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Kohei Uchimura – rare video footage

coach Rick — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:05:19 +0000

What was the greatest gymnast all time like as a child?

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He looks a fair typical kid. But already had a great ability to “stick” landings.

Subscribe to the gedatzeni YouTube channel. That’s Gerard Atzeni .

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insane street tumbling

coach Rick — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:01:04 +0000

Next time your kids tell you the Floor is too hard, show them this compilation.

at 1min – ~~standing~~ step in to triple twist … or double?

at 2:25 – ff quad twist … or triple?

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Thanks Allison Hack for the link.

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FIG ruined Men’s Floor

coach Rick — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:01:39 +0000

Frank Costanza:

“The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you’re gonna hear about it. …”

Flavius Koczi was named Romanian male gymnast of the year for 2011.

He’s Mr. Twister on Floor.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

D-score: 6.6
E-score: 8.900
15.500 1st – European Champion

Not bad. Certainly one of the best routines in the world today. But watch what Flavius showed at the Gala in Belgium, without the constraints of FIG judges and rules.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Better, I’d say. Note he removed both roll-outs.

Compare Flavius with one of the many young guns out of Japan, Kenzo Shirai.

Click PLAY or watch Kenzo on YouTube.

To me that’s no longer a “Floor Exercise”. Kenzo is doing as many twists as he can and as little else as possible. If that’s what FIG wants, why not simply use the Power Tumbling Rod Floor and name whomever does the most twists in 8 skills the winner?

UPDATE: Gerard in the comments has seen rules for young guys in Japan that ban on Floor:

• any front salto into a roll out (including arabian)
• double front (including arabian)
• double back with a twist

… That helps explain why Kenzo’s routine so overuses twisting for difficulty.

This is a Floor Exercise demonstrating a variety of qualities, not only twisting.

Click PLAY or watch the 1979 World Champion on YouTube.

A routine from over 30yrs ago on a ~~rock~~ hard Floor is ‘better’ than what we are seeing today. The FIG rules are not working, in my opinion.

Thomas was the first to popularize those roll-outs, by the way.

(via Full Twist)

_____ Check the comments. There are a surprising number who prefer modern Floor over the traditional “Floor Exercises” of the past.

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quad twist Floor – Kenzo Shirai

coach Rick — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:02:21 +0000

I’m surprised how many Men are using twists to increase start value. They are difficult to land and easy to deduct.

Click PLAY or watch Kenzo on YouTube.

Not as good as Kent Caldwell, but pretty incredible.

… Yet my main reaction watching that routine is to bemoan the lack of artistry. Rush, rush, rush.

Andy Thornton:

… I wish we could start from scratch and make things simpler again; I wish we could shred the hundreds of pages of documents that have turned this sport into something none of us understand anymore and go back to the basics of why we all loved this sport to begin with. …

On the 1st Day of Christmas, Gym Santa Gave To Me… A Brand New Code of Points!

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forward layout, late full twist drill

coach Rick — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:02:03 +0000

Enrique Trabanino who owns Perfection Gymnastics in the Cincinnati area shares a drill to help perfect the body shape and technique of the front layout and front twisting. …

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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