See the list with videos HERE.
I’ve had kids compete forward aerial with 1/1 twist since the 1970s. It’s very easy.
Is the same thing from Aerial Cartwheel much different?
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Category: judging
Nagorny Russian GQ Athlete of the Year
Second year in a row for this title.
related – NAGORNY: I WAS ABLE TO LEAVE MY MARK ON THE HISTORY OF ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
new MAG skills in the Code
MAG Code changes to 2022
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.
backward dive to Planche
Cool.
Obviously it should be at least a C-part as Planche alone is a B-part.
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Kohei – 2014 Floor
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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train landings train landings train landings
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.
Click PLAY or watch Scott Morgan on instagram.
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.
Xiao deducted 0.3 for not saluting
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
6 new WAG skills in Tokyo
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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3 new MAG skills in Tokyo
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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