Men’s Floor – E, F, G,H elements

Ws van Wijk:

… most of the common E,F,G and H elements according to the MAG 2017-2020 CoP. …

Some element are missing because they’re just not that common and either weren’t competed at a major competition in the last quad or will probably not be competed in the next quad. …

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Diego Hypólito finally wins Olympic medal

Recall Diego competing with Paul Hamm and Kyle Shewfelt?

Diego’s been one of the best on Floor for a long, long time. #respect

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new Tumbl Trak video

If you have NO equipment, buy mats first.

Next … a tumbling trampoline. It’s so useful for every level of ability.

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advanced roll-out skills banned starting 2017

Great move from the FIG MTC. In the next Olympic cycle multiple salto roll-out skills are banned for Men as they have been for Women.

Gymnastics is dangerous enough without encouraging athletes to risk their lives.  Many gymnasts have suffered serious concussions on these skills.

Elena Mukhina was paralyzed training the Thomas salto  just two weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics leaving her permanently quadriplegic. Elena died Dec 22, 2006.

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Voronin Cup – Men’s Results

Team
1. Russia 170.650 – Kirill Potapov, Aleksei Rostov
2. Russia-Dynamo 168.565 – Artur Dalaloyan, Andrei Lagutov
3. Armenia 167.532 – Artur Davtyan, Vigen Khachatryan

Senior AA
1. Artur Dalaloyan RUS 87.632
2. Artur Davtyan ARM 86.533
3. Aleksei Rostov RUS 85.299

Junior AA
1. Shigeto Iwakawa JPN 83.166
2. Shigeto Suzuki JPN 82.499
3. Carlos Edriel PHI 82.323

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https://www.instagram.com/p/-EECMVgohH/

Gymneo coaching tutorials – forward handspring

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49 minutes:

Video 1: Overview of the training on the front handspring on floor

Video 2: Technical analysis

Video 3: Prerequisites

Video 4: Specific Physical Preparation

Video 5: Pedagogical analysis – 32 drills for teaching the front handspring

Video 6: Spotting

Gymneo, out of France, is the best coach education subscription service, in my opinion. I’ve been a member for over 4 years. (Before they added English language content.)

Cost is €199 or $211 / year.

Eddie Penev – triple back

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(via papaliukin)

13-year-old Double Double

Harley from Leeds is making this super tumbling line look easy.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BOCuFgQhdIc/
 
Thanks Andy.