Category: twisting

Kamila Valieva – Olympic quads

Amazing. She twists so quickly.

I’m so sorry this historic accomplishment is being overshadowed by why her coach, Eteri Tutberidze, couldn’t prevent Kamila from taking a prohibited substance.

My second question is WHY the IOC doesn’t have a minimum age for all Olympic sports.

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Kamila Valieva lands 2 quads

No woman had ever landed a quad twist in Olympic competition. 15-year-old Kamila Valieva attempted 3 in her free skate.

Landed two.

#respect

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FB CURVES 3D GYM Twisting

Real life, real time it can be challenging to analyze complex twisting skills.

In FB CURVES you can slow them down and watch from different angles.

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on ‘Barani confusion’

An experienced coach must first FIRST decide whether a young gymnast should do aerial twists to the right or to the left.

A large number of tests will eventually reveal a preference.

Young gymnasts are rarely confused on backward salto twisting. But many suffer Barani confusion when learning forward salto twists. Especially those who related the Barani to a roundoff in the air.

David Morris explains why at the beginning of this tutorial.

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Thanks Andrew.

Trampoline backward 1/1 twist

For Artistic, I prefer introducing the skill as a late TILT twist.

It’s easy (later as needed) to initiate the twist as early as seen in this progression series.

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introducing forward twisting

I always start beginners from forward piked salto. As does trampoline coaching legend George Hery.

This way they get a foundation of “late twisting”. And it helps avoid the dread Barani Confusion.

Click PLAY or watch Forward Twisting Flips – George Hery on Tom’s GymSmarts blog.