Category: floor (men)

Specific to Artistic gymnastics. More posts are included in the TUMBLING category.

MAG Code changes to 2022

Coach Shun Tomizawa reacts to proposed changes.

Routine composition on Floor will be MUCH more challenging. Also, no connection bonus for single saltos with twist.

Shun is very disappointed that straddle Planche on Rings will now be an A-part. What will young Juniors use for strength?

Finally. Maximum 2 Kovacs skills and 2 Tkachev skills on H Bar. Unless directly connected.

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Thanks Vaughn.

Minami Kazuki 6.5 Floor

Though not selected for the Olympics, Minami is on the tentative Worlds 2021 roster for Japan.

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backward dive to Planche

Cool.

Obviously it should be at least a C-part as Planche alone is a B-part.

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Kohei – 2014 Floor

I’d argue Kohei Uchimura singled handedly reinvented how male gymnasts land.

Easily the best in the world in his prime, many emulated Kohei’s exaggerated technique.

I love it as he turned the science of safely reducing huge impact forces to zero into an art form.

At the same time WAG was foolishly deducting low chest position. Dangerous!

Of his many stuck routines over many years, Blythe chose this as one of her decade-defining routines.

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‘shaping’ for layout backward

Backward “gainer” drills are great for many reasons. Including the hip action on takeoff and shape for a hollow layout.

Chellsie Memmell, by coincidence, is an ideal model at the beginning of this video tutorial.

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