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By: Behind the scenes: podium training for men’s gymnastics in Beijing « Jon Udell

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:12:01 +0000

[...] for men’s gymnastics in Beijing Posted by Jon Udell under Uncategorized As a former gymnast, I’ve been quadrennially frustrated by what passes for coverage of the Olympics. I [...]

By: Gardner

Gardner — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:44:35 +0000

And I should add that the jaggies on the intermediate still frame make it very difficult for me to see anything clearly, let alone the eagle grip or the ponytails–but the slo-mo video makes the difference quite clear. A much more elegant transfer of power in the eagle grip. It’s a subtlety that becomes glaringly obvious to me after a couple of viewings.

Great broomstick explanation as well. Easily imagined and enacted.

By: Gardner

Gardner — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:40:41 +0000

Wow.

By: Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:37:00 +0000

John, my wife refuses to sit with me as I watch gymnastics. As a former competitor, International level judge and State level coach, I’m too critical of the performance and WAY too critical of the lack of commentary depth.

You’ve got to love a female gymnast with the guts to do eagles. Just so much more technique that a straight undergrip. Of course, the bars are set much further apart these days than they used to be, so for the shorter girls, an eagle becomes very possible. I’m yet to see a girl get to eagle the way we used to do it, though – stoop through and jam so the shoulders pop to eagle from undergrip.

BTW, you’re the only other ex-gymnast geek I know.