Gymnastics Coaching.com

Another great video by igorgymn1.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

1) Bilozerchev;2) Carballo I;3) Kato;4) Honma;5) Healy;6) Gatson I;7) Diamidov;8) Cucherat;9) Kenmotsu;10) Makuts;11) Korolev;12) Novikov;13) Richards;14) Suarez;15) Tikhonkhih;16) Moy;17) Markelov;18) Manna;19) Kwon;20) Gushiken;21) Belle;22) Morisue;23) Pegan;24) Roethlisberger;25) Tanaka;26) Marchenko;27) Li Xiao Peng;28) Tippelt;29) Dimitrenko;30) Wells;31) Watanabe;32) Tsolakidis I;33) Urzica;34) Quintero;35) Hiroyuki Kato;36Toumilovitch

And a few new skills.

P Bars is truly the apparatus with the greatest variety of skills.

A 6m demo Air Floor has been touring Alberta. It’s a less expensive alternative to a full TumblTrak.

Here is the Air Floor last weekend in the corral at the Mountain Magic competition in Okotoks.

Click through to TumblTrak to see more photos and videos.

I like the 6m longest version best of the 3 sizes available. Next best, I reckon, is the shortest.

Contact TumblTrak if you have specific questions on the product.

The optional cover looks good too though I’ve not used one, as yet.

The best I’ve read so far is by George Johnson in our local paper, the Calgary Herald:

…
Recently, writing on his madly entertaining, highly personal blog, Shewfelt featured an anonymous, very Shewfelt-ian quote that could easily pass not only for a personal philosophy but a career legacy:

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” He’s done that, for himself, and from us. …

read the rest – Golden gymnast calls it a career. No regrets for Kyle Shewfelt.

It’s official. The most successful Canadian gymnast in history is retiring after 3 Olympics Games.

The 2004 Floor Champion will “hang up the grips, put away the stinky gym shoes, remove the singlet, take my hands out of the chalk bucket and start embarking on new journeys.”

What’s next for Kyle Shewfelt?

“… Starting right away, I am excited to be moving into an ambassador role with Gymnastics Canada where I will have the opportunity to promote the sport and have an impact on a whole new generation of Olympic gymnasts.

I will also be joining the broadcasting team to cover the Canadian National Gymnastics Championships on CBC at the beginning of June, an opportunity that I hope extends many many years.

Further into the future, I have BIG plans. …

Click through to the official announcement on his blog for details.

official website – KyleShewfelt.com

Thanks for all the great years, Kyle!

You are truly one of the best ambassadors for our sport worldwide.

No woman has ever competed Kovacs. Yet the men are training it with double twist.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Certainly a female gymnast will compete Kovacs this quadrennial.

More BIG RELEASE moves have just been posted on the igorgymn1 channel.

Kudos to Tony Pineda for what he competed in 1985!

(via Gymblog)

Click PLAY or watch a Gymnastics Minute on Tom Beach’s GymSmarts blog.

The positions shown by the demonstrators is not perfect, but the drill is excellent.

Girls should spend as much time training P Bars and Rings as possible.

Tony Retrosi, is the owner, Head Coach and Program director of Atlantic Gymnastics Centers.

The Gymnastics Minute is a new series of free introductory video tips produced by GymSmarts.

World Gymnastics did analysis of the Beijing Olympics preliminary competition to see what were the most popular skills.

Some statistics:

The top 5 are listed below, with all ties:

Vault
1. Yurchenko Layout with 1.5 twists (valued at 5.5) – 28
2. Yurchenko Layout with 2 twists (vauled at 5.8) – 19
3. Yurchenko Layout with 1 twist (valued at 5.0) – 18
4. Yurchenko Layout with 2.5 twists (valued at 6.5) – 4
5. Handspring Pike with 1/2 twist (valued at 5.0) – 3
5. Tsukahara Layout with 1.5 twists (valued at 5.7) – 3
5. Handspring Layout with 1.5 twists (valued at 6.3) – 3

Uneven Bars Dismounts
1. Tucked Double Front – 26
2. Tucked Full-In or Full-Out – 20
3. Double Layout – 12
4. Double Pike – 8
5. Double Arabian Tucked or Piked – 6

Balance Beam Dismounts
1. Double Pike – 28
2. Layout with 2.5 twists – 20
3. Double Tuck – 19
4. Layout Triple Twist – 5
5. Layout Double Twist – 4

Floor Exercise Finals Tumbling Passes
1. Double Pike – 56
2. Layout with 2.5 twists – 11
3. Front Layout Double Twist – 5
4. Layout Double Twist – 2
5. Tucked Full-In – 1 (Shawn Johnson, USA)
5. Front Layout Full – 1 (Sherine El-Zeiny, Egypt)
5. Layout Triple Twist – 1 (Sandra Izbasa, Romania)

World Gymnastics – Beijing’s Most Popular

I’m surprised how many girls choose to do double front off Bars. Double layout should be more popular.

Sina

Posted May 19, 2009, this video is certain to go viral.

Damien Walters is a coach, power tumbler and Parkour extraordinaire from the U.K.

We’ve often linked to his videos in the past. But this is the best yet. There are at least a dozen stunts I’ve never seen before.

Click PLAY or watch Damien Walters Showreel 2009 on YouTube.

Is this guy the best in the world right now?

Sign him up for the next James Bond movie.

(via Straight to the Bar)

Amanda Turner posted an interesting interview:

Heading into the Canadian Championships, British Columbia’s Charlotte Mackie spoke with IG about her immediate and long-term goals, her recent coaching change, older sister Gael and more.

The 2005 novice national champion, Mackie is a favorite to win her first senior title at the Canadian Championships, which take place June 2-6 in Hamilton, Ont. She is the younger sister of 2003 Canadian champion Gael Mackie, a 2004 Olympian who now competes for the University of Utah.

Charlotte Mackie, who turns 16 on Oct. 6, is already a veteran of international competition, having won medals on four continents. …

Most interesting to me is where Charlotte talks about changing coaches to David Kenwright from Vladimir Lashin, since named Canadian National Coach.

… I switched clubs because I needed a different approach to coaching and training, a different coaching style. Although every coach who has worked with me has helped me in some way, I want to be able to love gymnastics for all of my life and hope to continue my elite career for another three or more years, or possibly longer. …

read more – IG Interview: Charlotte Mackie (Canada)

CONGRATS!

Click PLAY or watch the Cha Cha on YouTube.

Did she deserve to win?

I think so. Sure she had Mark Ballas, super partner. Certainly they had great costumes, not easy to put together for a short, stocky built girl like Shawn.

But, in the end, it turned out that Shawn Johnson can dance.

At least, I think she can dance. Who would have guessed?

… Nastia could win this thing easily sometime in future.

(via Amy’s Gymnastics Blog)

==== Update:

Here’s an edit with only the Shawn footage from the final show. (9:50)