training Arabian Double Layout

FIRST — don’t train this skill until your 1/1 twisting Double Layout is consistent.  Otherwise there is a risk you’ll make the twist too early

But if that’s not a problem, I love this skill.  Especially when straight or slightly arched.   It’s very difficult to land, of course. 

Many gymnasts can do it from Tumbling Trampoline.  Very few from competition Floor. 

Click PLAY or watch some examples on YouTube.

Luke Whitehouse – triple tuck

Nearly stuck.

Watch the full routine from the Doha Final.

late twist Tumbling drills

These encourage LATE twist.  AND good ROTATION.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

tumbler broke the fluorescent light !

Aaron needs a higher Gym. 😀

Yulo sets goals for 2028

He want’s an AA medal.

Félix Dolci is fired up, as well, after his unexpected grip rip on H Bar in Paris

introducing Airflair

The airflare (or air-flare) is one of my favourite skills on Floor.

… the 1990s, a dancer named Paulo Nunes in Europe had created the variation which is essentially the same move as the modern airflare. …

At that time in Europe it, was referred to as the airtwist. …

By the mid 1990s video arrived by way of EZ-Rock of Rocksteady which introduced the maneuver …

The video showed Nunes as well as a French b-boy who executed a move very similar to the modern airflare. …

Pablo Flores of Climax / Soul Control successfully performed continuous airflares completing the manifestation of the move. It is this modern form of the airflare that Morgan Hamm introduced into gymnastics, after learning it from the b-boy community. …

We await Airflare on POMMELS.

Then Beam. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Yulo’s former coach is proud

Even after parting ways with one of his top wards, Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya feels proud to see the culmination of his gymnastics partnership with Carlos Yulo …

Kugimiya, who was part of a gymnastics delegation in Paris, watched Yulo live from the venue sidelines, delighted to see his gold-winning performances …

Personal differences led to their breakup, with Yulo telling Rappler back in May: “I feel like I’ve outgrown our relationship.” 

Filipino Aldrin Castañeda has since taken over as Yulo’s coach. …

Kugimiya cited the many individuals and institutions that helped them, including Teikyo Senior High School, Oizumi Swallow Taiiku Club, Tsukahara Gymnastics Center, Tokushukai Gymnastics Club, Japanese Olympic Committee, Japan Gymnastics Association, Teikyo University, and the Japan Embassy. 

EXCLUSIVE: Carlos Yulo’s former Japanese coach proudly watches from Paris Games sidelines

Olympic Vault Champ – Carlos Yulo

An amazing Final.

AND this should put away any discussion of whether or not Yulo should have switched coaches this cycle.