The Learning

Kim and the other elites attend Woodward Gymnastics Camp to train SKILLS for a week during the summer!


The Skills

May 16, 1998

Steve Elliott reported that these are the skills Kim is training for the US Classic in July. (Thanks Farlfrog!)

Vault: Yurchenko 1 1/2; Phelps--both 9.8's

Bars: Giant 1/1, Geinger, shoot to HS-Handstand, 1/1, Tkatchev, Straddle back to HS, 2 giants, double layout dismount(which according to Steve Elliott = 10)

Beam: RO, layout mount, Bk handspring, layout, layout, full turn, gainer layout, punch front, switch side leap series, double back dismount

Floor: RO, FF, Full in pike; Double layout; RO, whip 1/2, punch front full, punch front; RO whip double pike.

I don't know exactly what skills are connected or not, but she has all the skills to make three of her routines out of a 10!


The Perfecting



Reverse Planche

Huge Double Layout

Three Whipbacks to a Double Back

Perfect 10 Yurchenko Fulls


~Animations used courtesy of Kinetic Imagery Productions~


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