Granted this video is only a week old, but I couldn’t believe I hadn’t even heard that Kohei Uchimura was doing a triple twisting double back on the floor. Not that it surprises me, but after watching it, I’m even more convinced he is quickly becoming one of the very best gymnasts of all time.
I came across some videos of the men’s Japanese nationals last month, and there were a few floor passes in particular that blew me away. I had to watch a couple of them more than once to be sure what I was seeing
Benefits of Andy’s Proposals
Andy’s Proposed World and Olympic Competition Format
Over the last decade, gymnastics has been transformed into a specialist’s sport – catering more and more to gymnasts with exceptional individual strengths and less and less to those with well-rounded abilities. I think it was perhaps an unintentional consequence of this trend that team competitions have taken on this “specialist” feel as well, becoming more and more like individual circus acts artificially thrown together and called something that they’re not.
Kramarenko has been one of my favorite gymnasts to watch over the last couple of years. Of course I’ve always felt bad for her since her terrible vaulting debacle in the 2007 world team finals…just as Russia was about to wrap up the bronze medal on their final event, Kramarenko baulked on her run - but touched the springboard - and was awarded a heart-breaking ZERO that dropped her Russian team to last place.
I’ve seen a couple of posts on some other gymnastics sites about this kid already (including Rick McCharles at GymnasticsCoaching.com), but I HAD to put my two cents in here because this is one of the most amazing gymnasts I’ve ever seen.
I was in my second year of medical school working out in our campus gym one day when the idea first popped into my head. I had been working out at the gym for about a year and had begun to notice that anytime I did my ab exercises, I received a lot of curious looks and comments about them. I guess since I had always done my ab exercises in a gymnastics gym my entire life, I never thought about how strange and difficult they must look to the general public
Many of you have probably heard about Jay’s and my new fitness program called GymABstics. We’re extremely excited about it, and it’s been amazing to see how the program has progressed from initially just a simple “vision” to now a full-blown comprehensive fitness program available on professional DVD’s!
Ludivine Furnon wasn’t the only entertaining French gymnast we’ve seen over the years. In fact, on the women’s side, France has actually produced some of the most creative gymnasts in history – particularly in terms of floor choreography, but certainly with some skills on the other events as we
Smooth Skills Episode 4! In today’s gymnastics world nothing is criticized more than the lack of artistry. It’s the common complaint among judges, coaches, analysts, fans, and even the athletes [...]
It’s my last major push. I can’t promise you won’t ever see my code of points pop up again, but at least for now, it’s my final big experiment. I’ve already put my code to the test on women’s bars, men’s high bar, and men’s pommel horse.