Rebecca Andrade – Amanar

Bea Gheorghisor is trying to follow Gymnasiade results from Brazil:

Vault was won by local wunderkid Rebecca Andrade, who also had by far the highest difficulty between her two vaults – an Amanar and a DTY. Andrade, who is only 14, is considered Brazil’s brightest hope for 2016 Olympic Games and is already an established name – for instance she won the all around title at Brazil Trophy earlier this year and was a Junior South American Champion in 2012.

Alla Sosnitskaya, who usually does a layout Podkopayeva and a double twisting Yurchenko, was second. Judging by her average score of 14.625, she has gained a long looked-for consistency on her 2nd vault (the DTY) which had put her in trouble earlier this year.

Mariana Oliveira from Brazil was 3rd …

Gymnasiade: Vault and Uneven Bars

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Couch Gymnast News Page)

Gymneo.tv – a review

by site editor Rick McCharles

I’ve frequently linked to the fantastic Gymneo WAG coaching videos out of France.

Yes, they are in French … and it’s like they’ve got a different word for everything. 🙂

Happily, the video graphics are superb.

Here’s another free short sample from the Gymneo Facebook page.

Post by Gymneo.

 

Angelo Ritorto of Gymneo offered me a chance to review the full site. I’m working through it starting today.

So far they have 15 gymnastics “courses” posted. More are being added.

Each is broken into 7 parts:

  • overview
  • technical analysis
  • pre-requisites
  • pedagogy
  • spotting
  • physical preparation
  • LIVE performance

    • Gymneo.tv is the video site. One course is available there as a free sample. Le Stalder. (43 minutes)

    You can purchase training courses like that one-at-a-time. Or get everything for 259€ / year. ($352)

    Once I’ve looked at all 15 courses, I’ll be back with a full review.

    I use Google translate when unsure of the French text.

    Gymneo.com is their boutique, offering books, posters and more.

    With questions contact(a)gymneo.com

    @Gymneo

    Kika the Upside Down Girl

    Olympic gymnast Jessica Tudos looks to have reached her Kickstarter funding goal. 168 backers invested $11,168 to print, distribute, market and promote her entertaining and empowering story about a gymnast-in-the-making who loves living life upside down in a right side up world.

    Click PLAY or watch it on Kickstarter.

    I’m looking forward to buying a few copies. 🙂

    sKT’s top 6 MAG routines

    Gymnast Sargis Siradegyan’s favourite routine on each apparatus.

    FX- Kenzo Shirai
    PH- Xiao Qin
    SR- Chen Yibing
    VT- Hak Seon Yang
    PB- Li Xiaopeng
    HB- Fabian Hambuechen

    Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

    Hard Way To Success – Summary

    I’ve been a big fan of the Sports2Visuals documentary series launched May 2013 by Lisa Deen & Carolien Visser.

    It’s not easy to reach a high level in acrobatic sport    . THWTS tells the stories.

    Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

    The very last segment is inspiring. 🙂

    LIKE the Sports2Visuals Facebook page.

    Angelina wins $10,000 leo

    International Gymnast:

    Ukrainian gymnast Angelina Kysla finished fifth all-around Saturday evening at the 3rd Mexico Open in Acapulco, but her artistry brought her a very valuable prize.

    An expert panel that included Olympic gymnastics legends Nadia Comaneci (Romania) and Svetlana Boginskaya (Belarus) chose Kysla as the winner of the GK Prize for Elegance among the female gymnasts in Acapulco.

    Her reward? A one-of-a-kind white leotard valued at approximately $10,000. …

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    Kysla Wins One-of-a-Kind $10,000 Leotard

    Let’s hope more competitions add significant “Prizes for Elegance”. It’s one way to promote beautiful gymnastics outside the rules.

    FIG – Spain, Colombia victorious at Third Abierto Mexicano de Gimnasia:

    Men’s and women’s All-around scores were combined in the randomly assigned mixed pairs event, which paired male and female gymnasts by draw. Chusovitina (UZB) and Uematsu won the mixed pairs title with a combined score of 142.850 points …

    That link has AA results.

    NCAA intrasquad videos

    Triple Twist compiled intrasquad vids from many of the top teams.

    Defending Florida is the team to beat in 2014. (Though I’ve still not seen results from the annual GymInfo Pre-Season Coaches Poll.)

    Click PLAY or watch Florida’s VAULT/BARS on YouTube.

    Check Forida’s upgraded training facility. (VIDEO)

    I expect Balance Beam Situation in 2014 to again be my main source of detailed and nuanced analysis online.

    2014 Balance Beam Situation Preseason Ranking:

    1. FLORIDA
    2. OKLAHOMA
    3. ALABAMA
    4. UCLA
    5. LSU
    6. UTAH
    7. MICHIGAN
    8. GEORGIA
    9. STANFORD
    10. NEBRASKA
    11. MINNESOTA
    12. OREGON STATE

    As that posts mentions, Stanford could and should be higher. UCLA … you never know.

    splanking?

    Damme splitsNow that Jean-Claude Van Damme is cool again … Don of Oakville Acrobatic Team alerted me to splanking:

    So you’ve heard of “planking”: performing a facedown, lying flat position in strange places well now it’s time to start “splanking“. “Splits-planking” or “Splanking” is doing the splits in random public places . …

    LIKE (or avoid) the Splanking Facebook page.

    the coach who never punts

    Kevin Kelley is the head football coach at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas. In games, he instructs his team to never punt, to never receive punts, and almost always onside kick. …

    Kottke

    Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

    Since Kelley took over, Pulaski is 124-22 and has won three state titles.

    It’s numbers. It’s Moneyball.

    Is there a different BETTER way for your athletes to meet their goals?

    Think different.