Don Eckert:
Shushunova’s are one of my favorite release move to teach. … they are rare and once you figure them out, pretty easy to teach. I threw in a few drills …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
No lack of height on that first one.
At Byers yesterday I asked Eli Rodriguez about the Shushanova. It’s getting recognized since Anna Li took out her monster Tkachev, one of the best in the world, and replaced it with the much higher value Shushanova.
Eli has one gymnast using the release. He finds it easy. Much overvalued in the current Code of points.
Other variations including Markelov and Monckton can be similarly easy. And consistent to catch.
Downsides: Catching crooked. And lack of height deduction.
Click PLAY or watch Monckton
on YouTube.
Here’s another Shushanova.
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How do you start those skills?
Check Kori getting “the idea” of the Monckton variation on YouTube.
That’s Gymnastics Adventure, Regina.
related – Brittany Roger’s Markelov (VIDEO)
Leave a comment if you’ve an opinion on these skills. Will Anna Li get deducted big timer for hers by international judges?
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