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Dr. Dave Tilley:

… Many coaches were once athletes and may have had pre-existing shoulder issues themselves.

Certain spotting positions and habits might be a contributing factor for the risk for shoulder injuries …

There are some ways to combat the risks mentioned above through education and preventative rehabilitation (using rehabilitation techniques before an injury occurs) …

Thinking Point #1: Only Using One “good side” To Spot Skills

Thinking Point #2: Spotting skills with too much distance between you and the gymnast

Is The Way You Spot Setting You Up For a Shoulder Injury? (Part I)

Moments from the World Championships 2015, Odense Denmark. By Rasmus Bruun Liboriussen #wch2015

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Another potential Christmas present. 🙂

It’s well worth clicking over to read the Judging summary report from Nellie KIM. The good ladies of the FIG did a better job than at any previous Worlds in my opinion. 🙂

Shang Chunsong, a true inspiration!

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Here are a few highlights.

Qualified Teams and medalists:

• Teams: USA, RUS, GBR, CHN, ITA, JPN, CAN and NED
• Medalists: HONG Un Jong PRK (VT) and SCHAEFER Pauline GER (BB)

The remaining 4 teams’ positions and AA-around gymnasts will be qualified at 2016 Test event
which will be held in Rio de Janeiro April 2016

… new record in participation numbers at World Championships. …

A suggestion for the future competition is to have a “moving” camera on Vault, in order to produce
better videos including the running and the best view of the vault itself. …

For the first time in the training halls, warm up hall, and during podium training … gymnasts had the possibility to use an additional 10 cm soft mat on FX, and a 30 cm “crash mat” on VT. …

Instead of a rotation between two teams, it might be a good idea to rotate gymnasts (e.g if there are two teams AUS and JPN then the rotation should be AUS/JPN/AUS/JPN and so on). …

Installation of the Podium in the “Warm up” Hall helped the gymnasts a greatly in the preparation to the competitions. …

• Youngest Team: 17.17 (CHN)
• Oldest Team: 21.40 (PRK)

• Average of all teams: 19.20

UNEVEN BARS (prelims)
• Highest Final Score: 15.466P. Daria Spiridonova (RUS)
• Highest D-Score: 6.800P. Yilin Fan (CHN)
• Highest E-Score: 8.800P. Viktoria Komova (RUS)

BEAM (prelims)
Highest Final Score: 14.966P. Simone Biles (USA)
Highest D-Score: 6.400P. Elsabeth Black (CAN)
Highest E-Score: 8.866P. Sanne Wevers (NED)

FLOOR (prelims)
Highest Final Score: 15.966P. Simone Biles (USA)
Highest D-Score: 6.900P. Simone Biles (USA)
Highest E-Score: 9.066P. Simone Biles (USA)

BEAM (prelims)
Total # of falls: 93
Total # of gymnasts with more than 1 fall: 15

~ Turgala in Den Bosch was great! ?? ~ Foto: @gympowernl

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Thanks Nico.

The long-awaited national gymnastics centre was opened in Ljubljana on Friday the 27th of November, on the 10th anniversary of Slovenian gymnasts Mitja Petkovšek and Aljaž Pegan winning gold medals at the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. …

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Much of Canada is adopting the American program. I love it. Overall it’s far better than the hodge podge of ever changing rules Canadian girls have had in the past.

One big downside!

Tony Retrosi:

… USAG compulsory program. The average age of the Level 3’s in most gyms is 8 years old. If they do 1 level per year

Level 4 – 9
Level 5 – 10
Level 6 – 11
Level 7 – 12
Level 8 – 13
Level 9 – 14
Level 10- 15

You are simply going to run out of time. How can you take the USAG system and use it to the benefit of most gymnasts and certainly for the more talented gymnasts? …

Problems with Linear Gymnastics

Your training plan should be independent of any set of judging rules.

Don’t limit your kids.

ILLUSION TURNS:

Oréane, who is eligible for the 2016 Olympics, is my new obsession. I live for her unique choreography on floor. She went for a completely different style …

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via The best of the Top Gym

Best practice is not to rush. Wait until the single handspring is very consistent before connecting two.

If the gymnast is ready you’ll not need to spot many. Use drills like these posted by Nick Blanton.

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Himanshu Dave is a coach and judge in India. He’s working on a series of resource books, the first addressing strength.

It’s a general overview readable by non-gymnasts.

If you wanted to get a copy, you’d contact the publisher, HEMSA.

Reach behind the knees …

Or reach inside the knees …

Both work. I prefer pulling from inside the knees.