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Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.

15-year-old Noémi Mákra is arguably the best gymnast from Hungary since the Henrietta Onodi, one of the gymnastics superstars of the nineties. She turns senior in 2013 so look for her in Antwerp. …

She has very good execution. While she doesn’t do the highest difficulty, her E scores are usually very high. … At a recent Olympic Hopes Cup in the Czech Republic, she won the all around competition with a 55.400 and earned E scores in the 9s on both vault and bars. …

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That links to more TCG Junior Watch Profiles:

Darcy Norman (AUS)
Pilar Rubagotti (ITA)
Lou Nina (CHI)
Charlotte Sullivan (NZL)
Chantysha Netteb (NED)
Maelys Plessis (FRA)
Raisa Batyrova (RUS)
Kim Janas (GER)
Maria Kharenkova (RUS)
Angel Romaeo (GBR/WALES)
Lara Mori (ITA)
Polina Schennikova (USA)
Shallon Olsen (CAN)

Using FaceTime on an iPad, Paul will give feedback to your gymnasts LIVE.

Here’s how it works.

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If any of your gymnasts want to continue with the Olympic Champion assistant coach:

Coaching -1Hr. – $75.00

Routine Analysis – $30.00

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I’ll be leading Coach / Athlete Camps in several nations in December, part of the roll out of the new FIG Age Group Programme:

Twenty-eight federations have committed to implement the programme and the FIG will attempt to assist them with training and monitoring camps within their own countries so that many more of their coaches and gymnasts can be involved….

In the coming years, this FIG Programme is expected to become among the largest of FIG’s developmental initiatives. …

Nations that adopt these routine regulations can compete internationally with one another.

Sweet. 🙂

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Art and philosophy.

… a professional hand balancer originally from Finland but now based in Cardiff. …

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from Gingenious Productions on Vimeo.

… see more of Jaakko’s work …

Thank Gregor of All Things Gym for the link.

GymPOWER is uploading routines from World Cup Stuttgart.

Here’s one. The highest score in prelims ahead of Aliya.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. 14.850

related – Examiner – Aliya Mustafina returns to competition at Stuttgart World Cup

Marta could easily have chosen Elizabeth Price for the London Olympics. She’d now be a Gold medalist.

But that’s not what happened.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/OTQyNjY0MjA5?related=1

Watch more video of 2012 Stuttgart World Cup on gymnastike.org

She’s probably the best active competing gymnast in the World right now, so many Olympians having taken a break.

… Elizabeth Price of Parkettes will represent the United States December 1st at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup event, and again at the Glasgow World Cup on December 8th. …

Couch Gymnast:

… Aliya Mustafina, Vanessa Ferrari, Elizabeth Price, Janine Berger, Oksana Chusovitina, Rebecca Tunney …

Stuttgart World Cup: Everything you Need to Know and (Possibly) More

The 2016 Code of Points is far from finalized. Rumour is that we will be returning to 10 counting skills for WAG, to match MAG.

In the end, what will happen to the trend of jumping out of landings?

Mr. Hang on Gymnast #391 reluctantly concedes he’s starting to like them. Just as they are likely to be restricted over the next 4yrs.

I’ve always liked them — when done well. Gabby’s split jump is far better executed than her double tuck 🙂 … but note she still takes a landing deduction after the jump.

Amplitude and split should be specified. No bonus awarded.

The problem with the last Code was too many low, soft stag jumps. In fact, I’d be satisfied if the jump had to be full split with straight legs, over hip height.

There are three alternatives:

1) simple somersault out of a more complex somersault. Love it.

2. “stuck” landings like MAG

Top male gymnasts know how to land safely. The technique used by Kohei Uchimura in his best years — that’s the technique we want to encourage for WAG.

Click PLAY or watch a stuck landing montage on YouTube.

Unfortunately, WAG judging over the past 4yrs has been poor. Superb landings like those are often wrongly deducted. “Chest low” or some such thickheadedness.

Girls who stick sometimes gain no score advantage over those who don’t. How many times has Vanessa Ferrari been burned? Not getting real credit for her excellent landings.

3) lunge step back to presentation.

I still like the lunge step back for WAG. It’s the safest landing (absorbing impact force over time and distance) and is aesthetically pleasing for WAG.

I’m sure some readers will disagree. Feel free to rant in the comments.