontal Bar as well as anyone.
Click PLAY or watch him on YouTube. (16sec)
Why Can’t Susie Control Her Handstand?
February 6th, 2013 — bars, Gymnastics, handstands, horizontal bar, parallel bars, physical preparation
I subscribe to the free Tumbl Trak email newsletter. Good content.
Here I’m reprinting part of an entry from founder Doug Davis:
Why Can’t Susie Control Her Handstand?
Coaches: How often have you observed your young athletes attempt a handstand on Bars, Beam, or Floor, to start a series…and fall over? In a flash, any chance for a connection score is gone. That one simple error can cost the gymnast her chance to advance to Regionals.
Or, how often does an athlete go short of the handstand and fail to gain the credit for the skill or series? How often on bars, can a gymnast be just short on a Giant or clear hip, and fall? I’m afraid these scenarios happen far too often.
I have a semi-educated theory–especially on Bars, where the difference between hitting that handstand and being either ten degrees short, or falling over, can be a huge game changer. My theory is this: I believe most of these athletes have not been taught to save a handstand. Click this link to watch Leonard Isaacs teach a gymnast to save a handstand on bars. (3:45 min.).
For Bars in particular, if the gymnast is a bit long (falling past the handstand), she goes over and falls—a .5 deduction. Knowing in her bones, that if she aims for right on top (where the coaches and judges want a handstand to be), she risks falling over and off! Hedging that risk, she plays it safe and goes a little short of a handstand, and may fail to get credit for the handstand. …
… if gymnasts are not taught to use their shoulders to save that handstand, it may all be for naught. If they are taught to control, and save handstands with shoulder control [flexion], their confidence to go for “right on top” would increase. In addition, any deduction for the shoulder flexion would be less than a fall. …
On a recent Tumbl Trak club visit we tried to videotape an example of a save.
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NASA Gymnastics, Washington.
Doug’s correct. Too few gymnasts are trained to be able to SAVE a handstand.
Leave a comment if you’ve a good drill for teaching that “skill”.
_____ Update:
wordsmith:
I like having handstand contests using floor bars, starting from knees and straddle up to it. Making sure gymnasts understand that by gripping the bar, they have a lot of control through their wrists (subtle movement) as well as resorting to shoulder planching/reverse planching (gross movement). Encourage them to use their thumbs around the bar when casting into handstands for better grip control (most naturally have their thumbs around on pirouettes).
TippingCows:
My favorite drill for handstands is doing them with support starting at different spots on the body. Support on only the shoulders (with a low beam or two trapezoid blocks) teaches them how to hold the handstand and save it from going back and forward from the shoulders. Usually you start with support against the lower back/hips, then work your way mid-back, then to shoulders, then to forearms. If they can negotiate their handstands from all four of those points chances are they are gonna rock at saving them (and of course you can do these all with or without a floor bar).
related – the title of this post is an homage to JAO’s fantastic When Will My Susie Start Kipping? (VIDEO)
making Parallettes
January 16th, 2013 — Gymnastics, handstands, parallel bars, physical preparation
By Nick Blanton.
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P Bars double twisting double back
January 11th, 2013 — Gymnastics, parallel bars
