Watch through to the end to see it connected.
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LSU 197.350 – 197.225 Alabama
Alabama was seeking its 50th straight home win, but the Tigers halted the streak behind solid routines throughout the meet. Before tonight the last time Alabama lost at home was Feb. 13, 2009 when LSU won …
Oklahoma 457.300 – another new record
Wow.
When the Sooners broke the record Feb 14th against Michigan, some felt it was just one of those nights when everything went right. That College judges got a little excited in the moment.
But to do it AGAIN Feb 27th. …
It’s nearly impossible for so many guys to hit so many routines so well, two meets in series.
And the first record night had a 6-up/5-count lineup format. This time it was 5-up/5-count!
The top-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team rewrote history, again, as it topped its own NCAA record on Saturday in a showdown between the nation’s top two teams, defeating No. 2 Illinois 457.300 to 434.200 …
The Sooners were stellar across all events on the night, recording 24 scores of 15 or higher …
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Men’s NCAA Championships goes April 9-11th in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma women had an OK night too. 197.875 away at Illinois. 🙂
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gymnastics bar grips – finger wedgies
What are they?
This photo was posted by bogwoppit on the Chalk Bucket forum.
bogwoppit explains:
They make the finger holes of your grips smaller. I managed to get some from the UK, where they call them wedgies!
Order from GymnasticExpress.co.uk in Europe.
Ginnasta USA sells something similar. Cheap. $3 per package of 8.
Without them, kids simply stuff foam into the finger holes to fill the gap. Messy and inconsistent.
Leave a comment if you know of anyone else selling something like this.
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Tumbl Trak Quick Flex Bar
I love the Quick Flex Bar-in-a-Bag. ($299) AKA the Al Fong Bar.
For introducing Tkachev it’s far safer than a hard rail.
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The Tumbl Trak can be flat or sloped.
We are currently using it for Hop 1/1 on Bar, as well. The last step following this stage.
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That’s Kennedy Sterenberg from Manjak’s. (Who’s interested in competing NCAA, by the way.)
Tony Retrosi is using the Quick Flex Bar for Shaposhnikova drills.
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If you have a Tumbl Trak in your gym, consider getting this add-on. It will be used non-stop by gymnasts of all level.
Elite Canada 2015 Bars Champ Sabrina Gill.
related – Tom Forster and Todd Gardner explain how they use the “Al Fong” bar.
Mackenzie Parker – Floor
Canada Winter Games Finals. BIG tumbling.
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Mackenzie is looking to compete in the NCAA.
a great month for Elena Arenas
Dear Gymternet,
This month has been the best! I competed some new skills at a local meet and I won the WOGA Classic International session!
… I felt very confident heading into this meet because I had been really consistent in training. I was looking forward to competing against the other countries which were China, Japan, Wales, Mexico, Russia, Netherlands, and Canada. …
I started on beam, which is my favorite rotation order. I was 6th up on beam, so I did a lot of skills on the floor to keep warm. By the time it was my turn- I was the only one going! I hit a great beam routine and got a 14.150! I was so excited because it was my first 14!
Next was floor and warm up went great. I saluted and got on the floor. The music started playing but it wasn’t my music. That had never happened to me before! I didn’t really know what to do, so I stepped off the floor and saluted again. The right music played the second time and I did a pretty good floor routine. I got a 13.600, but I think I could have done better because my piked full-in landed a little low.
Vault was next and it felt really strong, I got a 14.300.
Bars was my last event and my warm up was a little shaky. I was last up in the whole meet and it felt like I had to wait forever. I was the only one going and I knew that I could win if I hit an awesome routine. I did the best routine that I have ever done and got a 13.900! I was so thrilled! Nastia Liukin, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian, and Rebecca Bross were handing out awards, which was awesome! …
Dear Gymternet – Journals from Elena Arenas
Mikaël Kingsbury – freestyle skier
Mikaël Kingsbury … won an Olympic medal in 2014, finishing second to Alexandre Bilodeau in Sochi. He is the three-time reigning FIS Freestyle World Cup title holder for both moguls and overall freestyle. …
Here he is showing a sextuple twist into water.
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Right now, the 22-year-old skiing phenom from Quebec is so far ahead of the field he already has the overall title locked up, with a third of the season still to go.
And that leaves Kingsbury with an interesting dilemma: he can probably win the final three World Cup races of the season and become the most decorated moguls skier in history, or he can risk losing one to do something no one in his sport has ever done before.
Kingsbury is fairly confident he can land a cork 1440 — that’s a partial back flip with a quadruple twist. …
Canadian freestyler Mikaël Kingsbury eager to push the envelope
