Author: Rick Mc

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

Szombathely World Cup Final – day 2

Read Blythe’s QUICK HITS.

Beam
GOLD: Christina Zwicker CRO 12.8
SILVER: Elina Vihrova LAT 12.25
BRONZE: Aneta Holasova CZE 12.1

Floor
GOLD: Angelina Radivilova UKR 13.2
SILVER: Marta Pihan Kulesza POL 12.9
BRONZE: Lisa Zimmerman GER 12.8

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1312795584257044481

Vault
GOLD: Igor Radivilov UKR 14.15
SILVER: Ondrej Kalny CZE 14.15
BRONZE: Sebastian Gawronski POL 14.025

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P Bars
GOLD: Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 14.95
SILVER: Milad Karimi KAZ 14.3
BRONZE: Yevgen Yudenkov UKR 14.1

H Bar
GOLD: Tin Srbic CRO 14.65
SILVER: Milad Karimi KAZ 14.15
BRONZE: David Vecsernyes HUN 14.0

10,000 hour rule STILL debunked

Anders Ericsson studied musicians, finding most of the best had spent 10 years and at least 10,000 hours of dedicated practice to reach their peak.

Subsequently, authors found support for this theory by collecting data about highly professional mathematicians and from chess and tennis.

The rule was eventually debunked.

If I had practiced basketball for 10,000 hours, for example, I wouldn’t have made the NBA.  😀

Correlation is not causation.

Vladimir B. Issurin in 2017 published a summary finding that athletes from endurance, power, and combat sports attained world-class status following 4–7 years of specialized preparation with 3000–7000 cumulative hours of purposeful training.

Those athletes had genetic potential, of course.

Read the full article:

Evidence-Based Prerequisites and Precursors of Athletic Talent: A Review

Szombathely World Cup Final – day 1

Blythe has Quick Hits.

Vault
GOLD: Boglarka Devai HUN 13.95
SILVER: Anastasia Motak UKR 13.775
BRONZE: Angelina Radivilova UKR 13.625

Bars
GOLD: Diana Varinska UKR 13.4
SILVER: Lara Marie Hinsberger GER 12.8
BRONZE: Lisa Zimmerman GER 12.7

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Floor
GOLD: Rok Klavora SLO 14.0
SILVER: Ilyas Azizov KAZ 14.0
BRONZE: Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 13.9

Milad Karimi missed.

Pommel
GOLD: Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.6
SILVER: Robert Seligman CRO 14.35
BRONZE: Matvei Petrov ALB 14.05

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https://twitter.com/lsovi/status/1312400183725096960

Rings
GOLD: Vincenz Hoeck AUT 14.15
SILVER: Igor Radivilov UKR 13.8
BRONZE: Yevgen Yudenkov UKR 13.75


Jaeger with deep pike

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dance warm-up in China

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