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Coach Shun Tomizawa reacts to proposed changes.
Routine composition on Floor will be MUCH more challenging. Also, no connection bonus for single saltos with twist.
Shun is very disappointed that straddle Planche on Rings will now be an A-part. What will young Juniors use for strength?
Finally. Maximum 2 Kovacs skills and 2 Tkachev skills on H Bar. Unless directly connected.
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Thanks Vaughn.
Cool.
Obviously it should be at least a C-part as Planche alone is a B-part.
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Dvora Meyers put together a deep dive into the history of competition Gymnastics landings. She digs into the evolution of landing mats, as well.
The most dangerous part of most routines.
If gymnasts are allowed a controlled lunge on Floor, use that technique. It’s much safer — absorbing force over more time and distance.
Personally, my strategy as a coach is to train competition landings with the goal of a 0.1 deduction small hop. If the gymnasts happens to STICK for no deduction once-in-a-while, I consider it a 0.1 bonus over the plan.
Read the article on Defector:
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Emily Bischoff:
… Teaching our athletes to land correctly is one thing coaches can control in terms of injury prevention, whether it be to lessen the load on tendons and ligaments to prevent overuse injuries, or to minimize the risk of fluke injuries …
… the force upon landing be dissipated throughout as much of the body as much as possible …
… feet around shoulder width apart, which widens the base of support over which force is exerted. Knees should be in flexion (bent), tracking over the toes …
Promoting Safety in Gymnastics: Landings
I’d argue Kohei Uchimura singled handedly reinvented how male gymnasts land.
Easily the best in the world in his prime, many emulated Kohei’s exaggerated technique.
I love it as he turned the science of safely reducing huge impact forces to zero into an art form.
At the same time WAG was foolishly deducting low chest position. Dangerous!
Of his many stuck routines over many years, Blythe chose this as one of her decade-defining routines.
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Landings are incredibly important in NCAA competition. Yet College girls are not very good at them. 😕
Almost any male gymnast is more skilled at bringing impact forces to zero than almost any female gymnast. Male gymnasts work seriously on landings.
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Click PLAY or watch U.S. guys working landings on instagram.
Yes. Part of the problem in WAG is judging expectations. We need to educate judges to the biomechanically, physiologically BEST and SAFEST techniques of landing.
On his last apparatus, Xiao failed to salute the judges after his Horizontal Bar dismount, incurring a 0.3 penalty.
The deduction did not change his medal standing.
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Not as bad as Manrique Larduet 2015.
One of the very first things young kids learn about competition is how to “present” and “salute”.
Respect for the judges
Ava Stewart, CAN – Bars
Double salto forward piked dismount
Sanne Wevers. NED – Beam turn
Lieke Wevers, NED – Floor turn
Lieke Wevers, NED – Floor turn #2
Simone Biles, USA – Vault
Double salto forward piked dismount
Jade Carey, USA – Floor
Double layout with 3/1 twist
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Brody Malone (USA) and Ludovico Edalli (ITA) – P Bars
Free Hip to handstand on 1-bar, Heally down.
Ilia Kovtun (UKR) – P Bars
Forward upwise with Stutz or salto backward to 1-bar handstand (like Peters)
Samir Ait Said (FRA) – Rings
Description: Roll backward slowly with straight arms and body to handstand through swallow.
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Kensley and the GymCastic crew discussed the option to send a team of mostly specialists to 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Japan October 18–24, 2021.
There is NO team competition at that one.
For Worlds it’s a maximum of 6 men, 4 women — because women are 2/3rds as worthy, I assume 😕 — with a maximum of 3 competing each apparatus.
American AAers should stay home, focusing on increasing their D-scores for 2022.
GymCastic suggested:
Brody Malone AA (if he wants to go)
FX – Gage Dyer, Eddie Penev
POM – Stephen Nedoroscik
Rings – Alex Diab
Vault – Donnell Whittenburg, Eddie Penev
Of course any other apparatus specialist should be welcomed to trial. Send those athletes with the best chances of qualifying for any Final.
It’s Kohei’s home town hosting. If not competing, I’m sure he’ll be the spokesman for that competition.
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