Category: Gymnastics

Eddie Van Hoof – the gymnast

Carol-Angela Orchard linked to an old video of her husband – current British Men’s National Coach – training Floor. 🙂 Back in the day.

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Quick Flex Bar

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Todd Gardner of IGI is featured in this 2011 video. Todd had 3 Quick Flex bars set-up simultaneously at his summer camp 2015 used mostly for Blind, Giant full, Tkachev and Shaposh.

Tumbl Trak originally got the idea from Al Fong.

British Championships 2016

Caption contest.

City of Birmingham training

I love this montage for including ALL levels of gymnasts, not only the best in club. 🙂

… joys, triumphs and blooper moments …

And I love that first inspirational song soundtrack. Leave a comment if you know who sings that.

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Workout Wednesday: ENA Level 10s

ENA level 10s lead by Craig and Jennifer Zappa.

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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MjYxNzk4NjAx?related=1&autoplay=false

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Natalia Yurchenko interview

When asked to list my favourite gymnasts all time, I always include Yurchenko and Shaposhnikova. 🙂

Yurchenko
Natalia Yurchenko 1978

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics: interview:

… Practice started on the trampoline into the pit every day. …

When I saw the back handspring layout step-out on beam, I was shocked. I could not even imagine such a thing was possible. Everything was very intensive – conditioning, warm-up, tumbling, working on bars and beam – just go, go, go! There were pits, mats and safety pads everywhere. When trying new things, they made sure it was safe …

I was probably the most brave, hardworking and coachable kid. That was my talent. Information about how my signature moves were created can be found on my Web site (Yurchenko vault and Yurchenko loop). … 

I always loved, loved, loved my ballet class which was 1 hour every day – only classical bar, middle, adagio and jump combinations. It was a joy! But, I was never as natural looking as some gymnasts of my time like Natalia Shaposhnikova. I knew I was never going to be like her. Her floor routine “Nutcracker” was the reason I stuck with gymnastics! …

Natalia Yurchenko – an exclusive interview

Click through for more. That’s a great read.

C.I.T.Y. Club Gymnastics Academy, Chicago
C.I.T.Y. Club Gymnastics Academy, Chicago – Natalia’s Club today

related – NataliaYurchenko.com