Funny.
Watch these girls getting schooled by Woodward Gymnastics Camp choreographer Bobby Mileage.
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I am told they are Cheer kids.
arm position on handspring
Mas Watanabe …
One technique for advanced gymnasts.
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Beginners should first be able to keep arms by ears on flyspring series.
Check the Gymnastics Minute YouTube channel for more. And GymSmarts for DVDs.
Yurchenko drill
Gymnastike:
For the season 2 premiere of Technique Tuesday, University of Michigan assistant coach Shannon Welker shows us a drill he uses with his team to open up the shoulders in the preflight of yurchenko vaults. …
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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NDU1NDcxMDY5
Watch more video of Technique Tuesday, Season 2 on gymnastike.org
Even better, with little kids, is to spot and have them stop in the contact position. … Then front limber to stand on the tramp, with spot.
Tsukahara top Aussie
…Japanese guest Naoya Tsukahara took the lead on day one of the Australian men’s championships, held Saturday in Perth.
Still seeking Australian citizenship, the 34-year-old Tsukahara outscored the domestic field by nearly 2 points. Tsukahara, though ineligible for Australia’s national all-around title, nevertheless helped Queensland win the team title in Perth.
The son of legendary gymnast Mitsuo Tsukahara, Naoya won world all-around medals in 1997 (bronze) and 1999 (silver). He represented Japan at three consecutive Olympic Games, capped off by a team gold at the 2004 Olympics. He last represented Japan in world competition in 2006, winning a team bronze medal. He unofficially won the Australian championships in both 2009 and 2010, though was ineligible for awards.
Tsukahara scored 86.850, 1.2 points higher than his result at the Japanese championships in April, where he placed 33rd. Two-time defending titlist Samuel Offord of South Australia was second (85.050) over Victoria’s Luke Wadsworth (83.550). …
results and more on IG
Click PLAY or watch his Vault on YouTube.
(via Masters Gymnastics)
cross support P Bar swing
Christopher Brown …
One of many similar drills for teaching beginners to keep stretched.
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Check the Gymnastics Minute YouTube channel for more. And GymSmarts for DVDs.
5yr old Ballet
5 year old Kaylee takes 3 hours a week of Classical Russian Ballet.
This is very helpful for her rhythmic, artistic gymnastics and competitive dance. …
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The secret of the former Soviet system was to schedule for young kids an hour daily of artistic preparation (mainly ballet) and an hour daily of tramp.
But in 2011 in a free market, most gyms simply cannot afford that much time. Nor can they budget for ballet instructors, many who insist on being paid more than coaches.
It’s a dilemma.
Many little girls who love acrobatics, hate dance. Another dilemma.
That clip was linked by Adriana Pop via Pohoata Mihaela on Facebook.
Gymnaestrada FIG Gala
The GALA was very good, selected acts from participating nations.
Click PLAY or watch a few highlights on YouTube.
The act that I best recall, however, is not shown. A joyous dance troupe from South Africa (VIDEO). So unexpected. So different than all the other spectacular acts.
If I had any criticism, it’s that the GALA is just a wee bit sanitized of any real originality.
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Russian Cup promo vid
Forster Bar by TumblTrak
Wordsmith went again this summer to the Forster Bar clinic. This time TumblTrak was there filming.
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… It got pretty funny too when, as a running gag between Resnick and Forster, they’d mention the Tumbletrak namebrand in an overexaggerated, obvious manner whenever they needed to move Tumbletrak mats and equipment in order to teach and demonstrate stuff. …
details on TumblTrak
Swinging Rings World Record
The sport of Swinging Rings is alive in Switzerland.
At Gymnaestrada there were plenty of Swiss athletes who could dismount double back (or more). I watched the new World Record, within some random Guinness time frame (750 seconds).
… 78 gymnasts, including three woman, took up the challenge and performed 790 somersaults (dismounts) in the required space of time. It was a great success. They even have exceeded the requirements for the record and will now enter the Guinness Book.
Click PLAY or watch a Bird’s Eye view of the World Record on YouTube.
… the gymnasts had to go out with a double somersault and land on their feet without using their hands, and not fall. …
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