Junior European Vice-Champion: 84.965
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Simone Biles – backward handspring
Long. Resulting in a sharp attack angle.
But is as so often the case, it’s not necessarily the target technique for every gymnast.
Personally I like beginners to do long, low backward handspring series. Later change the technique to whatever works best for each tumbling line.
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on deliberate practice
Wendy Bruce Martin posted an excellent article on Ericsson’s concept of deliberate practice (PDF).
1. The lesson must have clear goals.
2. The lesson must include specific tasks to increase performance.
3. The lesson must include constant monitoring and feedback.
Deliberate training is not as fun and exciting as just chucking tumbling passes. …
Chris Brooks – release moves
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Japanese Olympic sportswear
dinosaur Trampoline
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Russia, GBR, Switzerland
1 RUS 271.378
2 GBR 268.427
3 SUI 263.278
Congratulations Russia. The team strategy of high start scores worked this time.
Larrissa Miller 14.400 FX
Australian Gymnastics Blog posted a report – National Championships 2016: Senior Men’s & Women’s All-Around
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related – Aussie 2016 Olympian Michael Merceica injured his hand on P Bars at Nationals. Hopes to be back in time for Rio.
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