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U.S. Elite Compulsory Beam 1

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

15 more Women’s Elite Compulsory Routine videos are linked from that same page.

Via the EDGE (Elite Developmental Gymnastics Education) Symposium June 19-20, 2015. I was there as an observer for Tumbl Trak.

Polina Semionova – ballet solo

Polina Semionova … is a Russian ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. …

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(via Ellen Konert-Dowling)

Heidi Moneymaker – stunt woman

If you’ve seen Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, you’ve seen former UCLA gymnast Heidi Moneymaker.

Cake Oven posted a terrific profile piece – SCARLETT JOHANSSON’S STUNT DOUBLE *IS* THE BLACK WIDOW

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Thought of You – Ryan Woodward

This beautiful dance animation got me thinking …. Could a computer judge artistry?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2010)

I actually prefer the music in a variation on Facebook. (VIDEO)

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Gaylord 2 before Kovacs?

Langley Gymnastics Head Coach Kris Kunick suggested we teach all the Kovacs progressions. Then catch Gaylord 2 before trying to catch Kovacs.

Gaylord 2 is more complex, but less scary than Kovacs for some guys.

Less scary. But still scary. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch one guy trying to catch his first Gaylord 2 on YouTube.

In fact, Kris had one gymnast who caught Kolman before Kovacs.

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No female has competed Kovacs. Several have competed Gaylord 2.

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rope climb alternative reaDY

I’m always looking for ways to train upper body strength without requiring little girls to climb to the top of a warehouse. 🙂

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(via Alisa Muller)

switch leap from springboard

Tammy Biggs.

I like the roll out after landing. There is a risk of injury landing leaps on one foot. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The landing is safer while working up to higher and higher mats. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.