“The Gabby Douglas Story” premieres on Lifetime on Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. ET.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related interviews & clips – Beam Dreams – The Gabby Douglas Story Roundup
girls competing Gaylords
Mighty Mo Huilan at the 1994 Asian Games on bars doing what Men call a Gaylord 1 (double front over the bar to regrasp).
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
This skill is now known as the “Mo Salto” in the Code of Points, and is classified as a “G” element.
Only a handful of other women gymnasts have attempted and successfully completed the Mo Salto. In fact, the only women gymnasts who have performed the Mo Salto at international competitions are all from China, including Meng Fei and Bi Wenjing. In 2005 World Championships, Chinese athlete Zhang Yufei performed it successfully in podium training. …
Yao Jinnan is currently competing it, of course.
Click PLAY or watch it in the AA at Worlds 2013 on YouTube.
I’m not a big fan of the Mo salto myself.
Note that men are no longer competing the Gaylord 1.
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The Gaylord 2 variation has more potential for swing, in my opinion.
Watch Chelsea Otto’s bar routine at the 1999 American Classic on YouTube.
The unusual dismount is full-twisting double back OVER the bar.
Even better was Zhou Duan competing 1997 East Asian Games.
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(via Examiner)
One super difficult routine. Respect to Zhou Duan.
Ruby Harrold – Bhardwaj
GymFever had a thread discussing the HEIGHT of this full twisting Pak.
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tough tumbling lines
Many double front combinations and varations.
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(via gymnastikfabriken)
http://gymnastikfabriken.se/2014/01/23/best-floor-combinations-2013/
Nastia’s Geinger
Nastia’s Geinger redefined expectations for women performing that skill.
It’s as good as any ever, so far as I can recall. Aside from her form break after regrasp. 😦
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Big Swing linked to an Al Fong drill for shape.
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The Vaculik sisters do superb Geingers.
Who else?
Bailie Key‘s is awesome.
related – Tsuk the Pain – Nastia’s Geinger
best of Pommels
Gabby’s Vault 2008 and 2012
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Invert Cross only a C-part?
Fred Turoff:
Many young gymnasts can do a Yamawaki, a C-skill, but can’t do a straight arm shoot handstand, also a C-value, and certainly can’t do an inverted cross, another C-value.
Where’s the logic?
When an inverted cross was devalued to C many years back, I, along with many others, asked “Did the evaluator ever try one?” And pressing out of an inverted was also valued as a C until this recent Code, when it was raised to D. That previous C-value was the most ridiculous value in the Code.
What the FIG MTC should do is regularly ask coaches and gymnasts to submit rating change suggestions, then correlate the answers and make changes. So far I believe Steve Butcher is listening, but he has to wade through red tape to effect change.
Dwight Normile – An Interview With Temple Coach Fred Turoff
related – Uncle Tim – Rings Primer: What the H is a Maltese (and other strength moves)?
short film on Gymnastics
This is great. Philosophic and poetic.
… for anyone who’s ever fallen in love with a sport, past or present. I hope it speaks to you.
(Make sure to set the quality to 1080p)
Sarah Lorish – New York University Creative Submission – Film – 2013
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (9min)
Gymnastics is a youth sport. Sarah is a much stronger young woman for her years in the gym.
@kwat89 via @Keke1014
Fong – teaching future skills
Al Fong:
It’s not unusual for us to teach future skills to our athletes when they don’t need them at the level they’re competing, especially during the off season. It keeps gymnastics interesting and fresh for the athlete and the coach. Very important to prevent “burn out”.
Less frustration and safer. We can’t continue to train athletes to reach their true potential if they quit or get hurt. It’s all about keeping them in the game.
