Category: horizontal bar

eliminating advanced pirouettes on H Bar

On Horizontal Bar it’s difficult to do C turns and higher close to handstand.

The vast majority of gymnasts should be deducted.

Composition strategy for 2020:

• 5 release skills (maximum allowed)
• dismount
• full twisting 1-arm giant
• Adler 1/2 to handstand
• Adler 1/1 to handstand (to mixed grip may be safest)

https://www.tumblr.com/twoflips-threetwists/161666950232/daaaamn-thats-a-clean-pirouette-everyone-else

And one more value part with no built in deduction.

Chris Brooks used this construction for 8.75 E-score.

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#DeathToRybalko

55,000 fans say goodbye to Fabian Hambüchen

Including Angela Merkel.

Eberhard Gienger entered the arena as a parachute jumper.

The 29-year-old won 40 international medals including Gold on H Bar in Rio.

Horizontal Bar on a solid rail

Do gymnasts need a flexible rail for BIG skills?

It helps. But the answer is no.

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Men’s Best Scores of 2017

Uncle Tim updated his UTRS (Uncle Tim Ranking System).

The top scoring H Bar routine is 15.0 for Xiao Ruoteng. Here’s his most recent set.

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6.2 + 8.333 = 14.533

4 Tkachevs? That’s too many. FIG MTC has been successful in decreasing the number of ugly Rybalko skills, but the rules should encourage a variety of different releases.

Also … is coach actually going to try to slow him down if he misses one of those Tkachevs? That’s a tough spot.

gymnasts need back-up handgrips

At University of Saskatchewan — back in the day — we’d buy an extra set of both Rings & H Bar grips for the Seniors. Have them break those in. Then put them away for safe keeping.

Quite often they were needed during competitive season.

Devy had a back-up set ready.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUQsOwLDRph/

 

Kolman to 1-arm giant

Manrique learned this by accident, I’m sure.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BUFqBu8Ff1s/