Spotting alternatives. Most coaches spot from the side.
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Category: parallel bars
kip conditioning
Girls should use P Bars doing many of the same progressions as boys.
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Cuba’s Larduet wins
Central American & Caribbean Games
1. Manrique Larduet CUB 84.800
2. Randy Leru CUB 81.050
3. Audrys Nin Reyes DOM 80.750
full results
Manrique had an over-rotation fall on Floor. Randy’s Ring grips broke. He was allowed to repeat.
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Watch more of his routines (and dance celebration) on Facebook.
Russian Cup Men’s Apparatus Finals
AA
1. Arthur Dalaloyan 83.331
2. Vladislav Polyashov 83.064
3. Ivan Stretovich 82.365
Floor
1 Nikita Nagornyy 14.500
2 Artur Dalaloyan 14.400
3 Kirill Prokopyev 14.366
Pommel
1 David Belyavskiy 14.533
2 Nikolai Kuksenkov 14.466
3 Vladislav Polyashov 13.900
Rings
1 Denis Ablyazin 14.466
2 Artur Dalaloyan 13.900
3 Dmitry Lankin 13.866
Vault
1 Denis Ablyazin 15.000 14.566 14.783
2 Dmitry Lankin 14.900 14.400 14.650
3 Victor Britan 14.733 13.600 14.166
P Bars
1 David Belyavskiy 15.200
2 Dmitry Lankin 14.966
3 Sergei Eltsov 14.933
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H Bar
1 Alexey Rostov 14.200
2 Artur Dalaloyan 14.166
3 Maxim Sinichkin 13.633
full results
It sounds like Ablyazin will not compete Europeans, instead focusing on qualification to Tokyo as an apparatus specialist.
Golden Syrup for Parallel Bars
The guys at Phoenix Gymnastics use Lyle’s Golden Syrup instead of honey. That’s a British thing that has caught on in some Gyms around the world.
You put a small dab on your hands before chalking up.
It does work.
falling safely from P Bars
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training Manna
Doing some physical preparation for Manna will be beneficial for gymnasts. Triceps strength.
Not every body type will be able to hold the position, nor even high V-sit. But all gymnasts should be able to swing to momentary Manna on P Bars. It’s included in the American J.O. boys program as well as in FIG Age Group.
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Peach with straight arms on P Bars
I’d seen this progression between the Bars in the past. Coach Frank Szabo starts on the end of Bars as it’s a little safer.
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I was one of several coaches who visited Manjak’s Gymnastics Toronto the week following National Championships. Great club. Always fun to visit. Thanks for the hospitality.
Zou Jingyuan – P Bars
Move over Kenzo. This is the most dominant gymnast on any apparatus in 2018.
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D 7.0 + E 9.40 + Bonus 0.1 = 16.5
Chinese Championships also rans:
2. Wu Xiaoming 14.933 (6.3/8.633)
3. Liu Rongbing 14.800 (6.2/8.500/+0.1)
(via Papa Liukin)
catch CHALK with an umbrella
We saw team China use this technique at Worlds 2017.
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