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Flyaway double tuck dismount is my least favourite dismount. It has the highest risk of the gymnast pulling in and hitting the Bar. Ideally this gymnast will quickly progress to Double Pike. Much safer.
Category: Gymnastics
celebrating Julianne McNamara
Julianne was fantastic. She and Tracee Talavera were our favourite American gymnasts, back in that era.
What the boys liked best was Julianne’s mixed grip Jam Cast mount on Bars.
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train legs with Marian Dragulescu
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keeping the lower back flat
Kazuki Minami – tumbling passes
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In fact, MAGnastics has been trying to keep up with his many new skills and combinations in training:
Kazuki Minami is Ridiculous
(A GIF guide)
Dave Tilley on Athlete A
#GymnastAlliance
Dave is pissed at bad coaches.
Quit coaching if you can’t do it safely.
He points out there are many excellent, ethical, safe coaches too. We don’t hear about them.
He calls for mandatory sport science coach education in the USA. The States is the only major western nation where coach education is not required.
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Sam Mikulak will retire after this season
Sam’s done a lot of reflecting during COVID-19 shutdown.
He’s engaged to be married, too.
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Chellsie Memmel shirts
forward hip circle progressions
No spotting required with these.
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new book – Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Socio-cultural Perspectives
Published April 22, 2020
Edited by Roslyn Kerr, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Carly Stewart, and Gretchen Kerr.
This book lifts the lid on the high pressured, complex world of women’s artistic gymnastics. By adopting a socio-cultural lens incorporating historical, sociological and psychological perspectives, it takes the reader through the story and workings of women’s artistic gymnastics.
Beginning with its early history as a ‘feminine appropriate’ sport, the book follows the sport through its transition to a modern sports form. Including global cases and innovative narrative methods, it explores the way gymnasts have experienced its intense challenges, the complexities of the coach-athlete relationship, and how others involved in the sport, such as parents and medical personnel, have contributed to the reproduction of a highly demanding and potentially abusive sporting culture.
With the focus on a unique women’s sport, the book is an important read for researchers and students studying sport sociology, sport coaching, and physical education, but it is also a valuable resource for anyone interested in the development of sporting talent.
It’s available through Amazon.com.
Professor Barker-Ruchti contends that coaches should plan for Gymnastics peak performance as adults, rather than trying to teach as much difficulty as possible when girls are small:
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