It’s not going to be easy to beat Japan at Worlds this time, if Kohei is in good shape.
And he is.
Max Whitlock, for comparison, won the London Open with 89.70
via @OnoNoKomachi1
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Italian Golden League
Valeria Violi previews the new Italian Golden League competition Sept 13-14th:
… will be held for the first time ever this weekend in Porto San Giorgio. It will act as a trial for the Italian team looking to represent their country at the upcoming World Championships in Nanning, China.
The four best teams who competed in the last Italian team championships (called “Serie A”) will take part in the Golden League with both senior and junior gymnasts. …
teams will be able to use as many gymnasts as they’d like on each event with only the top five scores counting to their total. The team competition will also define the all-around ranking while acting as a qualification for the event finals.
Since the aim of this meet is to give every national team’s member the opportunity to show the routines that could be useful for the World Championships team competition, the national team director decided to add a second vault final, which will be open to all gymnasts …
introducing free hip
BEST resources:
Search YouTube for …
JAOVideos: Bounce Gymnastics Girls Team
• The Back Hip Circle Process (JAO)
• The Clear Hip Process (JAO)
• Teaching Casts to Little Ones (JAO)
• Joe Langley 200+ Bar videos (formerly American Gymnast videos)
Here’s a 9min video overview of teaching the skill, a low resolution video of one of my Powerpoint presentations.
• use safety strap bar as much as possible
• follow the JAO tutorials, best available for young female gymnasts
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Leave comment or links if you have any other essential drills for introducing Free Hip.
Uchimura H Bar releases
reducing violence against women
Ray and Janay Rice have come to symbolize domestic violence against women. It happens all the time. 😦
When the man is rich and privileged, it happens more often.
Here’s the best commentary I’ve yet heard on the issue.
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1
(via Slate)
Gymnastics in Trinidad
Ricardo Lue Shue sends news that the Trinidad & Tobago Federation just posted a new promo video.
It includes some of their international competitors as well as Age Group development. (I might even make a cameo appearance.)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That was put together by the OneManOutfit, Rob Edge.
related – Caribbean Coaching clinics 2014
Shallon Olsen training Bars
All Japan Senior Competition
This weekend.
For Kohei Uchimura, Yusuke Tanaka, Kohei Kameyama and Yu Minobe, it is the last game before Nanning World championship 2014.
Masayoshi Yamamoto, Yusuke Saito and Shotaro Shirai are also that for Incheon Asian Games 2014. Remarkably, old expert gymnasts, Naoya Tsukahara (AUS) and Oksana Chusovitina (UZB), will attend the game.
Nico says Kohei has a 7.6 D H Bar planned.
Andrei Rodionenko interview
Always interesting.
He’s as careful with what he says as his wife is incautious.
Read it on RRG – Interview with Andrei Rodionenko
Canada hires CEO Peter Nicol
Peter was interim CEO following the resignation of JP Caron. He’s got the job full-time now.
Congratulations.
Gymnastics Canada can finally move forward.
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