video – Kovacs 3/2 twist – Noam Shaham

The first time I saw this skill it was by Rico Andrade (2003): video – 1.5 twisting Kovacs

Noam Shaham from Israel, currently competing for Penn State, has had it named after him. Often FIG requires the skill be competed in a major international competition before honouring the “inventor”.

Yurchenko, for example, was certainly not the first gymnast to compete the Yurchenko vault. It was first done by a Soviet male gymnast — who’s name I cannot recall because the vault was not named after him.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Dvora over on the (un)Orthodox Gymnastics blog has got a bit of a thing for Noam …

… In this video, he speaks about the high bar element named after him in the Code of Points, A Kolman (full twisting double somersault) caught in a mixed grip. He says that his parents are very proud because their name “Shaham” appears in the Code. …

(un)Orthodox Gymnastics – My future husband

Of course you can catch in undergrip, mixed grip (easiest) or even el-grip + undergrip (that would be weird).

Related post: Cassina 2 – double twisting Kovacs

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