Rick Mc

spotting double-mini tramp

It looks like she would have been OK landing hands and knees on that excellent mat, but coach does react well.

apparatus to simulate diving on dry land

How does it work?

Athlete wears a body harness that attaches to the middle of the mechanism

The athlete is secured tightly around the waist and close to the bar

The athlete completes the number of flips required for the dive

The athlete then holds at the vertical position and the spotter stops the wheel

Divers’ secret weapon

Click the image to see it at work with coach Joel Rodriguez at the New South Wales Institute of Sport in Australia.

Thanks Tom.

USAG cancels a club membership

USA Gymnastics terminated the membership for American Institute of Gymnastics in Aurora effective Oct. 11 because the gym owners violated policy and membership requirements, said Toby Stark, director of safe sport for the national organization.

The gym is specifically accused of violating a requirement that member gyms don’t associate in any way with a person who is permanently ineligible for membership in USA Gymnastics, Stark said. …

Chicago Tribune

Update – It sounds like the banned member is Michael Cardamone who was convicted in 2005 of sex abuse.

spotting Free Hip

Watch coach Franki when a gymnasts slips on the ascending swing.

#WomenCanSpotBars 🙂

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Igor Radivilov on the Worlds Vault Final

Igor Radivilov … second in the vault final, losing to Kenzo Shirai just by 0.001. …

… Yes, I could’ve done the second vault a bit better. But you’d need to look at the deductions, the vault composition, the difficulty (mine was higher), you’d have to take all that into account. I’m not blaming anyone. Whatever happened happened. It means that I needed to execute my vaults better. …

… Vault is the kind of an apparatus that no matter how hard you work, it’s always a 50/50 hit chance. …

RADIVILOV IS HAPPY WITH HIS RESULTS FROM THIS SEASON