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Russian Sport School – Floor
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Category: floor (men)
Specific to Artistic gymnastics. More posts are included in the TUMBLING category.
hurdle drills
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Note that all these demonstrators take off from the sprint for their hurdle from the opposite leg they put down first on round-off. The legs switch during the hurdle.
That’s far more common than the alternative (taking off with the same leg).
Boris Verkhovsky first told me decades ago that a switch leg hurdle should increase power, but that it wasn’t essential.
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Jake Stoeckicht – tumbling drills
I want to attend a camp with coach Jake Stoeckicht from Rockford. He’s passionate. A great communicator. And I really like his approach to backward tumbling.
He uses many drills with exaggerated hip flexion. Edouard Iarov and many of the top coaches of the world encourage that technique. Note that the final skill in competition will not be done with anywhere near this kind of hip flexion. These are only progressions.
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standing layout double twist
I’m happy when you can do tucked full from a Springboard.
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Takahiro Goshima – crooked tumbling
Of all the crazy deliberately off-axis round-offs or saltos I’ve seen, this is the wildest.
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tumbling with magnets
A foam sponge between the feet or knees gives feedback to gymnasts working to keep their legs together.
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John Crosby R.I.P.
John Deary reports that we’ve lost one of the greats.
The American Olympian was coached by Abie Grossfeld at Southern Connecticut State University.
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Jake Jarman – double back with 3.5 twists
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World FX Champions Mai and Kenzo
The two World Floor Champions dated a bit in High School.
the Kenzo turn …
In Men’s Gymnastics.
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