Entries Tagged 'pommel horse' ↓

Best MAG edit in a long, long time. Don’t miss this one.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (8min 38sec)

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)

UPDATE: detailed report from The All Around – Komova Remains Golden in Singapore

More Komova.

Women’s
Vault: 1. Komova (RUS) 2. Vargas (ESP); 3. Ferlito (ITA)
Bars: 1. Komova (RUS) 2. Tan (CHN) 3. Adlerteg (SWE)

Gymnicetic WAG LIVE blog and full results.

Note: there are some different rules in this meet. These scores cannot be directly compared with F.I.G.

Men’s
FX: 1. Vila Sarria (CUB) 2. Stepko (UKR) 3. Zhu (CHN)
Pommel Horse: 1. Stepko 2. Oldham 3. Kazachkov
Rings: 1. Muntean (ROU) 2. Kamoto (JPN) 3. Abad (ESP)

Going for Gold has some coverage on both WAG and MAG finals:

… Men’s Floor: Dark Horse Ernesto Vila Sarria of Cuba took the Gold (score 14.575) ahead of a mistake ridden men’s field. …

(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)

Men’s Artistic judges and coaches will appreciate this helpful program by gymnast/judge Mike Wilner:

DScore is a program, designed for Gymnastics coaches, athletes, and enthusiasts, that assists in the creation of Men’s Gymnastics routines and calculates start value.

Various rule sets are supported, including USA Gymnastics J.O. program levels 10, 9, and 8, the NCAA, and International Senior Elite (F.I.G.). DScore is available for Mac OS X and Windows, and also supports live updates to the Code of Points. …

Dscore is currently in Beta. Mike is still making updates and would appreciate feedback.

It works. Here’s my first routine analysis:

sample pommel routine - click for larger version

Here’s the resulting start value for F.I.G.:

Update: Oops. Seems I made a mistake in this example. Jeff says: 5 elements from group 4. Better replace that DSB with a 2/3 travel before the Sivado.

DScore is $14.99. But there’s a Free Trial available.

MLW Software – DScore

Excellent.

The American Gymnast blogger is doing more mainstream pieces on Universal.

The men kick-off this week’s U.S. Championships on Wednesday in Hartford, Conn.

Keep checking UniversalSports.com for more of Andy’s expert analysis.

The men’s pommel horse has forever been considered by most gymnastics experts to be the most challenging of the men’s six events. …

“The pig,” as some like to call it, is in a category of its own. …

Jonathan Horton would have only needed a 14.075 on the event to win the all-around SILVER MEDAL at the 2008 Olympic Games…instead his 13.675 landed him in 9th. And at the 2007 world championships the year before, his proud 4th place all-around finish could have easily been a bronze had his lackluster 13.975 on pommels been only two tenths higher. …

read more – Breaking down the pommel horse

Andy points out that the States has many gymnasts who can compete with the best in the world including: Ribeiro, McNeill, Ishino, Naddour. … Not to mention Artemev.

(via Gymnastics Examiner Week in Review)

Of the world’s best on this apparatus, his routines are amongst the most interesting.

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Andrew Thornton feels there are only 2 athletes certain to qualify to World’s in October who are a “lock” for the A-team: Paul Hamm and Jon Horton.

What will Paul Hamm bring to the USA Men’s team?

Most of all, he’ll eliminate the need to use up an entire spot on a pommel horse specialist. Prior to Paul’s announcement, it was looking like the USA men’s team would need at least one pommel horse specialist, as most of our top all-around gymnasts are quite weak on this event. …

Ideally, we need a couple of guys who could potentially do rings AND pommel horse. They’re few and far between, but here are four I can think of (besides Paul Hamm):

Chris Cameron
Tim McNeill
Wes Haagensen
Kevin Tan

read more – American Gymnast – Andy’s Angle – What will Paul Hamm bring?

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Good front loops and back loops on pommel horse require the gymnast to have extension in their circle ….

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AmGym has posted some new free samples from their Gymnastics on Demand collection, subscription ($9.95/month).

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See more on the American Gymnast blog → Pommel Horse Training Progressions

Jayd trains at Taiso, Saskatoon with coach Markos Baikas. He’s one of the young Seniors Canada is counting on in the future.

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Thanks Dean Kalyan.

Click PLAY or watch elbow Circles using a Bucket on YouTube.

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Click PLAY or watch Common Mistake on YouTube.

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Click PLAY or watch Learn a Straight Body Circle on YouTube.

I like this approach → exaggerate the arch of the hips and trunk at this stage.

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Altadore Gym Club, coaches Richard Herb and Miguel Constante.

From a coaching clinic hosted by Calgary Gymnastics Centre.

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One of the coaches never did gymnastics. We asked him to look at all of these variations as simply double leg circles.

flank forward > rear support > flank backward > front support … REPEAT

The most important talking point of the session was wrist pain. It’s ended the career of many good gymnasts.

Cut back even at a young age for those kids who suffer a lot of pain. Consider splitting training into two 15min sessions each day, early and late.

Consider bracing the wrists. Take long breaks (e.g 2wks) off pommels if wrist pain gets bad. But continue with all other apparatus.

Mushroom and Floor are hardest on the wrists. Avoid those if you have wrist pain.

Leave a comment if you have other strategies on how to deal with that problem.

StickItMedia:

For the third time in the last four seasons, the SCATS Men’s Gymnastics program (in Huntington Beach, CA) has produced a national champion. Last month, Sam Mikulak earned the Level 10 (16-18) all-around gold in a hard fought battle against Jesse Silverstein. Mikulak’s exploits were key to helping SCATS win the Level 10 national team championship as well. …

Coached by Grigor Chalikyan and Albert Avchian, Mikulak is capping off a remarkable club career as one of the sport’s most consistent competitors over the years. His 91.55 is the highest ever JO Nationals all-around score under the current scoring system. Along the way, he has become one of America’s best vaulters …

read more – StickItMedia Exclusive Interview: Sam Mikulak

This photo is from last year …

John Orozco (center) won his third consecutive U.S. junior title in Dallas. Sam Mikulak (left) finished second ahead of bronze medalist Christopher Turner.

Sam joins Michigan this Fall. … I’m thinking Michigan may be the team to beat in 2011 after that astonishing 2010 season.

Talking to the Canadian National team coaches last week, many raved about the up-and-coming MAG talent in the USA. … They raved about the Pommel Horse in the U.K., even more, though.