The new tutorial is up on Gymneo for paid subscribers.
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Category: bars
Elite gymnasts need Pak
Spencer:
At this point, the formula for an internationally competitive D-score on bars is abundantly clear. It took a while—a little too long—for everyone to figure it out, but we’re all finally on the same page. Bars is all about alternating E and D flight elements for as many 0.2 CV combinations as possible.
Since those who connect same-bar releases to each other are a rare breed, alternating E and D flight elements means a cloud of E+D+E and D+E+D transition-element sandwiches in order to get the most out of the code. …
Olga Astafyeva – Bars
Plenty of potential here.
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Yvonne Tousek – thumbs around the Bar
Double Olympian and 2001 NCAA women’s Bar champion Yvonne Tousek has just retired as a performer with Cirque du Soleil.
Now Yvonne Tousek Renne, she’s joined Cirque du Soleil’s Casting Team as an Acrobatic Talent Scout.
Around 1999 Yvonne began swinging Bars with — as much as possible — her thumbs around the Bar. You have more control.
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Tap Swing on Bars – specific conditioning
1980s Bars montage
single spotting flyaways
LOTs of work for the spotter.
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Spot too many and some kids get dependent.
The real coaching challenge is removing the spot. Having kids get through the first several hundred alone without hitting the Bar.
