Category: bars

Flyaway to Flat Back

BEFORE we let kids flip, it’s essential that they understand well how to move the centre of gravity AWAY from the Bar at the point of release.

Some call it “pitching out” the centre of gravity.

Flyaway not Flyclose.

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Nastia’s Bars

What I loved about Nastia’s Bars, back in the era where 10 skills were counted, was the variety of elements.

BEST skill? Layout Geinger.

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Mya Hooten – Bars collapse

Who’s to blame?

I’d say it’s FIG who approves ‘single point of failure’ equipment.

WHY in 2024 do we have equipment that falls down if one single part fails?

OBVIOUSLY there should be redundant anchors. And redundant chains. If one fails, the other keeps the apparatus from falling.

Tiana Sumanasekara – Nabieva

Maloney/Shaposh/Chow drills

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World Challenge Cup 2024 winners

  • Vault – Greta Mayer
  • Bars – Melanie de Jesus dos Santos
  • Beam – Anna Lashchevska
  • Floor – Melanie de Jesus dos Santos

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  • Floor – Illia Kovtun
  • Pommel – Nariman Kurbanov
  • Rings – Balazs Kiss
  • Vault – Assan Salimov
  • P Bars – Krisztofer Meszaros
  • H Bar – Tang Chia-Hung

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details – France, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Ukraine big winners in Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup series