Great gymnasts and “academic all-stars” — Kahoku Palafox and Amelia Rew.
Inspiring.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
via @ASUGymnastics
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Great West Gym Fest FLOOR
Another highlights edit from our competition in Idaho last weekend.
Click PLAY or watch Finals Floor routines on YouTube.
The most impressive routine was by Mackenzie Itcush from Gymtastics in Canada.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – Great West Gym Fest FINALS – Vault, Bars, Beam highlights
I spent an hour yesterday browsing 55,000 photos from the meet. Yeesh.
on Nastia’s new Floor
A new blog called Arabian Punch Front discusses Nastia’s new choreographer, Travis Wall.
Why You Should Be Excited for Nastia’s Floor Routine
Does anyone know of a video link to Nastia’s latest routine?
Nastia Liukin Cup goes TODAY 7:30 p.m. Good luck to everyone there in New York.
Russians to Jesolo
From the meet organizers.
SENIOR
MUSTAFINA ALIYA
SIDOROVA ANASTASIA
GRISHINA ANASTASIA
DEMENTYEVA ANNA
INSHINA IULIIA
NABIEVA TATIANA
Read commentary on Stoi.
It will be interesting to see who is sent to Pacific Rim.
via Giulia Holzer on Couch Gymnast
quick links …
Endo and elgrip Endo
Another excellent video from Gymnastics Planet. Have you subscribed to their YouTube channel yet?
… specific conditioning exercises for developing the Endo on High bar and the Invert Endo.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Note the end of the video showing elgrip Endo in “loops”. (straps)
Here’s the final skill. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That second video is from from Nick Blanton’s new YouTube channel. Subscribe to it too. 🙂
At Chinese Individual Championships 2011 in Hong Kong about half the competitors (male and female) used elgrip Endo.
MAG London Olympics tickets for sale
My friend Darcy has a complete package of Men’s Artistic gymnastics tickets. (Saturday prelims and Monday team competitions.)
They cost him $5,122 for 4 people.
Email Darcy (A) RobinsonLukenchuk.com for details.
bounceboard for trampoline
Love the concept. But every home made and commercial version of this kind of thing I’ve seen has been easily breakable.
That one’s the bounceboard – instructions.
Leave a comment if you’ve found one near unbreakable. Thanks.
competitive Beam training
Cori Cunningham at Atlantic Gymnastics Training Center in Portsmouth, NH.
The four themes that I use to structure my competitive season workouts are as follows:
Theme #1 – PRACTICE WHAT YOU WANT TO GET GOOD AT …
Theme #2 – PRACTICE UNDER PRESSURE
Theme #3 – FIND THE WEAKNESSES AND TARGET THEM
Theme #4 – ALWAYS PUT THEM TO A TEST SO THEY CAN MEASURE THEIR OWN SUCCESS
… Team timed skills
… Partner in a row skills
… Two in a row in front of meread more … Gymnastics Momentum – PLANNING BALANCE BEAM WORKOUTS DURING COMPETITIVE SEASON
Shallon Olsen
Giant on P Bars
Some progressions from Nick Blanton.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Not easy. But easier than many coaches believe.
It was Edouard Iarov who first told me NEVER to spot the hand.
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