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Most would consider cast handstand in a hollow / stretched position throughout as ideal. Coach Nick Blanton referenced this illustration from Championship Gymnastics.
It’s possible to do that technique. (In fact it’s fairly easy on Parallel Bars as a swing handstand.)
But rare on WAG Bars.
I’m personally a very happy coach if the gymnast can lead with the heels (arch) to horizontal, then change the body position to hollow / stretched.
Remember the name. One of the best up-and-coming tumblers in the world. Super clean.
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One of the best Triple Backs I’ve seen on competition Floor.
This is the guy who kicks out of Double Pike.
When people guesstimate the weight of female College gymnasts, they always guess low. Young women who have been doing Gymnastics for years have dense bones. Muscle is heavier denser than fat.
Fitness blogger and new Mom Kelsey Wells wanted to lose weight after she gave birth to her son. That didn’t happen.
As a young coach, I almost jumped in a vehicle and drove 3 days to Montreal to watch Nadia win the 1976 Olympics.
It seemed to far. Too expensive. I didn’t go.
My mistake.
Her performance in Montreal was one of the great stories of our sport.
Nadia had a lot of difficulty. But — Nellie Kim had more. Nadia was more impressive to me for her astonishing execution.
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That’s the kind of score that pencils Charleigh on to the potential 2028 Olympic team.
Meanwhile, she’ll be a favourite in the all-around at 2026 Pan American Championships.
The best ever on Bars must get bored. 😀
I’m thinking this won’t end up in her Worlds 2026 routine. She doesn’t need it. And there are deductions.
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Executive Committee (EC) decided at their 16-17 May meeting to lift all restrictions applicable to Russian and Belarusian athletes since February 2022, with immediate effect.
Personally, I would have voted against. Putin’s war has killed officially over 400,000 — but likely over a million.
Yes, you could argue other nations should be banned, as well. I’d like vote for those bans.
NOW ➙ what about Russia’s top down illegal use of performance enhancing drugs?
Have we ever seen higher on Beam?
Amazing.
Dr. Dave Tilley on monitoring for peak height velocity.
Dave’s been tracking 3 numbers for each of the growing kids:
• height
• seated height (torso length)
• wing span
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At MINIMUM your gymnasts age 10-17 should have a place in the Gym where they pencil in their standing height on some regular basis. They should know when they are growing. There are implications for training load.
If you want to research this topic, get Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science, Gymnastics. (2013).
Here’s the Google Books preview.
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