Category: floor (women)

Baku World Cup Finals 2

hand position on Round-off

A study from 2015 — “Elbow joint variability for different hand positions of the round off in gymnastics” — concluded that what I’ve heard called the classic T position is best and safest for the elbows when doing Round-offs.

I’d agree.

Of course you can quickly find examples of top gymnasts using far different hand positions, especially in MAG. But the classic T is what I teach beginners.

Via Shift Movement Science.

Jayla Hang is kinda good 😀

Jayla‘s from Pacific Reign Gymnastics in WA State.

Hezly Rivera and Jayla automatically qualified to the Jr World Championships 2023.

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1633153130442416128

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

SABRINA wins ’23 Doha World Cup Final 2

Kokofugata Azuki 🇯🇵 – Floor

Wow. Very clean. Dynamic.

Judges like it. 8.433 E-score.

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using Air Barrels in the Gym

Over the past month I’ve been using a foam cylinder quite a bit with non-competitive classes. It’s FUN and SAFE — so long as the cylinder doesn’t roll the wrong way at the wrong time.

Click PLAY or watch some uses on YouTube.

Cottbus Apparatus Finals 2

Japan continues to excel on Beam.