flexed feet in Gymnastics

Most coaches cringe when they see flexed feet on a backward salto. ☹️

Layout Yurchenko is a particular pet peeve of mine.

feet flexed layout Yurchenko

But when this same gymnast twists that layout, she can keep her feet stretched. There’s less chance of kicking the table.

H Bar releases

Tokushukai Performance Club in Japan.

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Taiso Vault landing platform

To train for FIG vaults in 2018 you need spend most of your time vaulting uphill. Iarov recommends flipping only once a week. The rest of the time is used for preparation: sprint, hurdle, preflight.

Taiso Saskatoon built an ideal platform in 2014.

Vault platform baseVault platform 2014 TaisoMarkos 2014

Head Coach Markos Baikas loves this set-up.

Decades ago Manjak and I ordered just such a vault landing table though ours was a giant block of foam. 🙂

Within weeks it was moved into the pit. ☹️ … We were back to stacking a dozen mats.

 

boys vaulting at Leeds Gymnastics

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Frank Sahlein’s Gymnastics Industry Survey

Frank’s company — 3rd Level Consulting — has an online survey open open until July 31st. It’s an INDEPENDENT Gymnastics Industry – Business Metrics and Trends Survey that might take 30min to complete.

Any coach, owner or manager who fills out the survey will get a complete report. The purpose is for you to better understand our market.

Check it out – Survey Monkey

Baseball splits

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NCAA Gymnastics at University of Houston

A no brainer.

Kim Zmeskal asks us to support this proposal.