Author: Rick Mc

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

Kohei’s 15.7 H Bar

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Mai Murakami – Japan AA Champ

Mai wasn’t happy with her performance in prelims. But the AA final went well.

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Read the Olympic Channel write-up.

Read Lauren’s report.

Ukraine wins Euros*

In the absence of the majority of the western European countries, as well as Russia, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine won both the men’s junior and senior team titles at the 34th European Championships held in Mersin, Turkey.

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Host Turkey led in the prelim competition. But an injury to Abdelrahman Elgamal in warm-ups cost them.

visual perception of gymnasts

Building on the research of Thomas Heinen.

Alexandra Pizzera (GER) is the researcher. Fabian Hambuechen, the gymnast.

Recall that Fabian wore glasses for much of his career. Visual information is critical for H Bar releases, of course.

The lecture “Visual perception of complex movements” focuses on the visual sense and how this sense is used by athletes, coaches, and judges in sports.

Different gaze control strategies are explained and how gymnasts use their visual perception to control aerial skills. Finally, methods involving visual perception to support the learning process as a coach are presented.

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Sanne – Free hip layout Tkachev

MUCH harder and less consistent than from sole circle IMHO.

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Turkey leads at Europeans*

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Mai Murakami wins All Japans

Murakami Mai 112.097
Hatakeda Hitomi 108.663
Soma Ui 107.497

Kohei’s 15.533 H Bar

In the qualifying round.

Note that he has to reach DOWN to catch the bar. High flying.

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Maggie Haney’s suspension reduced

When we first heard in April 2020 Haney‘s suspension was 8 years, I was surprised. Obviously USAG had strong evidence.

She failed “to provide a safe, positive and healthy environment with a culture of trust and empowerment.”

I’d not heard her respond until a recent NY Times interview.

The gymternet reaction was critical. Some called the article a fluff piece, not an interview. Some felt it was just part of a coordinated PR campaign to reinvent her reputation.

NY Times reporter Juliet Macur is well credentialed, by the way. And an athlete. Captain of the Columbia University rowing team.

NEXT we learned an arbitrator reduced the USA Gymnastics suspension for physical, verbal and emotional abuse from eight to five years.

Haney has also been named in a series of civil lawsuits filed in New Jersey by the families of former MG Elite gymnasts who allege they were physically, verbally and emotionally abused, body shamed and pressured to compete and train while injured by the coach. …

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The Skating Lesson interviewed more than a dozen gymnasts, parents and family members who have trained under Maggie Haney and Vicky Levine at MG Elite.

Listen to those interviews here.

landing in handstand

Here’s a great drill for introducing forward handspring and flyspring to beginners.

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