Category: Gymnastics

Svetlana Khorkina in Nemov’s show

I’ve never been much of a fan of Artistic Gala performances.

Svetlana’s bit didn’t make me a believer.

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related – GymCastic #279: A Diva Is Magical: The Svetlana Khorkina Episode

(via Gymternet Clan)

hurdle drills

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Note that all these demonstrators take off from the sprint for their hurdle from the opposite leg they put down first on round-off. The legs switch during the hurdle.

That’s far more common than the alternative (taking off with the same leg).

Boris Verkhovsky first told me decades ago that a switch leg hurdle should increase power, but that it wasn’t essential.

(via Swing Big)

Commonwealth Games 2018 medals revealed

The medal design represents soft sand lines which shift with every tide and wave …

Brisbane Times

Bretschnieder to Kolman

UPDATE – I made two three mistakes on this post from yesterday titled layout Bretschnieder to Bretschnieder

It’s Hidetaka Miyachi training layout Bretschnieder to Kolman.

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(via papa-liukin)

Jake Stoeckicht – tumbling drills

I want to attend a camp with coach Jake Stoeckicht from Rockford. He’s passionate. A great communicator. And I really like his approach to backward tumbling.

He uses many drills with exaggerated hip flexion. Edouard Iarov and many of the top coaches of the world encourage that technique. Note that the final skill in competition will not be done with anywhere near this kind of hip flexion. These are only progressions.

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Dobre brothers 1.2 million subscribers

Personally I follow no YouTube celebrities. (OK, maybe Nile Wilson.)

But the sons of 1987  World Champion Aurelia Dobre have a huge online following.

Click PLAY or watch one of their goofy edits on YouTube. Mom shows up at 3 min 10 seconds.