Month: May 2020

Laurie Hernandez on the TODAY show

“It’s a really big step for gymnasts and USA Gymnastics just to go ahead and do the right thing and make sure people know that kind of treatment isn’t OK. It’s not OK,” Hernandez said …

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competitive TAG

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liquid chalk for Gymnastics?

UPDATE

I got some feedback on this radical idea.  Male gymnasts tried it at one club but quickly abandoned the idea.  It didn’t work as well for H Bar.

Dr. Bill Sands sent a Safety Data Sheet on Isopropyl Alcohol (50-100%).

Risks include the fact that Isopropyl Alcohol is flammable. And some are allergic to topical alcohol. 

All in all, I don’t think I’d try liquid chalk. 

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Steve Arkell linked to this video, a rock climber making her own liquid chalk.

Alcohol is a component, a disinfectant.

I checked with a rock climbing coach who agreed it couldn’t hurt to use chalk with alcohol on reopening after COVID-19.  On climbing walls. And in sports like Gymnastics.

He suggested we could use 100% alcohol in the formula.

When kids are in the Gym we should remind them not to touch their face, as well.

Leave a comment if you have an opinion.

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train Gymnastics outside if possible

It’s easier to physical distance outdoors as we open up from COVID-19.  Move warm-ups or physical preparation rotations outside when possible.

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Xiao Ruoteng interview

Xiao, who describes himself as “cold and meticulous in training” but relaxed, big-hearted and “sometimes careless” outside the gym, attributes his success to trusting in his training and the coaches who have guided him, including 2004 Olympic Pommel Horse champion Teng Haibin.

A streak of self-assurance has not hurt either.

“I am an optimist and willing to take risks,” he says. “I often feel that I was born to win in the gym.”  …

Patient Xiao trusting time to bring Olympic success

Xiao Ruoteng 2018

Robots doing all MAG WAG Apparatus

Theoretical physicist hinamitetu builds ROBOT GYMNASTS.

He’s built them for all apparatus MAG and WAG, including Pommels.

I’m impressed by the Flyaway with twists. And the Kovacs series.

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Check his YouTube channel for more.

reopening Tri Star Gymnastics, New Zealand

Kiwi Dave Phillips explains the new procedures for parents and gymnasts.

Note that New Zealand needs not be as strict as most of the rest of the world as that island worked hard towards the goal of total elimination of COVID-19.

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Hana Říčná and her kids

Hana, David and Sandra were, where else, at home for Mother’s Day.

FIG posted an interview. David is graduating from Stanford. His sister Sandra is headed to The Farm.

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QUIZ – Do you know what the Říčná Salto is on Bars?

Hana Říčná … represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the team final and 29th in the all-around final. She won two medals at the World Championships, a silver on beam in 1983 and a bronze on the uneven bars in 1985. She also won a silver medal on beam at the 1985 European Championships.

Říčná moved to the United States in 1994 and is the head coach at Rise Gymnastics in Coventry, Rhode Island. Her son, David Jessen, is an elite gymnast who represented the Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics.