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This is the last of the MostepanovaFan video guides to the 2009 Code of Points.
Many are hoping she makes more. Leave a comment or rating on any of her YouTube videos if you want to add your voice.
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related MostepanovaFan posts:
gymnastics – bar mounts video balance beam dismounts video video guide to beam mounts
I’ve seen a few male gymnasts do Manna (high V-sit) press to inverted position.
The best was Bill Roth from Temple. (A BIG guy.)
But nothing like THIS.
A gymnast from Jamaica (near the end of her beam routine) at the WOGA Invitational.
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This was linked from Andrew Thornton’s weekly video column on Gymnast: Smooth Skills – Part 18
One commenter says her name is Shanay Gentles.
Results are in.
1. Dasha Joura
2. Allana Slater
3. Hollie Dykes
full results – The Couch Gymnast
Dasha – The Australian
Photos, videos and Finals results are being linked from Triple Full.
Gymnasts, I understand, were only allowed to compete a maximum of 2 of the 4 apparatus in Finals. Jordyn won Bars and Beam.
Jordyn Wieber (photo: Sandra Janssen)
Triple Full – More on Top Gym 2008
Another terrific MostepanovaFan video.
As requested: A guide to uneven bars mounts using the 2009 Code of Points.
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Thanks TCO.
related MostepanovaFan posts:
balance beam dismounts video video guide to beam mounts
I’ve built many a crappy pommel bucket. They turn out like this one.
The best I’ve seen is the one at my club, Altadore Gymnastics.
larger version – flickr
This is the most recent of many variations built by coach Physical Ed Vincent.
The bucket sits in a “twisting belt“.
It’s connected by 2 carabiners, one on either side of the belt. That cable runs up and through the last link in the roof chain.
Most critical of all is the heavy duty boxing swivel mounted to the roof. (Without this swivel, the chain will twist and shorten as the gymnast does circles.)
Click through to flickr for more photos.
I post these for Don Anweiler in Iceland who is looking to build one.
Is Team Chevron dropping their Gymnastics Sponsorship after 2008?
They’ve sponsored Raj Bhavsar, Alex Artemev, Sean Townsend, Justin Spring, Dave Durante, Kevin Tan and many, many more over the past 10 years.
I read that in a StickItMedia interview with Team Gattaca’s Diego Garcia.
Team Gattaca has been a corporate sponsor of Men’s Gymnastics in the USA since 2003. And they plan to continue into the future.
I want to thank Team Chevron and Team Gattaca for everything they’ve done.
We need more companies to step up like this in future.
Gymnastics is a rough sport. We have a lot of injuries, it’s true.
… studies have suggested that the rate of injury in gymnastics is almost as severe as that in contact sports. For every 10,000 children doing gymnastics each year, 52 will need hospital treatment compared with 75 young rugby players. …
But this new study from data collected by Jerry Dwek at the University of California, San Diego article is over the top, in my opinion:
… In the report to be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, researchers noted that the gymnasts studied showed a “broad constellation of recent injuries†to their wrists and knuckles and evidence of early necrosis, or “deathâ€, of bones.
Using magnetic resonance imaging and other scans, the researchers studied the wrists and hands of 125 child gymnasts …
Young gymnasts risking a life of pain in quest for perfection – Times Online
Necrosis?
I don’t believe that for a second.
Will Dr. Dwek mention all the benefits of increased bone density due to gymnastics training along with the injury results?
related: Gymnastics Rescue – Wrist Injuries and Gymnastics
Claudine emailed us a link to an interesting article from the NY Times:
Born to Run? Little Ones Get Test for Sports Gene
Kevin Moloney for The New York Times
Genetic testing to determine if your child has “talent” for gymnastics?
I believe that day will come.
Genetic engineering is capable of anything. I fully expect to see dinosaurs (Jurassic Park) in my lifetime.
But is a genetic test for sport talent available already?
… The ACTN3 test has been available through the Australian company Genetic Technologies since 2004. The company has marketed the test in Australia, Europe and Japan, but is now entering the United States through Atlas. The testing kit was scheduled to be available starting Monday through the Web site atlasgene.com. …
Interesting.
I’m skeptical. But would like to learn more.
The test is purported to “determine whether a person would be best at speed and power sports … or endurance sports like distance running, or a combination of the two.”
I’ll forward the article to Dr. Jeni McNeal to get her opinion.
… According to a recent study, exercise in kids plummets from 3 hours a day at age 9 to less than 1 hour a day at age 15. …
Kids Need Motivation to Exercise – Sierra Trading Post
Last week I did a short session with female gymnasts on “nutrition“.
We shared personal “tips” on healthy eating. Timely … with holiday gluttony impending.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 