Category: pommel horse

World Cup Antalya – 1

Baku World Cup results 2

Cottbus World Cup – day 1

BEST routines Men’s NCAA – wk 6

The new Men’s Gymnastics Ramblings blog has a good overview.

The surprise for me is Kelton Christiansen on H Bar. No Kovacs releases.

This guy can hit handstand angles as well as anyone. Great execution.

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top Men’s NCAA routines wk 5

A great week for Illinois.

Men’s Gymnastics Ramblings has a good overview of what happened.

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Men’s wk 3 top routines

All 6 apparatus.

Hmm. Fred Richard used a Free Hip on H Bar.

I haven’t seen that skill in an elite routine in some time.

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top men’s NCAA routines – week 2

  • FLOOR: Emre Dodanli (Oklahoma) – 14.75
  • POMMEL: Khoi Young (Stanford) – 14.85
  • RINGS: Javier Alfonso (Michigan) – 15.10
  • VAULT: David Wolma (Michigan) – 14.90
  • PARALLEL BARS: Asher Hong (Stanford) – 14.45
  • HIGH BAR: Caden Spencer (Ohio State) – 14.35

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Magyar & Sivado on Pommels

As a judge, one of my least favourite combinations is Magyar, Sivado in combination with legs together.

It’s RARE to see a gymnast who does not “skew” — be misaligned with the horse. Some judges are very lenient on this deduction. 

Ideally, hand placement should be parallel every step. Gymnast check where there hands were placed after an approach by checking chalk marks.

Better strategy for the gymnast is to use these skills in Flair. It’s easier to keep square.

Sadly, almost every FIG routine includes Magyar and Sivado. 

I’m hoping a change to only 8 counting skills from 10 would motivate many to take out the Magyar and Sivado. 

Neutral Deductions has a deep dive on these skills. SUBSCRIBE to support Men’s Gymnastics.

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Ignacio Yockers – Pommels

Top score in the modified rules 2023 CGA All-Stars meet.

Score: 9.763 (10.0 start value)

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