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1 Angelina Melnikova 57.625
2 Seda Tutkhalyan 57.075
3 Evgeniya Shelgunova 56.050
4 Tatiana Nabieva 54.975
5 Aliya Mustafina 54.900
6 Natalia Kapitonova 54.150
Those numbers aren’t filling me with confidence for Rio.
Nabs can still pull together a Bars routine when she needs it. 🙂
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Here’s the routine that confirmed Brit’s 2nd Olympic qualification. Keep watching for the emotional scene following the dismount. 🙂
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I’m at a coaching course right now. As always we spent disproportionate time on this skill
Dr. Bill Sands posted an article on the Biomechanics of Flyaway dismount on Bars. A good read for every coach.
I want to do EVERYTHING I can to prevent my gymnasts from hitting their feet on the rail. Or – worse – their head. 😦
Most dangerous, in my opinion, are tucked and double tucked flyaways. While changing position from the stretched long swing to the tucked position, there’s a chance the gymnast will “pull in” to the Bar. That is to say, redirect the path of the Centre of Mass towards the Bar.
That’s in addition to the normal problem – releasing too late.
What we WANT is a “pitch out” of the Centre of Mass. A redirection out and away just before release.
For me layout and double layout flyaways are safest. Then piked.
See it on The Advanced Study of Gymnastics – How Does a Flyaway Work? (link is now correct)
Gold at Anadia World Cup.
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related – Couch Gymnast – 2016 Anadia: Report and Results
(via Gymnastics Australia)
Khorkina #1
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Correction: #9 Mustafina (1G; 2S, 1B) – #10 Latynina – (1G, 2S)
Elena is coached by Vera and Alexander Kiryashov. She’s from the same Gym in St Petersburg as Tatiana.
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