Category: biomechanics

upcoming FIG coach education

Fridays on the FIG Education YouTube channel.

Free worldwide.

• 16 October, 10:00 am (CET)
Gymnastics, everyone can participate
Keynote: Margaret Sikkens Ahlquist (SWE)

• 30 October, 10:00 am (CET)
We must be gymnast centered
Keynote: Hardy Fink (CAN)
Education Commission: Tseko Mogotsi (RSA)

• 13 November, 10:00 am (CET)
Understanding twisting during saltos
Keynote: Fred Yeadon (GBR)
Education Commission: Hardy Fink (CAN)

• 20 November, 10:00 am (CET)
How clubs can develop and supervise Parkour?
Keynote: Charles Perrière (FRA)
Keynote: Nicolas Fischer (SUI)

• 27 November, 10:00 am (CET)
Enhancing mental and physical abilities of trampolinists
Keynote: Christophe Lambert (FRA)
Keynote: Michael Kuhn (GER)
Education Commission : Tseko Mogotsi (RSA)

• 04 December, 10:00 am (CET)
Understanding forces in Gymnastics
Keynote: Ludwig Schweizer (GER)
Education Commission: Marco Bortoleto (BRA)

• 11 December, 10 :00 am (CET)
The perception of complex movements
Keynote: Alexandra Pizzera (GRE)
Guest: Fabian Hambuechen (GER)
Education Commission: Jani Tanskanen (FIN)

Salto – the jumping robot

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watch a STICK vaulting

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The human body is not a stick. It’s more like a ruler.

Click PLAY or watch Tony Retrosi on YouTube.

These simple examples are useful for biomechanics analysis. Contact angles, etc.

Ohio State’s video analysis system

I’ve never seen one quite like it.

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For me several available iPads in the Gym work great. Favourite the videos you want to keep for later. 

Yurchenko analysis

Using 3D Gym from FB-Curves WAG app.

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robot dog can backflip

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Robots doing all MAG WAG Apparatus

Theoretical physicist hinamitetu builds ROBOT GYMNASTS.

He’s built them for all apparatus MAG and WAG, including Pommels.

I’m impressed by the Flyaway with twists. And the Kovacs series.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Maloney on YouTube.

Check his YouTube channel for more.

computer video analysis

Rutgers University Women’s Gymnastics Team demonstrated in early March for some researchers.

Looks cool.

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‘Set Before Flip and Flip Before Twist’

For some reason I’d never before noticed how LOW Simone comes on to the horse for Yurchenko.

Very low.

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