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Best 11 Gymnasts in History
1. Svetlana Khorkina, 105
2. Daniela Silivas, 77
3. Shannon Miller, 75
4. Gina Gogean, 73
5. Svetlana Boginskaya, 71
6. Simona Amanar, 66*
7. Elena Shushunova, 64
8. Lavinia Milosovici, 52
9. Lilia Podkopayeva, 43
10. Tatiana Gutsu, 38
11. Andreea Raducan, 35
This is a serious list … though that’s a comedy blog.
I’m #1.
Old farts (like myself) like watching gymnastics from the good ‘ol days.
… Flash Back Friday looks back at some of the great performances of some of our National Team Coaches. Many of these gymnasts were very successful gymnasts on the world and olympic level and are now coaching some of the USA’s top Men and Women’s National Team Members. …
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1. Sui Lu – 56.9
2. Jiang Yuyuan – 56.35
3. Huang Qiushuang – 55.6
Not high. (Perhaps they should add bonus points to raise scores as high as 16.934 on each apparatus.)
… Will China be ready in time for World’s?
Amy, inspired perhaps by gymmako, is starting Yurchenko. At adult gym.
What are the first steps?
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Leave a comment if you’ve additional drills for her.
Divers are much more artistic than Artistic gymnasts.
… But are they are allowed to “cowboy” saltos on some skills. Leave a comment if you know the rules on that. (Perhaps we could get more specific on our gymnastics regulations.)
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UPDATE: From Mike:
D 8.5.2 During the flight, the position of the dive shall be at all times aesthetically pleasing. Should any of the positions not be shown as described below, each judge shall deduct ½ to 2 points, according to his opinion.
Tuck (C)
D 8.5.7 In the tuck position the body shall be compact, bent at the knees and hips with the knees and feet together. The hands shall be on the lower legs and the toes pointed.
It’s not specifically “allowed”. But is used as judges evaluate from the side.
(… I moved the other photo to the comments)
Posted on Nastia’s site.
The most important phases of the Yurchenko vault are the sprint, hurdle, round-off, take-off, and preflight. The rest is EASY.
🙂
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That’s ‘E” from Go For It Gymnastics in Las Vegas. He reminded us of a young Kyle Shewfelt. … Or a young Casey Sandy.
E was demonstrator for a clinic with the 2004 Olympic champion on Floor, Kyle Shewfelt.
Kyle first did the “Shewfelt” vault (Yurchenko 2 1/2) at about age-16.
Jenna Weinerman emails to let us know that coach Zak Kerkoulas set a new Guinness World Record at Chelsea Piers, New York – 39.23 seconds!
It’s yet to be official. But Zak broke the previous record by 6.39 seconds
Russian Cup AA:
1. Aliya Mustafina 62.271,
2. Ksenia Afanasyeva 58.674,
3. Ksenia Semyonova 56.868.
Scores include bonuses awarded at Russian WAG competitions
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1. Khorokhordin 89.550;
2. Pakhomenko 87.800;
3. Deviatovskii 87.550;
4. Belyavskii 87.000;
5. Dyomin 85.850
(via The All Around on Facebook)
by site editor Rick McCharles
Matthew Miscisin authored The Big Book of Gymnastics Games:
While growing up in a family of ten children I had an abundance of early lessons in cooperation and competition. …
Matthew sent me a copy for review. It’s excellent.
But what I got was much different than expected. From the title – Big Book of Gymnastics Games – I expected traditional warm-up games like those in Rushkin’s Up Down All Around lesson plans. And in Dave Adlard’s Cool Games DVDs.
Not.
Matthew’s “Games” are mostly contests and drills. With FUN names like:
• Cartwheel of Doom
• Human Catapult
• Flip-Flop Factory
It could be called Big Book of Gymnastics Contests for Serious Skill Development.
Matthew:
One of the biggest challenges a gymnastics coach faces is motivating the students to perform a skill or exercise with enough repetition to produce mastery. Another challenge is motivating the students to put 100% of their effort and concentration into each attempt …
If you want to have more FUN at training, this text is highly recommended.
Retail price is $25 plus about $3 standard shipping (in USA), $7 priority shipping and about $14 international shipping. It is also available at the wholesale price of about $15 domestic shipping included (media mail) through Gymnasticsman.com.
You can also download games one-at-a-time for a dollar each.
The review copy will be donated to Keith Russell‘s library at U of Saskatchewan.
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