tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
To improve grip on Bar or rope, kids at Technics Gymnastics dab their hands with a sticky cloth.
Gorilla Gold Non-toxic Grip Enhancer For use on hands, gloves and grips for many sports. Clean alternative to pine tar. Effective on wood or aluminum bats. Ideal for wet grass or sweaty hands when fielding. Non-toxic. Approved by MLB, PGA, LPGA, NCAA Softball, ISCl, ASA and USTA. Resealable bag. One cloth. Cloth lasts 3-6 weeks.
The first time I’ve seen that product in a gym.
June 2013. Extreme Tramp.
Quadriffus series.
(What’s the plural of quadriffus?)
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The old vaulting horse was more dangerous than today’s table.
Round-off vaults were more dangerous before the introduction of the Yurchenko collar. I recall duct taping our home made versions, back in the day, before you could buy them.
There were some serious injuries. The death of Julissa Gomez, as an extreme example, resulting from her 1988 accident.
Bogi, at the time, disagreed.
From the L.A. Times – November 17, 1989:
Svetlana Boginskaia of the Soviet Union, who used a Yurchenko when she won the gold medal in vaulting at the 1988 Olympics, said there’s little risk with the roundoff approach.
“I’ve never had a problem with it,” she said through an interpreter last Sunday while participating in an exhibition at the Forum. “It’s an easy vault for me. …
The table was one of FIG’s best equipment innovations.
Rich Froning Jr. (born July 21, 1987) is an American professional CrossFit athlete known for his achievements in the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 CrossFit Games. He became the first person to win the title of “Fittest Man on Earth” four times with his first place in the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 CrossFit Games. …
Froning does not adhere to the Paleolithic diet which is popular in the CrossFit community. He doesn’t adhere to a specific diet plan, preferring to listen to his body. He eats a lot of peanut butter and drinks whole milk. During the day he typically doesn’t eat that much but he’ll have a large meal at night and he drinks a lot of protein shakes …
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Our Olympic Floor champ is getting a lot of good buzz.
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Jerry Wright compiled a list of all American Universities that have “at sometime, since 1898, fielded a men’s varsity gymnastics team (some teams were probably club teams and not varsity)”.
See the list on CGA.RoadToNationals.com
Thanks Ono.
I like many of Dwight Normile’s suggestions. They are worth considering, for sure.
For example:
WOMEN’S VAULT – Any fall, including just a hand touch, should incur a 3.0 deduction. …
BARS – Any empty swing, such as those after a Shaposhnikova-type skill, shall incur a deduction. …
BEAM – Add an actual mount requirement …
WOMEN’S FLOOR – gymnasts are required to perform no more than three tumbling passes …
RINGS – swing to handstand in both directions …
MEN’S VAULT – if you qualify to an event final, your second vault must feature a difference greater than moving one hand approximately eight inches from where it touched on vault No. 1. …
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An alternate solution for Beam would be to have the mount count for difficulty.
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