Olympic Artistic Swimming

Twin sisters seem to excel in Artistic Swimming.

Artistic swimming (formerly called synchronized swimming) in Paris had total of 96 athletes competing in two medal events, namely the women’s duet and the mixed team.

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standing Double Back

A great progression for improving HOW to get a Double Salto around when you — later — have slow rotation in training or competition.

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Eythora = Artistry

Artistry is so poorly defined that I’m guessing judges are told:

Eythora = artistry. 😀

Watch a dance through at Worlds podium training.

Stephen Nedoroscik – Waltz & Jive

Their two-dance total of 54 points ranked them third on the leaderboard for the evening

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Near-perfect Nedoroscik’s waltz “makes me feel amazing” on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Written by John Crumlish for International Gymnast Online

10 questions with Skye and Kayla

In handstand.

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no excuse for abuse

Question any coach who seems to be aggressive towards children.

The only way to stop it is for parents to stand up, not simply for the current athlete, but the future human being!

We fail our kids when we ignore the very real long-term damage of abusive coaching for the fleeting celebrations of short-term results. Besides, there are far more coaches who don’t verbally abuse players getting the same kinds of results, but also building up excellent humans too. …

Parents in Sport