Simone Biles – triple double

Rod Floor to resi.

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moving the Spring board closer

Nick Blanton:

The closer the springboard is to the Vaulting Table the faster the heels must drive…

Check out this video – this gymnast is experimenting with the board in line with the front of the Table!

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Scherbo did exactly this. I recall him, at age-17, putting the Spring board UP on to the legs of the old vault horse. Far closer than any other international competitor.

It’s counter-intuitive, but fact is that weak, slow beginners need move the Spring board back. Or lower the horse.

the Thorsdottir fan club

EYOF 2013 Beam Silver – Eythora Thorsdottir from Netherlands 13.800.

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She makes an Onodi wobble look elegant.

via Beautiful GymnasticsEYOF in a nutshell

Olympian Warren Long

Dave Demanty:

Warren Long taught me more than all the many professors I had. His cheerful demeanor in the face of difficulties, his intense curiosity about everything, his great physical skills, his warmth and friendship set a standard that I’ve tried to meet in the years following college. This picture is from the compulsory round of the 1975 NCAAs. — with Warren Long at Indiana State University.

Warren Long

Warren competed for Cal. And was later named to the Canadian 1980 and 1984 Olympic Teams. He was a Vault finalist in Los Angeles.

Today Warren is still in the gym coaching. His son is a gymnast, too.

That was shared with a private Facebook group called NCAA MEN’S GYMNASTICS ALUMNI.

Olympic Vault Champions

Anna Rose Johnson:

I find it fascinating to look at the list of Olympic gold medal-winning routines over the last 20 years:

2012: Sandra Izbasa (ROM): double-twisting Yurchenko, roundoff half-on, handspring-layout front with full twist

2008: Hong Un Jong (PRK): 2 ½-twisting Yurchenko, roundoff half-on, layout salto with 1 ½ twists

2004: Monica Rosu (ROM): 2 ½-twisting Yurchenko, double-twisting Tsukahara

2000: Yelena Zamolodchikova (RUS): double-twisting Tsukahara, double-twisting Yurchenko

1996: Simona Amanar (ROM): double-twisting Yurchenko, Tsukahara to a layout Arabian front off

1992: Henrietta Onodi (HUN): full-twisting Yurchenko, handspring piked front with a half twist, Lavinia Milosovici (ROM): full-twisting Yurchenko, handspring tucked front with a half twist

read more on Full TwistOlympic Difficulty Part 1: Vault

Here’s the Olympic Vault Final from London.

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gymneo tumbling drills

Another terrific coaching tutorial from gymneo.tv out of France.

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where U.S. Seniors train

For the U.S. Secret Classic

… Seven of the seniors come from Texas, with California coming in second with four athletes and a handful of other states only sending one …

Sr map

Click over to ImPress to Handstand to see where the Juniors train.

Russian Olympians in Iowa 1961

Albert Azarian. Yuri Titov. George Nissen.

The Russians had never seen a Trampoline nor minitramp.

Floor Exercise on the basketball court.

Floor 1961

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Urban Gymnastics at Camp

For 2013 — with the help of Parkour experts from Gym Extreme — we added some Urban Gymnastics cross training for the guys and girls at Adlard’s annual High Performance Training Camp.

Beam

elephant

It’s been fun. We try to challenge everyone by increasing the difficulty and complexity of the Circuit each day.

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most difficult Beam routine?

Start value determined with the 2013-2016 Code of Points as of July 2012.

Is it correct?

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