Tyson Bull and Mitch Morgans (AUS)
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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
on SAFER Landings
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Emily Bischoff:
… Teaching our athletes to land correctly is one thing coaches can control in terms of injury prevention, whether it be to lessen the load on tendons and ligaments to prevent overuse injuries, or to minimize the risk of fluke injuries …
… the force upon landing be dissipated throughout as much of the body as much as possible …
… feet around shoulder width apart, which widens the base of support over which force is exerted. Knees should be in flexion (bent), tracking over the toes …
Promoting Safety in Gymnastics: Landings
Trampoline backward 1/1 twist
For Artistic, I prefer introducing the skill as a late TILT twist.
It’s easy (later as needed) to initiate the twist as early as seen in this progression series.
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Fastfluffâ„¢ inflatable Vault mat
No mats to move, no time wasted.
Inflate to Drill, Deflate to Skill.
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Kohei – 2014 Floor
I’d argue Kohei Uchimura singled handedly reinvented how male gymnasts land.
Easily the best in the world in his prime, many emulated Kohei’s exaggerated technique.
I love it as he turned the science of safely reducing huge impact forces to zero into an art form.
At the same time WAG was foolishly deducting low chest position. Dangerous!
Of his many stuck routines over many years, Blythe chose this as one of her decade-defining routines.
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street Gymnastics
5 difficult tumbling skills
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double-tuck-in Yurchenko
Oleg Aksamitny from Ukraine is all cool.
But my favourite stunt is the double tuck kick open to put hands on the mat like Yurchenko.
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Beam – 6 backward handsprings
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train landings train landings train landings
Landings are incredibly important in NCAA competition. Yet College girls are not very good at them. 😕
Almost any male gymnast is more skilled at bringing impact forces to zero than almost any female gymnast. Male gymnasts work seriously on landings.
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Yes. Part of the problem in WAG is judging expectations. We need to educate judges to the biomechanically, physiologically BEST and SAFEST techniques of landing.
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