Before you can start working cast on a Bar, young gymnasts need to be comfortable leaning forward. Falling over.
Back in the day we called this drill a ‘dump’.
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(via Swing Big)
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tour jeté full
It’s really difficult to do twisting leaps well.
The Gym Press on Facebook linked to a good one.
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Yao Jinnan – Bars
UB TQ 2013 DTB Cup, Stuttgart
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6.5 + 9.0 = 15.5
9.0 execution?
Too high.
9.1 is “perfect” in 2013. And that was far from perfect. In fact, that kind of grip shuffling in handstand is embarrassing for one of the best gymnasts in the world.
That was piibunina‘s video #3,332.
What would we do without him?
Biles – Beam double double
Aimee Boorman posted a video of our World Champion training an incredible Beam dismount.
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Thanks Keiran.
Here’s her Triple Twisting Yurchenko. And Cheng. With a little creative video editing. 🙂
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Elizabeth Price is another who could compete Triple Twisting Yurchenko. (VIDEO)
crazy cool Beam
Any montage that includes Jackie Bender is crazy cool.
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Russia vs USA
Russia VS USA Gymnastics: An Epic Battle Montage
Haha if you have 8 minutes and 43 seconds to spare you should watch this montage.
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I prefer Russia. But current FIG rules far favours the Americans.
Gymnastics Injuries 2013
Arabian Punch Front posted a partial list of injured Artistic gymnasts.
A bit of good news, however from FIG:
– At the close of the three world championships held in 2013, the Medical Commission informed that in terms of accidents, this year showed the lowest number of accidents over the past twenty years …
– From 2011 – 2013, the Medical Commission conducted 950 antidoping tests. Three positive, venial cases were recorded in all (furosemide, cannabis, stimulant) …
Key, Hernandez (USA), Martins (BRA)
Abierto Mexicano de Gimnasia on Facebook:
Resultados all around GAF juvenil durante el Abierto Mexicano de Gimnasia
56.901 Bailey Key
56.567 Lauren Hernandez
51.500 Milena Martins
Click PLAY or watch a Bailey Key montage on YouTube.
@Bailie_Key is undefeated in the AA in 2013.
USAG report – Team USA sweeps titles at International Junior Mexican Cup
Pavlova to compete for Azerbaijan
Amanda Turner:
Russia Olympians Anna Pavlova and Konstantin Pluzhnikov will now represent Azerbaijan internationally, as will 2011 Russian world team member Yulia Inshina, the FIG announced Thursday. …
The 26-year-old Pluzhnikov, a 2008 Olympian and the 2011 European champion on still rings, reportedly decided to compete for Azerbaijan in 2012 when rival rings specialist Alexander Balandin was chosen over him to represent Russia at the Olympics in London.
Inshina, 18, was a member of Russia’s silver-medal squad from the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, where she finished sixth in the balance beam final.
The former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, which has a population under 10 million, has produced several strong rhythmic gymnasts who train with the Russian team. The oil-rich nation has not yet had a strong presence in artistic gymnastics, however, but has been attempting to recruit gymnasts from abroad. …
How many Russian gymnasts will Pavs better in AA competition? 🙂
Click PLAY or watch Pluzhnikov’s 2011 Rings on YouTube. (15.466 = Diff: 6.7 / Ex: 8.766)
Flame Retardants and Gymnastics
Amanda Turner linked to that single study on a small sample of Collegiate gymnasts. The researchers have put up their own web page dedicated to the topic:
We are a group of researchers from Dartmouth College, Boston University and Duke University who study how people are exposed to flame retardant chemicals.
More broadly, we study how chemicals in the environment can affect the health of people. We chose to do a study of gymnasts because one of us is a former competitive gymnast and because we were concerned competitive gymnasts may have elevated exposures to flame retardants due to their use of foam containing equipment.
The study included 11 collegiate gymnasts that was published in the scientific journal Environmental Science & Technology: Carignan CC, Heiger-Bernays W, McClean MD, Roberts SC, Stapleton HM, Sjödin A, Webster TF. Flame retardant exposure among collegiate U.S. gymnasts. 2013. Environ. Sci. Technol.
This website was developed to advise gymnasts and coaches to wash their hands after practice and before eating, to provide facts about flame retardants and gymnastics and to facilitate collaboration between flame retardant scientists, fire safety experts, equipment manufacturers and the gymnastics community. …
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