MrBulletPig is BACK.
Gabriel Hannah from the U.K.
He doesn’t post often, but when he does … it’s EPIC.
Guaranteed to include MAG skills you’ve never seen before.
watch it on YouTube as this one cannot be embedded.
promoting older female gymnasts
Nick Blanton:
… of 259 female competitors in the 2019 WC’s, the average age was 19.93. Since the inception of the open-ended code in 2006, the average age of female competitors has risen from 18.2 years of age in the 2005 WC’s, to 19.93 in 2019. From this comparison, federations could strategize what age to peak their athletes in contemporary high-performance gymnastics.
To put it simply, programs should be strategizing on how to support older female athletes. …
That’s just one conclusion from Nick’s new paper.
work wrist strength
Syque Caesar USOPTC Head Coach
If you follow Syque on social media, you know he’s a very astute Gymnastics expert.
Syque Caesar has been named head coach for the men’s gymnastics athlete resident program at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center (OPTC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Gymnastics announced Tuesday. …
Caesar will oversee all aspects of the USOPTC Resident Team Program, where he will be responsible for athlete development and building training and competition plans for all resident athletes. He also will serve as an educational and technical resource for other coaches in the gymnastics community …
Watanabe: computers may eventually replace judges
I feel progress has been slow.
I can’t foresee it happening any time soon.
Watanabe, who retained his position as FIG President at last month’s Congress, stresses that the technology is currently assisting judges but did not rule out the idea of it eventually becoming sole arbiter.
“At this stage, it is a judging support system,” Watanabe told insidethegames.
“It may be a substitute for humans in the future. …
Exclusive: FIG President Watanabe says computers may eventually replace judges
tucked handstand to improve line
It’s much easier to rotate the hips in a TUCKED handstand.
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As kids improve, challenge them to hold it off the wall.
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Kohei – triple double
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Watanabe on a future “Gymnastic Olympics”
… Watanabe is dreaming big – of a “Gymnastic Olympics” …
“I have a dream that one day like the Olympics, the World Championships of all our disciplines; artistic, rhythmic, trampoline, acrobatic, aerobic, parkour, the World Gym for Life Challenge, and if possible, TeamGym sometime in future, will be held in the same host city in the same period of time together. …
Inside the Games interview
Interesting idea. Though it would more correctly be called the FIG World Championships.
40 years of NCAA Gymnastics
Talitha Ilacqua posted a summary of the first 40 years of women’s Collegiate Gymnastics in the USA:
40 Years of NCAA Gymnastics
Read more season previews on College Gym News.
Bars – layout Jaeger 1/1
Very cool.
Watch it on Weibo.
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