Category: biomechanics

Baseball’s hitting coaches are geeks

By the numbers: 19 of MLB’s 30 hitting coaches played less than 100 big league games, 13 never played in the majors and four never even played in the minors.

All but four were hired in September 2016 or later, proving just how much fresh blood has entered a once insular community of former batting champions….

Baseball’s hitting coaches go all in on tech and data

tumbling / Slinky analogy

I can go with this.

It’s similar to the ‘curvilinear action‘ still used in the Canadian coach education system. That was introduced by Gord Osbourne and Boris Verkhovsky back in the day. That version looks at the body more as a flexible rod … with a spring attached to either end.

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Atlas robot – backward salto

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Disney’s stunt robot

Disney Research is developing robots who can replace stunt humans on screen. They are already doing more difficulty than us. 😀

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The Science Behind the Magic

Stickman: Towards a Human Scale Acrobatic Robot

the mathematics of dance

Creative director: Masahiko Sato

Dancer: Kurimu Urabe

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My first thought was that maybe, possibly, sometime in the distant future we MIGHT have computers judging artistry.

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Shaposh variations on Bars

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Here’s the chart from the last Code.

No Turn Half Turn Full Turn
Clear Hip Shaposhnikova (D) Khorkina (E) —
Toe-On Maloney (D) Van Leeuwen (E) Seitz (E)
Stalder Chow (D) Chow half (E) —
Inbar Komova II (E) Komova (E) —

You Asked, The Gymternet Answered

related – FloGymnastics – What’s The Difference: Untangling The Shaposhnikova Family

Simone’s SET on Moors

Incredible. She could probably do triple twisting double layout.

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Look how much later Simone initiates the twist than others. It’s almost lay-in, double full out. She gets that technique from her Biles.

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3D Gym from FB-Curves WAG

Former French gymnast Fabien BOUGAS developed 3D Gym Men – FB Curves. The app is available free for iOS devices. It includes a sample number of skills . You pay only if you want to access all the men’s skills.

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He’s currently working on a version for Women’s Gymnastics.

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