Entries Tagged 'twisting' ↓

Valentin Uzunov sends a link. … Japan has a lot of depth. And a lot of good Juniors.

Is Shirai Kenzo from Tsurumi Junior Gymnastics Club a future Uchimura?

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He’s quite the amazing twister.

Thanks JMSucart & Eoin Shimizu.

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First ever, so far as I’ve heard.

Watch it on Kazukuni Ohno’s Facebook.

… on to 6.

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Impressive twister.

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Ryohei Kato won the Japanese Jr International Floor final with that routine.

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Up-and-coming New Zealand gymnast Brandon Field.

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Love the old style accelerating giants and tucked position for the dismount. (I’m still suspicious that this Tong Fei technique for dismount is a fad )

Brandon was their youngest team member on their Commonwealth and Worlds Teams in 2010. (INTERVIEW)

Watch more of Brandon’s training or subscribe to SFieldBrandon’s YouTube Channel.

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by site editor Rick McCharles

I hauled out one of my most popular articles the other day, recommending to coaches of kids who do not yet twist to take care to prevent the dread Barani Confusion.

Confusion about the actual direction of twist on a forward somersault is a real and common problem. Many gymnasts twist in the wrong direction; that is, a gymnast attempting to twist to the left actually twists to the right.

Best practice is to post the linked series of charts on the gym wall near tramp, monitoring your new twisters closely. Especially on forward twisting.

Even better practice would be to ask a trampoline expert to help you evaluate your kids, deciding on direction of twist for each.

Download the article and charts – Preventing “Barani Confusion” (PDF)

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The best quadruple twisting layout I’ve seen on Floor was from Michigan’s Kent Caldwell, who used it to win the Winter Cup new skills challenge in 2007.

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… Leave a comment if you know of a better one on video.

What’s Kent up to now?

Find out in an exclusive Stick It Media interview

Spoiler – At World Championships can see him in ZED™, a Cirque du Soleil show based in Tokyo.

related – KentCalwell.com (online portfolio of his gymnastics artwork)

related – Getting to Know… Kent Caldwell (VIDEO)

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If any of your gymnasts give you that response, show them Courtney McCool (2004)

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Leave a comment if you know of any other gymnasts this ‘clean’ on twisting.

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Wow.

My congratulations to Marissa on this win. These are HUGE vaults.

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Note that she does not use the easier Kasamatsu technique. These are true Tsuk 1 1/2 and 1/1.

College girls need show 2 different vaults in finals, not 2 different families.

Vault was the weakest final, however. Most of the girls only train 1 vault, winging it on the second, if they make the final. I feel that’s dangerous … though it wasn’t today (happily). If there was an injury on the second (untrained) vault, I’d argue that the NCAA rules partially contributed.

final scores

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Andrew Thornton:

… The men’s floor champion with a 15.5…well deserved! His twisting skills are almost like illusions at times – his 2 ½ looks like a 1 ½ and his 3 ½ tends to look like a 2 ½. Incredibly difficult and original passes. …

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Andy defends Men’s Floor in 2011:

There is quite a bit of criticism out there regarding men’s floor, with some fans stating there is TOO MUCH tumbling nowadays and the routines are a bit overloaded, with little concern for artistry and presentation. Personally, I think men’s floor is one of the most revolutionized events in all of gymnastics, as the tumbling passes done today are absolutely mind-boggling compared to what was done just ten and twenty years ago. I do agree that presentation has often been lacking, but if the routines above are an indication, perhaps we are seeing some improvement in this area. …

I have to agree with regards to that particular routine. It doesn’t feel rushed. And actually has some style.

Another point:

… I MUCH prefer men’s tumbling nowadays compared to women’s. Note that they use the exact same floor in competition, but never before in gymnastics history has there been such a disparity between the level of difficulty in the tumbling between men and women.

…. Can someone please explain that one to me?

Fact is that Men have somehow handled an open-ended Code counting 10 skills. Women are struggling to do the same, counting only 8 skills.

For Andy’s complete analysis and more MAG Floor routines, click over to American Gymnast – Men’s Floor Routines From Berlin

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TP detailed the The Obvious Decline of Quality in modern women’s Artistic Gymnastics.

That’s a fact.

My pick as best gymnast at the 2004 Olympics, Courtney McCool, had virtually perfect form, even on 2 1/2 twist.

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… There looks to be a slight crossing on 3/1 twist.

By 2008, after the introduction, of Grandi’s open ended code, here’s our Olympic Champion.

And here’s the 2010 World Champion.

Taller gymnasts like these two often rely on more twisting than somersaulting elements. It’s difficult to keep the feet together past double twist. And there may even be a slight biomechanical advantage in both the scissoring action and increasing rotation.

That said, both Nastia and Aliya are gorgeous and virtuous on most elements they compete. You can only deduct so much for this form error.

(via It’s About Artistic Gymnastics)

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Update. There are some interesting comments on this post.

The feet are crossed partly as a result of the ‘torque’ takeoff. The same thing happens in figure skating.

But in Artistic gymnastics we’ve always deducted that as an ‘error’, not called it a ‘technique’.

Personally, I’d rather continue to discourage crossed feet with deduction. If we allow it, we’ll likely increase the number and severity of landing injuries.

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Torstein Horgmo … is a Norwegian pro snowboarder. …

In the Winter X Games XV Finals Torstein landed the first Triple cork in competition in the Big Air Final on January 28, 2011 …

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A triple cork is “three off axis flips before coming back in contact with the ground”.

Looks similar to a 1/1-in triple, to me.

Geoffrey Taucer calls it more as a 1/2 in triple back.

… The one thing we can all agree on is that he does 3 “flips” around the transverse axis.

Apparently the only voting in that event is by spectators texting.

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Cats and rabbits can “cat twist”. Dogs and humans, not so much.

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(via io9)

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