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vault drill – beatboard into the pit
Gymnastics Coaching - 3 days ago
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… Mas Wanatabe shows a drill for working the punch off the table and post flight that you can use to increase the number of repetitions you can do by using two spring boards and a pit. Mas Watanabe is currently the vaulting coach for the US National Team. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. [...]
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Soviet gymnastics – Where Did Our Love Go?
Gymnastics Coaching - 3 days ago
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So odd. So orginal. This is spooky good. naimushina dudnik mostepanova baraksanova chudina bicherova omelianchik Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Perhaps I’ll evolve into a recluse who refuses to listen to any music later than 1989. Or to watch any gymnast after Omelienchik. This was chosen by [...]
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great night in College gymnastics …
Gymnastics Coaching - 5 days ago
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Gymnastics Examiner posted a summary of everything that happened Friday, Feb. 5th. High scores and surprises highlight Friday’s NCAA gymnastics meets Bottom line: Many teams are “finding their groove”. This was the best night of gymnastics so far this season. The sport is very attractive to fans. And I’m expecting escalating excitement leading up to the [...]
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Alabama stays #1 next week
Gymnastics Coaching - 11 days ago
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Roll Tide! This score should keep them at the top of the team rankings. The No. 1 ranked Alabama Gymnastics team posted its second highest score of the season, a 196.600 here Saturday night on the Penn State campus to beat the No. 19 Penn State Nittany Lions (196.025) and No. 23 Minnesota Golden Gophers (192.825) [...]
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gymnast Becky Downie trains in a dump
Gymnastics Coaching - 13 days ago
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That’s the message I get from an article in her local paper in the U.K. How can that be? Becky Downie finished 12th AA at the Beijing Olympics and is a national star in the lead-up to Europeans and the Olympics in her own country? Perhaps the story is overblown? … the gym where she trains, at Rushcliffe Leisure [...]
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Kyle Shewfelt – Horizontal Bar
Gymnastics Coaching - 13 days ago
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Kyle’s was famous for his form and consistency on Floor and Vault. But not many people remember his Horizontal Bar. Not surprisingly, Kyle had superb form, line and technique. Some of the only “clean” stoop Stalders and Endos you’ve ever seen in MAG or WAG. In 2004 I watched him do many “perfect” routines in [...]
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Olympic Torch Relay Pictures
Kyle Shewfelt - 20 Jan 2010
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These pictures are courtesy of my friend and colleague, Jenn Isbister. Thanks Jenn! My Mom and I! Me and my Dad! What an awesome night!
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I'm Running The Olympic Torch, Baby!
Kyle Shewfelt - 19 Jan 2010
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My first Olympic experience that I can recall was in 1988 when the Games were held in my hometown of Calgary. I can remember being 5 years old, sitting in my kindergarten class and learning that we were going to have a chance to watch some of the speed skating training. It was a cool experience...cool as in 'awe inspiring', and cool as in 'I remember how freezing my toes were when we were watching these people with huge legs skate laps around...
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