Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Rings – introducing handstand

Lazzarich at the 2015 EUG training camp in Tirrenia, Italy.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (50min)

The video continues with swing drills.

South Africa wins All Africa Games

UPDATE – All Africa Games was competed without Floor Exercise. Organizers ordered a Rhythmic Floor instead of the required Artistic Floor. 😦

Beckett grabs SA’s first gold medal at 2015 African Games

Thanks for the link, Cordelia.

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Kirsten Beckett is back. And won the All Around.

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Congo had to bring in everything to host this major competition. We’d heard they’d accidentally shipped a Rhythmic Floor to the Artistic venue. Looks like that snafu was fixed in time. 🙂

American Skills – 2015 Edition

Balance Beam Situation posted statistics on U.S. Elite Women’s routine composition.

Some of the most popular skills on each apparatus in 2015 are …

BARS – Pak, Straddle Jaeger, Toe-on, Toe-on Full, Toe-on Shaposh, full twisting double back

BEAM – Switch Leap, Aerial Walkover, Layout Step-out, Full Turn, Side Aerial, Split Jump, Sissone, Switch half, Wolf Jump, Double Pike dismount

(Less than 30% use Wolf turn.)

FLOOR – Double Pike, Double Tuck, 1 1/2 Twist, Switch Full, Tour Jete Full, Double Wolf Turn

Click through to Balance Beam Situation for details and trends over the past 4 years.

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Mykayla Skinner – Beam dismount

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forward handspring progressions

The superb JAO YouTube channel has had a name change. It’s now GymTactics Videos: Bounce Gymnastics Girls Team.

Enjoy Jason’s latest tutorial.

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