Danusia Francis – Floor

This is the routine where Nush tries to save an over-rotated double pike dismount.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrTH2j-l09w

(via GymCastic)

Pommel falls are like snowflakes

No two are ever exactly the same.

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LAYOUT layout Yurchenko 1/1

Here’s extension and early kick-out even a Trampoline judge would love.

Everyone else should be evaluated compared against Alex McMurtry.

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When do we start using computer video evaluation in NCAA competition?

BEFORE you teach flyaway

Visiting 40-50 gyms a year I see a common dynamic. Young girls doing tucked flyaway with spot off the low rail of Bars.

Fun. Easy. Seems, at the time, to work.

But that’s not the best way to teach flyaway. Instead use a wide range of drills that don’t require spotting. Here’s one set-up I like, appropriate for kids as young as age-5.

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If you don’t have Rings, I’d highly recommend you buy a set. Fitness Rings are very inexpensive. Hang those on a rail at just the right height for your kids.

 

Nick Ruddock on reducing injuries

Good advice.

Higher difficulty + surfaces with higher forces + older athletes = INCREASED RISK OF INJURY, particularly to those who aren’t physically robust. …

#32 Reducing Injuries

Gymnastics Sticks: NCAA Edition

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMd6Bz4O9-c

how Kohei sticks

Efficiently.

Anton Stephenson – Shewfelt vault

Stick.

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