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Some of the best WAG basics tutorials are posted by coach Jason Mortimer from Bounce Gymnastics in Michigan.
Subscribe to the GymTactics YouTube channel.
Click PLAY or watch a sample on YouTube. Jason teaching a stretched body Handspring Vault as required by the American J.O. judging regs.
Bart Conner once had a named skill on P Bars. It was eventually removed from the Code as too simple.
Click PLAY or watch a comedy bit on Facebook.
These come from the 3D Gym from FB-Curves app — I believe. Click through this Twitter thread to see more.
Former French gymnast Fabien BOUGAS developed this software. Male Artistic Gymnastics elements in 3D.
There is a version (only 45 skills) available free for iOS devices. You can pay to upgrade to the full version.
Click PLAY or watch a sample on YouTube.
Division 1 Men’s College Gymnastics in the USA continues to decline. One day there may only be College clubs. 😕
To improve the situation the Men’s College Gymnastics Association are considering some changes:
Proposal: Use a 10.0 conversion system in conjunction with the open ended scoring system
Straw Vote: 21 in favor; 4 against; 11 abstentions.
Some of the top coaches are strongly against.
If a gymnast scored 14.00 FIG they would flash a 9.75.
Personally, I think it’s worth a try.
Spencer and @papaliukin point out that a BETTER change would be for Men’s teams to provide good, consistent scoring, University media coverage and online video.
Since the Men are already posting competition videos after the fact on Road to Nationals, I’d like to see them increasingly use that site for LIVE coverage. LIVE scoring, etc.
There’s much more under consideration. Click through for Details.
Luba found this on the workplan for Junior Worlds on the FIG website.
Certainly that data would have to be kept confidential.
At Canadian Nationals.
Emily trains at Langley in Vancouver.
It reminds me of Kelly Johnston’s vault from last Nationals in Elite where Kelly scored higher than 3 Olympic Vault finalists.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
Most of the Men’s teams have taken advantage of a NEW feature on RoadToNationals.com.
It hasn’t caught on yet with many of the Women’s teams.
The system uses 3D laser scanner sensors to capture the gymnasts’ movements in real time, providing two million shots per second on areas such as arm or leg bend angles, angles of elevation and height of particular moves.
This is then compared to a database of existing recognised moves and routines to hopefully provide a more accurate picture of an athlete’s routine for the judges. …
The technology is now planned to be deployed at the forthcoming Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, held from October 4th-13th in Stuttgart, Germany, with further tests planned as Fujtisu aims to get it included at Tokyo 2020.
GymCastic reported that FIG plans to test the technology on 2 WAG apparatus, 3 MAG apparatus in Stuttgart.
Thanks @usgymie
FIG allows the COLUSSI-PELAEZ dismount. Yet doesn’t allow Nush sufficient matting to do that dismount safely.
Compression Bandages
• Gymnasts must refrain from wearing compression sleeves during competition
• Deduction 0.3
Rings
Recognition of Swallow versus Support scale (Planche)
• In order to provide clarity; if the shoulder is completely above the top of the Rings the element will be recognized as a support scale.
Horizontal Bar
• Regarding the performance expectations for the exit from the Czech giant swing; A simple stoop exit from dorsal hang is permitted without an angular deviation deduction, but also does not receive any value.
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