Growing gymnasts should have excellent, fast rotating Giants as quality sometimes deteriorates later when they grow taller and put them between the rails.
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Category: horizontal bar
keep SHAPE in Backward Salto dismounts
Of course the trunk should be in flexion.
As much like a round ball as possible is ideal for tucked Saltos, in my opinion. Fingers grasping the shins.
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1/1 twisting Double Tuck
Note she drops one arm to twist.
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Tak 1/1 to Walstrom
Cool.
Pirouette drill
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Sugino Takaaki – H Bar
Old code.
Bart – 4 connected Kolmans
Looks like he could have done more. 😀
Hashimoto Daiki – CASSINA to KOLMAN
Old code.
Tap Swing conditioning
Short bodies with short limbs are not mechanically suited to do good Tap Swings. I find coaches spend too much time on this basic when it’s in a compulsory.
Easier is to have them condition. And introduce long swing on Rings. WAIT for them to grow before expecting a good Tap Swing.
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Zoltan Rezacs – Gienger + 2/1 twist (1988)
Decades ahead of his time.
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The 2nd ever caught — so far as I know — was Leo Lehtinen in 2024.
Leo competes for Finland.
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