Karis German – Stalder Tkachev layout

All hail.

This at the Metroplex Challenge Elite Qualifier.

Karis is headed for Alabama in 2022.

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Karis has HUGE tumbling difficulty, as well.

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And — as you would expect — DTY.

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Sarah Shaffer – Vault

#Textbook

No deductions from this judge.

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introducing Tsukahara

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Coach Gordon Lam.

Before you have them flip from the table, do some mental preparation with this progression.

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In Calgary, Canada, Gordon consults with dancers and other acrobatic athletes on flexibility improvement.

Gordon is a Gymnastics Canada clinician out of Calgary.

His website is EnduranceSport.ca.

Brenna Dowell interview

The fan favourite is retired retired. No more Elite. Graduated from College.

Storybook finish to her long career. Nailed Vault to help seal the 2019 team Championship for Oklahoma.

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Like Peng Peng Lee the previous year, this was an ending fit for film.

In fact, Full Out 2: You Got This! is inspired by Brenna’s story. The movie should be released 2020.

Fun fact – Brenna’s sister auditioned to play Brenna in the film.

Click through to listen to the long, entertaining interview on GymCastic.

 

JO 6-7 Vault – Will that Flip?

The recent change to Level 6 & 7 Junior Olympic Vault rules was a HUGE improvement.

Judges should be rewarding those compulsories which could FLIP successfully. Here are some examples.

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Taylor Houchin – Vault

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GREAT College routines from the last decade

Yes the “perfect 10” scoring system in College women’s Gymnastics is silly.

Yes it works for media and marketing. We should make the best of it.

In fact, I’m more outraged for gymnasts who should have got a perfect 10 than for those who did with errors.

Vault is the apparatus where I can most legitimately respect judges throwing a 10.

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Click over to College Gym News to see some of their favourite 10.0 routines from the last decade.

1st triple twisting Yurchenko?

It does seem overdue.

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WAG is close to MAG in tumbling difficulty, but competes much less difficulty on Vault.

Reality check — MAG has a horse 10cm higher which gives them a more time in the air.

(via Rocker – ‘20S GYMNASTICS: A FEW PREDICTIONS FOR THE SPORT’S NEXT DECADE)

 

super difficult MAG skills

Ideally gymnasts should train one more salto and one more twist than they want to compete.

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