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gymnastics as you full well know, combines elements of bali and acrobatics. but it's also a performance. what makes these make gymnastics so unique as a sport? who does assume they give nice to meet gymnastics, is a sport with direct links to ballet? he's what i mean. we believe it was crazy by is it over don't, can in american who performed in russia at the marines theater. she was the 1st don't sit to perform on any point. nope. on point. she was also the 1st to adopt the amount of movement known as the free natural body movement. waves soft um swings. those types of movements were outside of the valley technique. at the time, sally had strictly to divide positions these days by le allows for, for your body movements and on positions, which is something we far from recent gymnastics. we will support a lot of choreographic motions from ballet, so will relate to that way. next, during an individual routine which lots of 90 seconds or group preaching,

which lasts a 150 seconds to class. with mic, gymnasts perform a many play. the showcases the don't says motions apparatus work for the movements, a certain number of complex elements, while the same time trembling sewage as of the music at all. let me give you an example, lola, come on in cool. use the over tour to the queen of spades. it's a very complex piece of music telling the story of 2 people in laws and 2 slides and in madness. i'm talking about lisa and him and so forth. you have 90 seconds to tell this whole story. but the other thing we creep routines at the last of the big, so tom says use to pull up super and dunces on a piece by stravinsky. these 2 were very different kinds of music, but sweets manage to create a truly russian image in just 2 minutes and 30 seconds. and you've also made a huge contribution yourself to make gymnastics originally it was about doing

complex elements to music. but then you introduced by fancy costumes and you turned it into a real show. why was it so important for you to turn the sports into such an autistic performance? the data? yes. and so does the susie. everything must come to jean doing much. houston says vice president of the technical committee, hand back then, actually after seeing me from italy was president. she was a very knowledgable and coaching woman. initially, she was opposed to all those sequins and multi colored cost teams. i succeeded in convincing huh. it's about goes off the rule and i told her that with mac gymnastics should be receiving. the sceptics, especially since, as i said to the home country, is the 1st place of great design is it would be great if every country tried hard to, to make the gymnast it's beautiful. who's in the full don't. so said costumes individually tailored to each routine and exercise. she agreed with me. that was when we began

presenting beautiful routine set to beautiful music and showcasing beautiful la tons. of course you live by, you can, i always make gymnastics like many sports is becoming more demanding and more complex. how is it possible for modern gymnasts to keep pushing the boundaries of what's humanly possible? know, yes, it's, i mean, most of the sheets. i wouldn't agree with that, it's only here in russia that we're pushing the boundaries of what's humanly possible. unfortunately, often mother my producing the less that have been situations what everything instead go simpler by people complaining about too much complexity. now even today, we go to documents saying that a number of elements named off the russian gymnasts which are very interesting and beach full of already being performed by many estimates around the world and have been removed from the code for some reason. i. so i was told they were back to the

house. those athletes don't agree with that. of course. when we 1st proposed and show those elements, the medical commission at the time gave the green light for so if you compare been taught specific gymnastics a simple some assault on the beam is a highly complex element that can hardly be described as particularly healthy. and yet gymnast are allowed to perform such elements on the beam on balls and on the vault to get highest schools while doing something like that. and we suspect gymnastics is supposed to be to home full but disagree. and yet these elements be moved, which is a shame you said previously that international standards, happiness in, during the development of a business gymnastics was rushed to oppositely. conversely, as being helping push the, by the higher each year. but now that russian music gymnasts are out of the picture, what does that do you think this will have on this both internationally?

since you left of them, we have adapted by coming up with the impression code. we're allowing to mess to show everything they can do in everything they can think of without restrictions. everything is allowed safe, but they must perform the settlements without this slides useful to get points. we don't have small faults, medium fault, so major fault, sweet. i mean, you would point solutions which executed correct k over for this way. acetate, some coaches know that they can only stick to the things they can perform right without mistakes fast. this is why russian gymnastics keeps evolving on us as we changed our rules to allow routines without any operators, free hand exercises with somehow forgotten, even though they're very pushy. they go back to the routines performed by duncan herself. those who didn't work with the pool or anything else, and the girls can now use that body motions without any apparatus to demonstrate the freedom of movement, of the freedom of emotion that which make gymnastics is all about without having to worry about throwing caching,

rolling any eye for us as we believe that's very important. we've also reintroduced the right because really affects the sizes humphries good for athletes, rather than my students. alina cub, i ever suggested re introducing the right, which we agreed to do. so now we have 6 different defense in the russian code to do it with all of our regions and never move in a few of them have adjustments. the new rules, both the individual and quick, pre teens, as well as junior competitions. everyone is happy, all the kids ascribing is they competed costs, always different events, some of that sort of the, it's a well notified you only take the credit,

does it from the best children on the a wing? what is it you have to see in a child for you to take them on? uh, yes, must do an idea of what you because it's true that initially we pick the best of the best. when a girl starts training, you need to look at how she feels about her routines. and with making gymnastics in general, does she love to gnostics issue expressive, hardworking? does. she tried to haul to be what her coach tells it to do this and that she have what it takes to win. yes, i'm become a champion, which even though there are many factors that play this physio logy, to how flexible all day, how fall can they stretch? some gymnasts make it to the national teen break under pressure, discouraged by the fact that expressiveness must come from sight and technique in a huge amount of time perfecting the routine. and that brings go nicely to my next question. some psychologists have said that when you train children is younger as 3 to 5 years old. this almost deprives them of that child. but you said that these

children, they really happy that genuinely happy. how do you find the balance between getting the best performance out of a child on the months will also let them enjoy the child. know what the me i see is 7, which i have a 2 year old crime to to i recently got a video of i dont sing with a visual scarf just on the road and singing a folk song. so be true to that. it's in that blood, they enjoy these things. you can't force 3 or 4 year olds to, we're caught i for they train only for 30 to 40 minutes. they don't made to do complex things will struggle to with something like a game to them over time. however, this evolves into mastery. the voice to, i know type for one will make this transition. those who count keep up, switch to a different school, which is also fine on something we support. anyway, it all starts with a girl, learning how to have music, how to make elegant moves and gracefully though she have all these things very

important for feature brides, bothers and the woman who was issues each. so do you have to be born or miss making gymnast, or can you be come on if you work really hard, it is to me of the sky. you say you can't achieve it by landing alone, you need to be born with this talent, nor. however, as i told one of my gymnast today, going up who is very hard and it takes a long time for ocean single rolling downhill. only takes a moment just 12 or 3 days. that's where you need to keep working all the time with these deals without talent, without certain physiological and emotional qualities. because there is nothing we can do on the physical, we can know which of these qualities or parts of the beauty or for me at least of rhythmic gymnastics, is the ability to tell a story, 3 movements and music. and that to me would seem that requires some sort of a self reflection and maybe even life experience how to teach this to children

a such a young age of the 30th is this kid. so the age of 3 or 5 can have a very clear picture of what is what can be because a very interesting thing. sometimes let me tell you children understand a lot, even at this age, speak of the music and it keeps emotions appropriate for their age. which you will be able to express themselves beautifully, or even adult gymnasts should be made to work quickly for something that doesn't fit that current to the cup. i, if i, for instance, could never work which do and tragic music. even when we use common, we selected hoppey a more upbeat pots like gypsy dots, or in 90 seconds. i've done a lot of it. that was when she was a grown up young girls, i worked with a rule but very excitable and expressive. so they should be gave her an appropriate music instead of as a young child certainly shouldn't be made to work with a concert to or symphony that they count channel. well, even if a coach likes it, the coat should be guided by the child's feelings with,

but it takes the gifted coach to do that as well. as you said, a lot of this does obviously depend on the expressiveness of the gymnasts. how do you get them to reveal the true emotions during the performance or the motions come out as they're doing the performance itself naturally? well, probably the, yes you're right, but you need to get into a state to flow. that's what i always say. the flow of music, the flow for the music is telling you the job of the coaches to explain the gymnast is what she's supposed to feel working with. see. so the music piece, take the cult, see, and don't see. it opens with beautiful in 10 the eastern coast on the same time is that the coach needs to explain less and you have that the athlete is supposed to smile and leave very softly and flexibly when performing to it. so this is the 2nd part is adults, male war is think jump and they make all kinds of shop movements. the contrast

between and 2 and a worry, a creek such as side effect to the youth. but again, it all starts with the coach, analyzing these emotions, such of who will then pull that you've nasty into the slope you've done. unfortunately, it's not always possible or too many kids in the school. these young gymnast. it's not the only need holland, it's also a trusted and experienced coach to help them the truth the . so what do you tell your students before they go out on the map for a competition? i use the system which helped me a lot back in the day when i was preparing for the olympic games here from miss vin, or kept telling us that we should focus on our own thing,

get into the flow and just do our part. this is a system which has stood the test of time at the olympics. so my students here, the same words from me as they go out onto the floor the, what's the approach to take to give in your students feedback as to performance. beautiful, which was the 1st we focus on the things they did well. it's super important and i think for kids to know what went well and what was poorly, i start by highlighting the good thing. but then we immediately proceed to analyze the drawbacks in boulevard. i believe it's very important to figure out right away, what was good and what was that incorrect? the mistakes,

this is my method for which kids need to know where they succeeded and what could have been done better so that they can fix it immediately. is it true that each gymnast has their own speciality, or do they have to excel? it's everything in order to succeed in the sports. here's some children have a special get if i introduce some have certain peculiarities in their nature or physique. i personally have 5 gymnast on the floor and i try to bring out a personality in each one of them. each one has a special place. each girl has their own strength. by combining them, i get what i knew. and what does it take to be a parents of abuse and make gymnast? it's the parents of a true champion. are the zip. uh, where you like my parents. for daughter, they don't interfere. they never told the coach what to do. a full but, and trust their child completely to her mentor, so that they can form a tandem and have the right chemistry. that one, how do you teach your students to really show their emotions on the carpets?

or is this something that comes out naturally during a rep? it's one of my use to go. i bring out different emotions in my student's name. once near the story. it's not always big smiles, but sometimes i want them to feel angry or combative so that they're aware of their emotional range and learn to embrace it. symbol music. they must respond emotionally to everything. if they want their performance to come from the heart. and when they feel that everything's going well, they naturally break into a smile and their eyes light of it as it's the most natural way to achieve it. within the right now is russian training 80 navina. and she said that there comes a point where a coach can no longer teach the students something, and they have to give their students to another trainer for them to continue developing. uh, how do you tell when that time has come on? is it difficult to part ways i i completely agree with miss vin or certainly, i've been there myself. my 1st personal trainer passed me to vera. she fell bones.

who's a top trainer and holmes, cuz i'm going to and then michelle bums who has plenty of experience and was trained many olympic medalist herself in turn past me to arena vin or i'd say you need to feel it on a subconscious level, it takes a lot of professionalism for a coach to realize that the child is developing and needs to move on. it's very valuable when coaches can do that. and it's something we should all learn from them . the some of your children, even called you mom or mother, because you don't. so we just teach them make gymnastics,

you also help mentor them in the system or even bring them up with you to hold the line between the, the coach eating and the most or even need to know what mamma is that the mother stops. no, and that's because children have a very strong sense of justice and in some ways, all very cool. what i mean is that they immediately notice whether they're being told the truth or not. children, especially little ones, immediately realize if they've been given a pass on the head for nothing. i mean move away from a person who does that. when however, you tell them that they make mistakes when to tell them to do something over and over again. when you make a comparison, that may seem unpleasant to an upside down. i can afford to do that, you know, it shows them. but here's an example here. it's got to you. i told one of my goals, look at yourself. yes, so pushy. you have a luscious eyebrows. you have blue eyes, you're real busy. but you move like a cow. so she's supposed to choose will should be

a beauty with blue eyes or cow. she chooses to be a piece of course and immediately does what i ask her to do. so the feelings may be heard 1st, but then they come and how do you thank you and wait few case. you know, when they tell me on the 2nd mother doing competitions, it makes life lists listings because you're going to keep close. you mom, it makes your life less. while i can only imagine, you've also said, you know, that it's, it's not so much the competition. the masses, it's overcoming yourself, but winning must still be important in these events, getting a place on the podium. visits here, you see are becoming yourself, isn't olympic motto, just like fast, a high, a stronger, so you never look at your competition. look at yourself. will you be up to the task you and your coach that for you, if you will, you'll win the 1st place. this is obvious. yeah. not just in with them gymnastics for maybe for life itself. and finally, i just wanted to ask you one last question, your one of the biggest is not the biggest name in this make gymnastics,

but you often say, i'm nobody and you have that's and you all to biography. why? so just of it's true that we're very successful of like russia with god's help. of course, the $51.00 olympic medals and $400.00 full 16 world and you are paying championship metals. this is a significant result that i know that every person who is weak, sit in heights, receive this gift. senior this talent from up above. yeah, i always tell my students, i'm just to come do it. i'm told by a high a power what to do. so i can relate it to you and this is what i tell them, i go so soon as you get off the podium, you need to tell yourself right? and back to square one sees as though when you own the podium, your the champion. gotcha. but when you're backed down, you'll, nobody's again, this is how it goes. the

decrease in beauty with which these gymnast performed belies with tremendous amounts of hardwood hours of training and waving commitments. to find out just how they keep it together and the sort of pressure we ask lawless comedy and tell me what do you perform? how much of it is about competing with others? and how much of it is about competing with yourself and pushing your own limits. our main challenge is of course to push ourselves to the limit you know, like center of light keeps telling us that being yourself is part of the olympic model. then there's competing with the other athletes. at the end of the day, it's about proving to yourself what you can achieve. how far from the physical side,

can you tell me a bit about the more unusual aspects of your training? you know, venus that there's some gymnast even learn how it's how it's a white house. it's up to you if you want to learn poetry by heart. but even though like sound during the fosters are spiritual development as well. we go to the bow show theater to see bellies likes one late. don't you hold to the nutcracker, nice to create those who enjoy it. learn poetry. gymnastics is an art form and we channel our history in our dances. each person has their own way to express the motion law id, watch the performances of your competitors, and if so, why i do. my hero is already in the come by watching her performances and always green, something new and interesting from them. what there are other girls around the world who are doing full stuff in terms of body movements and the ad for rate. this works too. so we need to be aware of what's going on. we did comp and adapt some of

these elements. and finally, you look so confidence when you're out that you have this really and smile. can you tell us what's going on in the site before you before? and that's the goal. just attitude matters a lot. so what ever did you get nervous? of course. so which is fine, it's quite small as sweet gets nervous with what your trainers, your parents and your family help you overcome the emotional turmoil, my sister, in my case, it's my twin sister, diana. we are very close that my family is all about sports, but so it's all thanks to my trainers and my family. well, i thank you very much for speaking. so it's very interesting. thank you. the

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