Category: Gymnastics

Oklahoma training Bars

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Bars dismount – Tanac

REPOST from 2010:

A great old school dismount. Back in the day it was competed by many girls, especially the ones who did not like flyaways.

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That’s Nellie Kim competing it with a full twist. But it’s today a banned skill in the F.I.G. Code of Points. Happily, it’s still allowed in some levels of competition, including NCAA.

It went by many names depending on where you lived: “Spank Back”, “Whip Salto”, … Also, butt beat, Munich Salto, …

Update: Chris, of Coaching Gymnastics in the new Millennium , sends us this link: Biography – Joyce Tanac-Schroeder. The skill was, at one time, named after her.

Russian Sport School – Beam

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biomechanics – tangent of release

G.S. George:

Every release from any external-swing movement always results in
the center of mass being projected at a right angle to its radius.

If you release when the Centre of Gravity is as high as the Bar you go straight up, straight down. (e.g. Gienger)

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Shallon Olsen to Alabama

Another NCAA Double Twisting Yurchenko.

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Press Handstand drills

I’m always looking for progressions for kids who cannot yet Press.

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Gym Momentum – Press Handstands

Aly Raisman accuses Nassar

A second member of the Fierce Five squad that won gold at the London Olympics has said she, too, was sexually abused by USA Gymnastics’ longtime team physician.

Aly Raisman confirmed the abuse in an interview with 60 Minutes, which is to air Sunday night. The three-time gold medalist and captain of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams also describes it in her book, Fierce, being released next week. …

Nassar pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges in July, and he faces 22 to 27 years in prison when he’s sentenced on Dec. 7 …

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman says she was abused by USA Gymnastics doctor

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Jade Carey to Oregon

Some thought Jade might defer and continue in Elite through Tokyo.

Three outstanding student-athletes have officially joined the Oregon State gymnastics program for the 2018-19 season, head coach Tanya Chaplin announced Thursday.

The 2018 recruiting class consists of Leah Bivrell (Louisville, Colo. / Colorado Gymnastics Institute), Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz. / Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics) and Madi Dagen (Pleasanton, Calif. / San Mateo Gymnastics).

“Overall, this is the strongest class we’ve signed,” Chaplin said. …

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