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Gymneo in English

Now I'm tempted to invest in their product when the English version is completed:

Spotting techniques for the Jaeger. Watch a preview of the fourth video of our training on this uneven bars release move. (www.gymneo.tv)

Stage 1 : The spotting technique for the Jaeger salto stretched, completely taken apart.
Stage 2 : The full spotting at normal speed.
Stage 3 : Spotting the Jaeger in hard landing, in a competition situation.
Stage 4 : What do you do when the gymnast doesn’t catch the bar?
Stage 5 : The typical spotting for hard landings.

This excerpt marks the official inauguration of the start of the translation of our trainings and our site into English . . .

Post by Gymneo.

WAG CoP 2013-2016: Tkatchev Variations

Related interest:
2011 Code of Points Gymnastics Guide: Release Moves

Spotted Front Jaeger

Coach Kathy at Aerials in Colorado Springs spotting a Jaeger:

Tkatchev tap swing bar push/release and counter-rotation drill

A valuable drill

Tumble Trak Tkatchev drill

Lots of clips on YouTube for this type of drill.

Here's one I filmed at Aerials:

Slow Motion Ray

From one of the Level 10s at Aerials in Colorado Springs, 2 years ago:

History: Alexander Tkatchev

Speaking of Tkatchevs, here is its originator getting inducted into the IGHoF, class of 2011:








Class of 2011 Induction Speech into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame

Tkatchev...His Way

Lee Woolls:


Nick Blanton:

More spotting and progression methods for Tkatchev

Gymnastike:

As part of the Best of 2009 Series on Gymnastike, this tkatchev drill with Terry Walker of Cypress Academy was selected Best Technique Tuesday video of the year.

Neil Resnick: Tkatchevs

Preparing for Tomorrow's Gymnastics, Today

Wade's spoken to me a couple of times about anticipating and preparing athletes of today for the trends of tomorrow, so as to remain current and relevant to the times (at least for international, high-end gymnastics).  And he spoke specifically to me about bars.

It appears that for the next couple of Olympic cycles, the trend in women's gymnastics will be to connect bar releases.  So the Tkatchev technique of not focusing on a specific kind of tap and just swinging up and sitting up and dropping on the other side will now be obsolete (because you can't swing out of it into anything else, aside from kipping).   Coaches still teaching Tkatchevs that way will be following the buzzards.  They've actually been doing so, ever since the bar distance was changed 20 years ago; yet many still teach the Tkatchev technique that was compatible with the bars in close.





The men's style of tapping encourages strong counter-rotation; and this is what Wade had introduced to Sonya when he started her off on Tkatchevs. Eventually, hers ended up being a kind of hybrid.

Spotting Giengers

First two videos from Gymnastike's Technique Tuesday:

Judy Kline Gadget with Tom Forster

Happy Mother's Day!

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.  

~Jewish Proverb

And awesome moms cannot be everywhere, so they subcontract to awesome coaches:

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.  

~Abraham Lincoln

Cassie's Wickedly Awesome Jaeger Release!

Cassie has started hitting her Jaegers again!



See more details in the comment below after viewing this video-proof of Cassie's catastrophic success.

Cyd treats herself to a little birthday present...

Cyd gave herself a birthday present yesterday, by bringing her geinger to the regular bars:

Happy 15th, Cyd!

Geinger

Cyd caught two in a row today (she caught one yesterday by hanging on with one hand).  Coach April caught the 2nd one on camera; I think Evan filmed this one, right before it:

Progress

Made some progress today (only did 5- but that's more than she's been doing, of late). She still is hanging on too long and still needs to get tight and compact into a pancake shape. But this is better.

3 in a Row!

Cassie's been frustrated with her Jaeger for a while now; but last Saturday, she ended her bars workout on the positive note of catching 3 in a row.  I didn't record her last one, which had more heel drive (but pulled in a little):