Chris is a stuntman and actor living in L.A.
He doubled Tom Holland for Spider-Man Homecoming and Far From Home.
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Category: falling & landing
Parkour competition online
FIG has been running a virtual Parkour competition.
No need to travel to compete.
Parkour athletes are most expert at falling and landing safely.
Here are some video highlights.
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More videos.
Defying Gravity – part 4/6
You need YouTube Premium to watch the episodes 3-6.
My favourite episode of the first four.
I love seeing Grace and Jade in the Gym. Best interviews I’ve seen, so far.
Vault is the featured apparatus. They did not hold back on the terrible truth that competition landings on this event are very, very dangerous. Ellie Black and others were interviewed on injuries.
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I don’t understand why FIG has never tried to improve vault landing mats.
Sandeep Kumar Pal is paralyzed
“C4-5 fracture-dislocation with quadriplegia,” is how the doctors first described his injury. …
… A month after he had won his medal at the Khelo India games, he had joined the national camp in New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Stadium. …
“I must have done it over a thousand times in my life. Even on the day I got injured, I performed it (Double Back on FX) three times cleanly,” he recalls. The fourth time though, he lost control. “My mind went blank at the top of the jump. …
How one fall turned gymnast Sandeep Kumar Pal’s life upside down
After months of rehab, he’s still regaining movement.
(via Rocker Gymnastics)
learning to fall safely
Oops. I originally had the WRONG video linked to this post. It’s been fixed.
Pull the hands into the stomach.
Never reach back.
Some of the top Gyms assign an occassional Falling and Landing warm-up.
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Thanks John.
Concussion first responders
“50% of concussions go unreported.”
What to do if you suspect a concussion
In all suspected cases of concussion, the person should stop the activity right away. Continuing increases their risk of more severe, longer-lasting concussion symptoms, as well as increases their risk of other injury.
Anyone with a suspected concussion should be checked out by a medical doctor.
Red flags
- Neck pain or tenderness
- Double vision
- Weakness or tingling in arms or legs
- Severe or increasing headache
- Seizure or convulsion
- Loss of consciousness (knocked out)
- Deteriorating conscious state
- Vomiting more than once
- Increasingly restless, agitated or combative
- Growing confusion
If any red flag symptoms are present, call an ambulance right away. These may be signs of a more serious injury.
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Gymneo – Dive Roll
For me Dive Roll is a critical SAFETY basic. When something goes wrong, gymnasts need to absorb impact force over time and surface area by rolling out.
The classic example is going over the handle bars when cycling: rolling out is safest, prone fall more dangerous.
Male gymnasts all do enough dive rolls.
But it’s a neglected basic for some WAG coaches. If you see a competitive gymnast with too much pike on her Handspring Vault, there’s a good chance she hasn’t perfected Dive Roll.
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DON’T try this … on the dock
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“Cat Twist”
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Uchimura – triple twisting double layout
An excerpt of this is the video I use most in coach education courses. Talking safe landings. Bringing massive impact forces to zero.
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