bad technique on double tuck

Why do so many female gymnasts not grip the shins on double tuck?


Enus Mariani

For me this is an inferior technique. If she cannot fix it, do double pike instead. Her hands are correctly positioned for that.

(via If you are the one)

Daria JOURA – 14.650 DTY

At Aussie Championships … all grown up.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That’s the highest Vault score day 1.

Could Dasha, the fan favourite 2008 Aussie Olympian who retired November 2010, return to contend for 2012?

I’d love to think so. But she’s a long shot, at best, competing only 2 apparatus.

Australian Nationals Day One

AA

A.Brennan 58.400
E. Little 56.250
M.Monckton 54.600
G. R. Brown 53.500
A.K. Koi 52.800
G.Wheeler 52.300

full results

Couch Gymnast:

… All in all it was a pretty great night. …

… Ashleigh Brennan killed it on floor and beam and was deserving of her huge scores. She also landed her Tsuk 1.5. Lauren Mitchell was fabulous on beam. Her floor was pretty decent too. …

details – Australian Nationals Day One

Ashleigh Brennan

Couch Gymnast – Ashleigh Brennan- Happy to Lead

Following the dual meet with Japan:

… National coach Peggy Liddick was happy …

“The difficult part now will be to select five out of the 19 who competed tonight,” Liddick said.

“There are a couple who are impressive enough they’re selecting themselves so I’ll build the team around those who are clearly shining.

“Nobody’s on the team yet but, yes, Lauren had a good night tonight.” …

Lauren Mitchell shines at gymnastics titles

Brennan and Mitchell are the key gymnasts around which the Aussie Olympic team will be selected.

related – Aussie gymnast Luke Wiwatowski gives us a behind the scenes glimpse from the Men’s point of view.

The main story line is friends Thomas Pichler vs Josh Jefferis competing for the sole Olympic spot.

CDN Championships Novice Women

Our youngest competitive division for girls.

TEAM Final

1) Ontario
2) B.C.
3) Quebec
4) Alberta
5) Saskatchewan

HIGH PERFORMANCE (prelims)

1) Cassandra Buchan (58.600)
2) Angel Zhong (54.375)
2) Sydney Townsend (54.375)
4) Oleksandra Yermolchuk (53.600)
5) Seina Murase-Cho (52.250)
6) Audrey Rousseau (51.950)

Click PLAY or watch Cassandra Buchan’s Vault from Gymnix on YouTube.

NATIONAL NOVICE (prelims)

1) Jade Chrobok (54.025)
2) Megane Roberts (52.650)
3) Madeline McLellan (50.800)
4) Shaelyn-Rae Brown (50.425)
5) Caroline Graham (49.775)
6) Audrey Levesque (49.025)

full results will be posted on Gym Score Depot

gymnasts and media

Our young athletes are often tongue-tied when the media arrives at our venues.

As the only Regina gymnast in High Performance Junior, Bre Franklin has become the go-to girl for the press here at National Championships in her home town.

She did a terrific job with this TV spot. And finished 18th all-around, hitting 4 for 4. She’s second alternate for the all-around final.

full results CDN Championships

Our results page is now being updated. Thanks Stu.

On Day 1 only Women’s Artistic FIG Junior and Senior women competed. You’ll find full results via the link above.

Though Blythe Lawrence had to miss the Canadian Championships this year, she still posted the best overview of WAG FIG prelims I’ve seen:

… Night one was a boon for (Ellie) Black, who in spite of her World Cup medals is still a newcomer, as well as Savona, who has been out to prove that she can be as competitive post-ACL operation as she was early last year. Savona posted the third-best scores of the day on vault and floor, her best events. That could be significant later on. …

… Canada, like many of the former British Commonwealth countries, has so many exceptionally talented, Olympics-worthy gymnasts this quad that it’s impossible to predict a five-person Olympic team even given these results. …

Examiner – Kristina Vaculik, Shallon Olsen lead as Canadian Nationals begins

LIVE video streaming seems to have worked for some viewers on some apparatus. But we don’t have many routine videos online as yet. Here’s one, future Georgia Bulldog Anysia Unick.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube. (5.7 start)

Thanks Brett.