I admire gymnasts who have the physical preparation and mental quickness to SAVE a handstand that ends up in reverse planche position.
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Category: physical preparation
SHIFT online symposium
Shift Movement Science is offering a 3 day event June 10-12, 2022.
30 Speakers.
32 Gymnastics Lectures.
If you register, you’ll get all the notes and presentations 2 weeks in advance. And if you can’t attend LIVE, you can watch instead after the event.
Jessie Graff at the Emmys
You’ve seen Jessie on American Ninja Warrior.
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Jessie started as a “fearless” competitive gymnast in Maryland.
At 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) she moved on to Pole Vaulting.
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Tumbl Trak Suspension System
Body weight supported from an independently moving base is IDEAL for general conditioning. I use this system myself.
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workout with Chellsie
This could be fun for your kids. And it’s quite appropriate for a large group on floor — of widely differing skill levels.
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promoting older female gymnasts
Nick Blanton:
… of 259 female competitors in the 2019 WC’s, the average age was 19.93. Since the inception of the open-ended code in 2006, the average age of female competitors has risen from 18.2 years of age in the 2005 WC’s, to 19.93 in 2019. From this comparison, federations could strategize what age to peak their athletes in contemporary high-performance gymnastics.
To put it simply, programs should be strategizing on how to support older female athletes. …
That’s just one conclusion from Nick’s new paper.
introducing Planche
ESSENTIAL for MAG.
And important for WAG – Cast Handstand.
Introduce it in conditioning from a young age.
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SPECIFIC Conditioning for Christmas
Shristi Sharma – limbo roller skating
Shristi has been setting records like this since 2015.
Challengers? 😀
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are Splits ‘square’ hips possible?
I’ve never seen an athlete who can do splits on floor with hips parallel.
BUT Rhythmic and contortionists do seem to be able to to get into positions that seem anatomically impossible.
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