For Artistic, I prefer introducing the skill as a late TILT twist.
It’s easy (later as needed) to initiate the twist as early as seen in this progression series.
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Kohei – 2014 Floor
I’d argue Kohei Uchimura singled handedly reinvented how male gymnasts land.
Easily the best in the world in his prime, many emulated Kohei’s exaggerated technique.
I love it as he turned the science of safely reducing huge impact forces to zero into an art form.
At the same time WAG was foolishly deducting low chest position. Dangerous!
Of his many stuck routines over many years, Blythe chose this as one of her decade-defining routines.
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double-tuck-in Yurchenko
Oleg Aksamitny from Ukraine is all cool.
But my favourite stunt is the double tuck kick open to put hands on the mat like Yurchenko.
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5 difficult tumbling skills
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Beam – 6 backward handsprings
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Mary Korlin Downs – Beam
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train landings train landings train landings
Landings are incredibly important in NCAA competition. Yet College girls are not very good at them. 😕
Almost any male gymnast is more skilled at bringing impact forces to zero than almost any female gymnast. Male gymnasts work seriously on landings.
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Click PLAY or watch U.S. guys working landings on instagram.
Yes. Part of the problem in WAG is judging expectations. We need to educate judges to the biomechanically, physiologically BEST and SAFEST techniques of landing.
Doris (Fuchs) Brause interview
Doris competed the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. Was a traveling alternate for 1964 and an alternate in 1968.
Her sister Inge was also an international gymnast.
Click PLAY or watch a 2012 interview on YouTube.
‘shaping’ for layout backward
Backward “gainer” drills are great for many reasons. Including the hip action on takeoff and shape for a hollow layout.
Chellsie Memmell, by coincidence, is an ideal model at the beginning of this video tutorial.
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