The full turn on beam is a basic but difficult skill. Here Tammy shows several drills to learn or improve this skill
Click PLAY or watch Tammy Biggs on YouTube.
Tammy will be at Region 5 Congress.
zipline Grouse Mountain, Vancouver
A friend on Staff at Air Grouse Mountain Ziplines in Vancouver, Canada invited us to fly. I’ve done a number of ziplines in the past, but nothing like this.
Speeds of up to 80km/hr.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Air Grouse Mountain Ziplines – official website
(via Rick McCharles)
Stanford Men’s Gymnastics #1
NCAA Gymnastics
2010 GymInfo Preseason Coaches Poll
First-Place votes in parentheses
The defending National Champion Cardinal are again ranked best of the rest.
1. Stanford (8)
2. California (4)
3. Oklahoma (3)
4. Michigan (1)
5. ILLINOIS
6. Penn State
7. Ohio State
8. Minnesota
9. Nebraska
10. Iowa
see the full list on troester
The Women’s list is not available yet.
round-off for Yurchenko vaults
… a few Yurchenko drills to help straighten the round-off entry and lifting the upper body at the end of the round-off from Kellie Mizoguchi.
Click PLAY or watch it on Tom Beach’s GymSmarts Community blog.
I strongly agree with Kellie on the importance of hand placement on the round-off. If you neglect those drills, many young gymnasts will “overturn”, resulting in less consistency. And – perhaps – less power.
(Don’t be fooled by watching the best in the world overturn their round-offs. That’s a technique for the elite only. Most were taught to keep their hands in line with the direction of run when they started.)
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Hambüchen looking to the future
The good news … his injury looks minor and should heal rapidly.
Following his foot injury in podium training, Germany’s Fabian Hambüchen said that he is reconsidering his competitive schedule for next year. “I didn’t have a break from competition this year at all. I tried to please everybody. I’ve realised that sometimes you have to be a bit more selfish and look after your own interests. …
read more – The All Around – Hambüchen rethinking 2010 schedule
It would have been a much more interesting World Championships with the charismatic Fabian contesting.
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was gymnast Dong Fangxiao too young?
I weary of the comments we hear every time I bring up the issue of underage Chinese gymnasts:
They are innocent until proven guilty!
You bash the Chinese because you wanted the American gymnasts to rank higher!
Not true. I bring up the issue because it is so unfair to those gymnasts disallowed to compete at the Olympics due to their age. It’s a big competitive disadvantage for those majority of nations that abide by the age rules.
I’m certain that Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun were both underage at the 2000 Olympics. Both admitted it.
Yet the FIG Disciplinary Commission has still not ruled on those charges.
I’ve emailed a link to this newspaper article to that Committee. In it, Dong’s husband admits she was underage at the Sydney Olympics.
One of the gymnasts at the centre of an Olympic controversy is now in New Zealand and is looking to further her coaching career in Waikato.
Dong Fangxiao, who was part of China’s bronze medal-winning team in 2000 in Sydney, isn’t assured of keeping her Olympic medal but is keen to help New Zealand gymnastics. She is now living in Hamilton after moving in June this year to study English at Wintec, following her husband Li Te, who studies at Waikato University.
But the International Gymnastics Federation is still investigating the eligibility of Dong and fellow Chinese gymnast Yang Yun at the 2000 Games, where they were thought to be underage.
Gymnasts must be at least 16 by the end of an Olympic year. Dong’s official birthdate is listed as January 23, 1983, but the federation said accreditation information for the Beijing Olympics, where Dong worked as a national technical official, listed her birthdate as January 23, 1986, which would have made her 14 in 2000. …
Li, whose English is much better than Dong’s, told the Waikato Times that Dong was born in 1986 and turned 23 in January this year, making her underage at Sydney. But he said she was cleared of any wrongdoing and the “investigation has already passed”. …
Did Dong’s husband misspeak too?
The minimum age rules are not enforceable. And likely do little to protect young athletes.
The best solution for FIG would be to drop the age requirement.
Most coaches would agree with that, including Valeri Liukin
More controversial is what to do about the 2000 Olympic results should the FIG finally admit the obvious?
I don’t blame Dong Fangxiao. She should not be punished in any way. But the Chinese Gymnastics Federation should be punished retroactively.
inspired by Nadia
Gymnastics Worlds – Andy’s Angle
Every Artistic coach needs to read the wrap-up commentary posts from Andrew Thornton:
Andy’s Angle on the 2009 Worlds Part 1…
Andy’s Angle on the 2009 Worlds Part 2…
A sample:
…
The women’s scoring in particular was the most unpredictable and undecipherable I’ve ever seen. I was confused, lost, and actually ostracized as a knowledgeable fan. I can’t imagine how lost the fans were who haven’t followed the sport for 20 years like I have.Execution scores on the women’s side are ridiculous beyond explanation. They give every gymnast a mid-8 regardless of the performance. High 8’s and rarely a 9 are only possible on vault. What a bunch of nonsense! …
In fact, Andrew was driven to draft his own Code of Points.
Israel – 1st World Gymnastics medal
Alexander Shatilov made history.
The 22-year-old is the first Israeli gymnast to get on the medal podium at World’s. He took bronze on Floor. Congratulations.
He’s listed at 183cm or 6′ 1″. … Impressive!
He immigrated from Uzbekistan to Israel in 2002.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Sweet forward layout 2 1/2 twist. The best I’ve ever seen.
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