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JAO is at it again.

Improving his gym.

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Using PVC pipe for swings on a Bar is great for beginners. Hand width is locked. There’s no worry about grip.

Once they can do a skill 10 times in one turn on the Bar, I ask them to switch to griping old socks taped on to the rail. To start learning the grip shift. And how to vary width of the hands.

If you are at all worried when making the switch, put a small hip pad between the hands.

Leave a comment if you have additional tips.

Lauren Hopkins posted a nice summary update on the current state of the American Team:

The biggest stories this week come from the national team camp held from May 30-June 3 at the Karolyi Ranch. …

Checking in with Team USA

Jr Polina Shchennikova.

Born in Moscow. Trains in Denver at Tigar. Her parent coaches, Alex and Katia Shchennikov, were gymnasts on the Soviet National Team.

related – Nia Dennis videos

Nia was added to National Team at this camp.

I saw this on a Chalk Bucket thread.

UTRS (Uncle Tim Ranking System)

Highest Start Scores so far this quadrennial.

Unofficial.

Floor
1. Shirai Kenzo Japan 7.3 Japanese Nationals
2. Denis Ablyazin Russia 7.0 European Championships
2. Flavius Koczi Romania 7.0 European Championships

Pommel
1. Prashanth Sellathurai Australia 6.9 Doha
2. Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 6.7 American Cup
2. Oleg Stepko Ukraine 6.7 European Championships
2. Max Whitlock Great Britain 6.7 European Championships
2. Matvei Petrov Russia 6.7 European Championships
2. Kristzian Berki Hungary 6.7 European Championships
2. Daniel Keatings Great Britain 6.7 European Championships
2. Alexander Naddour USA 6.7 Ljubljana
2. Alberto Busnari Italy 6.7 European Championships

Rings
1. Eleftherios Petrounias Greece 7.0 European Championships
2. Brandon Wynn USA 6.9 Cottbus
2. Aleksandr Balandin Russia 6.9 French International
2. Lambertus van Gelder Netherlands 6.9 Cottbus

Vault
1. Ri Se Gwang North Korea 6.4 6.4 6.4 Doha
2. Denis Ablyazin Russia 6.0 6.2 6.1 Europeans
3. Liao Quiuhua China 6.0 6.0 6.0 Doha
3. Theo Seager Great Britain 6.0 6.0 6.0 Europeans
3. Yang Hak Seon* South Korea 6.0 6.0 6.0 French International
3. Igor Radivilov Ukraine 6.0 6.0 6.0 Europeans
3. Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 6.0 6.0 6.0 Europeans

P Bars UPDATED
1. Zhou Shixiong, China, 7.0, Chinese Nationals
2. Jossimar Calvo Moreno, Colombia, 6.9, Ljubljana
2. You Hao, China, 6.9, Chinese Nationals

Horizontal Bar
1. Danell Leyva USA 7.2 Winter Cup
2. Koji Uematsu Japan 7.1 Cottbus
2. Emin Garibov Russia 7.1 French International

AA
1. Kohei Uchimura Japan 91.850 Japanese Nationals
2. Max Whitlock Great Britain 90.650 British Championships
3. Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 90.375 Tokyo World Cup

Find those posts and more on Uncle Tim.

Click PLAY or watch one of Prashanth’s Pommel routines from Doha on YouTube. Spindle between the Pommels.

Florica Leonida 2004

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

Back in the 1970s a male gymnast named Daryl Howe could do Kip to forward hip circle to cast handstand on Beam.

I’ve never seen anyone else even close to that.

Here are a few BIG TRICKS I’ve been playing around with. Half full full, full full full, full in andy out, randi our trif, and full full rudi.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

You know it when you see it.

Oksana Omelianchik 1985 Worlds AA Floor

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

So joyful. So surprising.

One of the greatest routines all time. 🙂

… Facebook is in the process of giving blue tick verification (checkmarks) to prominent public figures, including celebrities, journalists, government officials, popular brands and businesses with large audiences.

The update will roll out to pages, as well as profiles. Just like Twitter, there’s no way to request verification, but the social network does offer the ability to report fake pages impersonating you. …

techradar

For example, Shawn Johnson.

This will help separate official pages from the many FAN pages. 🙂

via GymFever

FIG is looking at reforming the 2020 Olympic qualification system.

Bruno Grandi:

Targeting 2017

… The new calendar should maximise opportunities for Olympic qualification via World Championships, continental championships and World Cup events. …

… FIG will host a Symposium to which all of the member federations will be invited and offered the chance to share their views. …

All of the measures adopted, including the new calendar and the new formats, will then be tested out in practice, in order to verify the validity and effectiveness of the reforms. The new calendar and formats are then scheduled to come into force permanently from January 1, 2017.

All in all, the reforms should provide gymnasts with a clear path towards qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Fundamental principles …

• prioritising of team competitions …

• focus on individual All Around competitions …

• allow athletes participating in continental competitions to qualify directly for the World Championships or the Olympic Games, the same as athletes competing at World Cup events, thus raising the status of these competitions.

read more on FIG – Letter from the President, Jun 3rd, 2013

Blythe has some commentary – Changes coming for Olympic gymnastics qualification system

I’m worried.

At first glance it seems we’ll end up with a more complex system. More chances for athletes to qualify via some World Cup or Continental Games — without having to compete directly against others not selected.

The current system seems fairer.

Qualify at Worlds. Or the Olympic Test Meet.

ALL of the contenders will be there. Same venue. Same judges.

The Canadian Men did not qualify a team for 2012. And it was fair. They had a fair shot.

Any more complicated system will almost certainly be less fair. 😦

I’ve been cheering for Istanbul, by the way. Their odds of being selected are almost non-existent now, however.

A talented Dutch gymnast who’s had bad luck with the timing of injuries. This documentary shows him training Epke’s series of H Bar releases.

With English subtitles. The story of Bart Deurloo. Mens Artistic Gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.