Category: pommel horse

training positions for Pommels

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Mersin World Cup Men’s FINALS

Floor
1 Ahmet Onder Turkey 6.0 8.450 14.450
2 Frank Baines Great Britain 5.8 8.600 14.400
3 Ferhat Arican Turkey 5.6 8.400 14.000

Pommels
1 Rhys McClenaghan Ireland 5.9 8.250 14.150
2 Frank Baines Great Britain 5.8 7.850 13.650
3 Justin Karstadt Canada 5.2 8.150 13.350

Rings
1 Ibrahim Colak Turkey 6.2 8.900 15.100
2 Andrei Muntean Romania 6.1 8.500 14.600
3 Yuri Van Gelder Netherlands 5.9 8.400 14.300

Vault
1 Rene Cournoyer Canada 14.150
2 Dimitar Dimitrov Bulgaria 13.950
3 Robert Ghiuzan Romania 13.900

P Bars
1 Andrei Muntean Romania 5.9 9.000 14.900
2 Ahmet Onder Turkey 6.4 8.350 14.750
3 Ferhat Arican Turkey 6.2 8.450 14.650

H Bar
1 Umit Samiloglu Turkey 5.5 8.450 13.950
2 Samuel Zakutney Canada 5.4 8.100 13.500
3 Frank Baines GBR 5.3 8.000 13.300
full results

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Michael Reid wants to compete for Jamaica

Michael was the 2015 NCAA Pommel champ for Oklahoma. Now graduated, he has applied to switch national affiliations to Jamaica. World Championships is a possibility. He also hopes to compete a new skill on Pommels.

Listen to an interview on Gymnasticsville.

Rhys is training in Dublin

Though the next World Cup. Long term he’s not yet sure.

Watch a BBC interview.

Rhys McClenaghan training in his yard

The Commonwealth Games gold medallist left his club when his coach Luke Carson was given three weeks’ notice. Rhys has a World Cup competition coming up.

Rhys’ club claims the decision was financial.

Read Rhys’ statement.

Watch the BBC news report.

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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montage of Pommel falls

I had parents watching Pommel training this week. They were surprised to see pretty much every approach to the apparatus end in a fall.

I further explained that no two Pommel falls are identical. They are as unique as snowflakes.

Click over to Balance Beam Situation to see many examples. That guy must hate Horse. 😀