Month: May 2017

Asian Championships – Finals

Vault
1. Liu Jinru CHN 14.400 (14.225/14.575)
2. Kim Su Jong PRK 14.000 (14.375/13.625)
3. Pyon Rye Yong PRK 13.900 (14.375/13.425)

Bars
1. Luo Huan CHN 14.475
2. Liu Tingting CHN 14.350
3. Jon Jang Mi PRK 13.000

Beam
1. Liu Tingting CHN 14.700
2. Luo Huan CHN 14.350
3. Lai Pin Ju TPE 13.175

Click PLAY or watch an earlier Tingting Beam on YouTube. (6.6 D-score)

https://youtu.be/Bkz0F5BfdrM

Floor
1T. Honoka Koga JPN 13.125
1T. Kim Su Jong PRK 13.125
3. Lee Eun Ju KOR 12.857

full results

Asian Championships – results

1 China
2 North Korea
3 Japan
4 Malaysia
5 Chinese Taipei
6 India

1 Liu Tingting China 56.800
2 Luo Huan China 55.700
3 Kim Su Jong North Korea 53.150
4 Honoka Koga Japan 52.150
5 Pyon Rye Yong North Korea 51.100
6 Lee Eun Ju South Korea 51.050

full results

Vault
1. Liu Jinru CHN 14.400 (14.225/14.575)
2. Kim Su Jong PRK 14.000 (14.375/13.625)
3. Pyon Rye Yong PRK 13.900 (14.375/13.425)

Bars
1. Luo Huan CHN 14.475
2. Liu Tingting CHN 14.350
3. Jon Jang Mi PRK 13.000

Murakami, Sugihara to Worlds

1. Mai Murakami 112.600
2. Aiko Sugihara 108.550
3. Asuka Teramoto 108.400
4. Nagi Kajita 107.650
5. Shiho Nakaji 106.900

2016 Olympians Mai Murakami and Aiko Sugihara qualified onto Japan’s world championships team by placing in the top two all-around at today’s NHK Trophy in Tokyo.

The competition combined scores from today’s competition with the scores from the all-around final at the All-Japan Championships held in April. …

Murakami, Sugihara Named to Japan’s Worlds Team

Uchimura wins again

2017 NHK Cup

Men’s AA – today’s AA+All-Japan Individual Championships
1. Kohei Uchimura 172.900 (86.550)
2. Kenzo Shirai 172.550 (86.450)
3. Yusuke Tanaka 171.800 (85.500)
4. Shogo Nonomura 170.750 (85.850)
5. Wataru Tanigawa 170.450 (84.700)

Kohei and Kenzo have secured their spots for Worlds.

‘King Kohei’ extends reign at NHK Cup, claims 40th straight victory in all-around events

gymnasts need back-up handgrips

At University of Saskatchewan — back in the day — we’d buy an extra set of both Rings & H Bar grips for the Seniors. Have them break those in. Then put them away for safe keeping.

Quite often they were needed during competitive season.

Devy had a back-up set ready.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUQsOwLDRph/

 

sticking the landing

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMrnbsNCiVk

Tatiana Gutsu 1991 Beam

More difficulty than most top routines today.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBs_xgyF1yk&feature=youtu.be

what Mary Lou Retton says

You know. The Olympic Champion.

We should listen to her. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook. (Apr 2017)

Anna Pavlova – Floor 2008 Olympics

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Amy Gym)

sport science for coaches

Wayne Goldsmith:

In the sports science world things are based on facts, research, validity and reliability measures, measurement, accuracy and evidence.

In the coaching world the key focus areas are results, performance, communication, instinct and “feel” – the art of coaching. …

Keep jargon down to a minimum

Join the PAPPP – People Against Pointless PowerPoint Presentations

Keep background, historical information to a minimum

Don’t dumb down – coaches are not dumb

Ten Golden Rules for presenting sports science information to coaches.