2014 Men’s National Qualifier July 19-20
2013 World bronze medalists John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors, and Brandon Wynn of Voorhees, N.J./Team Hilton HHonors, headline the field of the 2014 Men’s National Qualifier July 19-20 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The event is the last opportunity for men to qualify for the 2014 P&G Gymnastics Championships in Pittsburgh, Pa., in August …
roof flyaway double back
H Bar – Shaham
That comes from this longer video – Kovacs 3/2 twist – Noam Shaham.
P Bars – double front pike half
The Strangest Sport
Gaar Adams:
In 1936, a troupe of 35 acrobats from a small town in Central India traveled to the Berlin Olympic Games to demonstrate the ancient sport of Mallakhamb. At a formal gala convened by the International Olympic Committee, athletics officials and eager media from around the world gathered to witness the 900-year-old exotic sport’s global unveiling. The team’s intricate feats of contortion, strength, and death-defying gymnastics atop a skinny, eight-and-a-half foot pole thrilled Adolf Hitler; the Führer personally bestowed each acrobat with an honorary Olympic medal before the group returned to India.
The world’s first real glimpse of this curious athletic form was also its last. But today, in the lush highlands that hug sprawling Mumbai, this peculiar sport with apparatuses that look uncannily like medieval torture devises is still practiced. …
Athletes perform 90-second routines packed with intricate skill combinations as a panel of three judges assesses each competitor’s speed, grace, and difficulty on one of the sport’s three apparatuses: Pole Mallakhamb, Hanging Mallakhamb, or Rope Mallakhamb. …
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Beam – flic LO LO LO
SEC coaches – “Sarah & Suzanne”
Watch that documentary on the great rivalry between the Alabama and Georgia head coaches on College Gymnastics Board. (52min)
Bar – stem rise to cast
Another drill for connecting kip to cast.
Post by Dallas Gust.
deja vu all over again
… What film am I reminded of? 🙂
training at Legacy Elite
This weeks Workout Wednesday takes us to Legacy Elite Gymnastics in Carol Stream, Illinois. Legacy has had many top Level 10 and elites including Mackenzie Caquatto, Bridgey Caquatto and Anna Li. They have a new rising star in Gabby Perea who won balance beam at American Classic with a 15.1.
… Gabby is in full routine mode reading for the Classic competitions with sights set on P&G Championships.
Legacy Elite has produced many college stars including the elites mentioned above as well as 2014 SEC Freshman of the Year Amanda Wellick at Arkansas.
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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Mzg1NzQ4NDQ5?related=1&autoplay=false
