“skew” on Magyar / Sivado

Sargis Siradegyan sKT posted this interesting variation in flare.

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The hands should be parallel on each step or take a deduction for skew.

I asked Canadian Head Coach Tony Smith his opinion on skew deduction in 2013. He feels most gymnast are getting deducted. But that those with a very high start score get deducted less than the rest.

Mitigation.

If possible, use other (less deductible) D elements instead.

COOL new Beam Dismount

Danusia Francis will have the most talked about Beam routine in the NCAA this season.

http://seenive.com/v/1025504543498452992/embed?mute=1

Click PLAY or watch the full routine on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/OTU3NzI2ODE2?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of 2014 UCLA Gymnastics on gymnastike.org

Watch the interview with Danusia.

I TALKED TO GABBY

Leon Purvis, that Gabby Douglas stalker 🙂 , finally got to chat with our Olympic Champion.

He assumes that Gabby wants to date all the fans she chats with …

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Gabby’s been training at Chris Waller’s club.

Giraffes diving

Short film by Nicolas Devaux.

Produced by Cube Creative Productions & Orange.

With the participation of Arte, the support of the City of Paris and the partnership of CNC.

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Thanks Stu.

age-15 Kenzo 15.650 (6.9 D)

Our World Floor Champion was the youngest competitor in Antwerp at age-17. He’s been competing highest level difficulty combinations on FX for years!

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D – 6.9
E – 8.750
Final score = 15.650

Uncle Tim predicts it might be 10yrs before we see another gymnast who can twist like this.