Category: floor (women)

Vanessa Ferrari – new Floor routine

Jess loves it.

Surprisingly retro in terms of music and balletic dance.

I’d say Vanessa is the favourite to earn the ONE Olympic specialist spot available for Floor. Especially if she keeps getting credit for those advanced leaps.

Or will Jade Carey get it?

Click PLAY or watch it (prelims Melbourne) on YouTube.

Coming back from injury, I expect we’ll see the double double back soon.

P.S. I’m still irked Vanessa was ripped off in the 2010 Worlds Floor Final. She clearly should have won that gold.

Stella Umeh – Floor

One of Miss Val’s favourite UCLA Floor Routines*.

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Stella Umeh went on to a great career with Cirque du Soleil.

Heidi Moneymaker – Floor

One of Miss Val’s favourite UCLA Floor Routines*.

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Heidi Moneymaker today is a top stunt woman.

tumbling / Slinky analogy

I can go with this.

It’s similar to the ‘curvilinear action‘ still used in the Canadian coach education system. That was introduced by Gord Osbourne and Boris Verkhovsky back in the day. That version looks at the body more as a flexible rod … with a spring attached to either end.

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It’s Sarah Finnegan’s world

… The rest of us just live in it. 🙂

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Click PLAY or watch Vault on YouTube.

via GymCastic