Author: Rick Mc

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

Hard Way – Dan Keatings

The Hard Way To Success – Episode 7 – Daniel Keatings

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Paul Hall felt Dan should have been selected for the London Olympics.

I agree.

Nakayama to Victorian = Zahran

Yowzer.

This is tough.

Ali Ramadan Abuoelkassem Zahran (EGY) World cup Ljubljana (SLO) 2013

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hanging scale rw. press to inv. swallow (E)

That’s valued way too low, assuming you give credit for the Victorian.

Watch his full routine 6.5 + 8.0 = 14.50 (VIDEO)

So far as I can see, the Victorian is IMPOSSIBLE for any normal human. Check Zahran’s extreme biceps development.

bicep

(via The Gym Press)

Daniela Druncea gymnast / rower

Puzzle – gymnastics:

… world bronze medalist in women’s gymnastics, Daniela Druncea is … world silver medalist in rowing together with the Romanian W8+ team.

Here she is with the same nice form in the air that she learned as a gymnast. Congratulations Dana!

rowers

Beam – Sanne Wevers

Wow.

Triple turn at the END of the set.

Beam

1 Diana Bulimar Roumania 14.533 (6.0 8.533 0.0)
2 Rebecca Downie Great Britain 14.400 (5.9 8.500 0.0)
3 Sanne Wevers Netherlands 14.333 (5.7 8.633 0.0)

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That could be a BIG routine when she adds the D dismount.

See more on Couch Gymnast – Dutch Friendly 2nd Day: Results and Video

Kyla Ross – TORN

Anna Burns:

Favorite gymnast and favorite instrumental piece!

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Not many serious form or position errors there. Kyla is as clean as any gymnast in the world today.

Japanese Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics

… men’s rhythmic gymnastics is a fantastic event involving all kinds of dynamic and acrobatic stunts performed by teams whose minutely synchronized routines often move spectators to tears.

And there have been lots of joyous tears shed up in Tohoku at Aomori University on account of its men’s rhythmic gymnastics team, which has won the intercollegiate championship for 11 years in a row. For four consecutive years now, it has also won the All-Japan National Championship …

Image-flip for male rhythmic gymnasts

Click PLAY or watch a TV feature on a display sponsored and produced by renowned fashion designer Issey Miyake.

That’s U.S.-based choreographer Daniel Ezralow — who’s doing the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Yep. Japanese Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics is kind of a big deal in Japan.

(via Couch Gymnast)

teaching sole circles

A much neglected basic skill on bar for girls, this is the easiest way to teach grip shift for swinging skills.

Kids as young as age-7 can do dozens in a row with very little risk of “rips”. (You can lift hands on each sole circle, cooling the hands.)

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“Shift and shorten” is the only tricky phase.

Could add some progressions stepping on to the bar from a box with one, then two feet … before casting.

All the same steps can be done on a safety straps bar. But keep it LOW enough for the gymnast to be able to STAND on their feet in case they slip their feet through to skin-the-cat hang.