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Marios Georgiou competes for Cyprus.
Category: Gymnastics
Tamayo Gymnastics Camp, Mexico
Auburn goes 197.200
“It’s the fourth highest total score in school history, but I think we are still struggling to get things going at times,” head coach Jeff Graba said. “I was happy with how we finished and I thought we finished with a lot of energy. The only drawback tonight was that we were starting slow. If we can get past that, we will be a good team at the end.” …
Stanford, Japan, Canada
1. Stanford 444.6
2. Japan 444.25
3. Canada 434.7
Second to None #gostanford
related – Scott Morgan top Canadian at International Collegiate Challenge gymnastics competition
Denver 197.525, Nina 39.775
Liliya Podkopayeva mini-montage
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BCO7VbdAic1/
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new Beam skill – the Shapiro
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monitoring height in Gymnastics
Dr. Dave Tilley reports on monitoring for peak height velocity in his Gym.
Dave’s been tracking 3 numbers for each of the growing kids:
• height
• seated height (torso length)
• wing span
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At MINIMUM your gymnasts age 10-17 should have a place in the Gym where they pencil in their standing height on some regular basis. They should know when they are growing. There are implications for training load.
If you want to research this topic, get Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science, Gymnastics. (2013).
Here’s the Google Books preview.
related – Tracking Growth and Development To Reduce Injury Risk In Gymnasts
backward handspring drill
I like all drills for beginners that encourage hip extension. This one in particular because it works in conjunction with the shoulder hyper flexion.
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Shawn Johnson’s new book
A young adult novel. The Flipside.
via Gymternet Clan
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