Biggs – sliders for aerial

Very interesting. Tammy asks the girls to fling the slider 40ft!

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Check the Gymnastics Minute YouTube channel for more. And GymSmarts for DVDs.

Mustafina: English interview

… One of the most interesting things in the interview, and I was not aware of this, is that Alexandrov speaks about Mustafina’s father, who was a gymnast with the CSKA gym for a long time. It also talks about Nailya, her sister and features some very welcome footage of Aliya being silly and having some fun. …

Couch Gymnast

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Jesolo wrap-up

THE ALL AROUND was in Jesolo. The best report I’ve read:

For the fifth year in a row, the S.G.A Gymnasium Treviso brought some of the world’s best gymnasts to Lido di Jesolo. …

This year the US brought a whopping total of fourteen gymnasts – nine seniors and five juniors. …

The US delegation comprised thirty people, meet organiser Giorgio Citton, whose energy carries the meet, said. The organisers pay for accommodation and full board and follow up the competition with a tourist day trip.

The past years the US delegation has gone to nearby Venice (a must see attraction) but this year’s trip was to be to Rome (another must see attraction).

Perhaps the location is the argument that draws the US contingent to the meet, perhaps it the fact that it is a guaranteed big team win year after year . The hosts are in a different league and few of the other teams bring their top stars in top condition this early in the season. …

According to Citton, the US have already confirmed their participation for next year. …

… The Italian juniors look set to contend for medals at next month’s Junior European Championships. They competed in Jesolo without stand out Elisa Meneghini but Enus Mariani was perhaps the revelation of the junior meet. She placed second in the AA to Priessmann by less than a point despite vaulting only a full-twisting Yurchenko. On bars, where she dismounted with a stalder full to immediate double layout, her D score of 6.0 matched Ohashi’s. …

read more from Nora Schuler – Reflections on Jesolo

Click PLAY or watch Mariani’s Beam on YouTube.

SEC Bars Champ: Alaina Johnson

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike. Florida (9.925)

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Mzc1NjI0MDgw?related=1

Watch more video of 2012 SEC Championships on gymnastike.org

Gymnastike was required to wait until this competition was televised before posting their own clips. They are LIVE now.

what we don’t know about Round-off

Power tumbling coaches pity Artistic tumbling coaches as simpletons. For every drill we use, they use 15 or 20.

This isn’t what you and I are doing in the Artistic gym. …

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1

Brett MacAulay linked to that on the T&T Coaches Canada Facebook page.

For the record, I don’t like young gymnasts overturning their hands. The “classic T” hand position is still what I teach.

For the record, most Artistic coaches pity Cheer tumbling coaches as … simpletons. 🙂

no Bars today, coach …

The Auburn gymnasts sent this to coach Jeff Graba one day before workout.

http://www.facebook.com/v/3680497859408

(via Jeff Graba on Facebook)

problem with AAI landing mats?

I’ve not heard anything about this except from FIG by email:

For the recent Visa American Cup, which took place March 3 of this year at New York City’s (USA) Madison Square Garden and which counts for the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, the American apparatus manufacturer AAI supplied landing mats which have no valid FIG certification and which are incongruent with the FIG specifications currently in force.

Disciplinary procedure has been lodged by the FIG …

Leave a comment if you’ve heard anything.