Category: twisting

Max Whitlock training tumbling FORM

See ladies. Some of the guys do care about form. 😀

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Twisting FORM

Courtney McCool had near perfect form on every twist. Cheng Fei was excellent too.

Click PLAY or compare some famous gymnasts on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8epYtC6DDc&feature=youtu.be

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training Quad full on Tumbl Trek

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https://twitter.com/TheFullSplit/status/1080704463420170240

Simone’s SET on Moors

Incredible. She could probably do triple twisting double layout.

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Look how much later Simone initiates the twist than others. It’s almost lay-in, double full out. She gets that technique from her Biles.

https://twitter.com/sierradnv/status/1054780376378302464

Jr USA Nationals – day 1

Leanne Wong leads.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on Twitter. GAGE gymnasts always have clean twisting.

Mary Lou Retton competed Tsuk 1/1, not Kas

Tsuk 1/1 is much more difficult than the Kasamatsu used by Ellie Black, Oksana and … almost everyone.

Mary Lou did half-on, full-off. (1.5 twists total)

Kasamatsu is quarter-on, three quarter-off (1.0 twists total)

Watch it on YouTube. (Right hand on the horse first, left twist on the salto.)

In addition, she trained Tsuk double full. Seriously.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MffPhZ3rDgQ

Almost nobody does the more difficult version of Tsuk twisting. René Cournoyer from Canada is one.

If still confused on Kasamatsu, click over to Uncle Tim’s post – What the H is a Kasamatsu?

Addison Fatta 5/2 twist step-out

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(via Flo)

triple full on Floor

I actually don’t like this skill. It’s almost never done with feet together throughout.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ3_9nc3ft8

Extreme Athletic Supply X Bar

Good idea. I’d use this.

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Coach uses the terms “lefty” and “righty“. He’s talking about the support hand on the forward pirouette, not the direction of twist. (The first girl twists to the left, the second to the right.)