Morgan Hurd – Floor

American Cup AA Champ 2018.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. STUCK double double.

Katelyn Ohashi 10.0 Floor

Her second of the season. This is crowd pleasing choreography.

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analyzing the hurdle

I haven’t found much consensus amongst top coaches. Many different kinds of hurdles result in successful vaults and tumbling lines.

When I was a young coach Boris Verkhovsky first told me that a switch leg hurdle should be slightly more powerful than a chassé. Indeed, most top gymnasts do switch legs during their hurdle.

Click PLAY or watch another discussion on YouTube.

USA verification at LSU

Depending on routine readiness and the individual athlete’s goal, gymnasts were allowed to do modified routines at the verification.

Good idea.

Here are some examples.

Click PLAY or watch Jade Carey’s Floor on YouTube. (Moors on a separate tumbling line.)

Click PLAY or watch Jordan Bowers’s Beam on YouTube. (Rest before dismount.)

(via FloGymnastics)

Jade Carey competes Moors

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McKayla Maroney 3 1/2 twist

Blast from the past.

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Rachel Stypinski – tumbling save

Rachel somehow messed up her hurdle on a planned double layout … yet pulled off a double tuck.

I can’t recall seeing this before.

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