As you may have heard, Ekaterina Dulamova will work with the German rhythmic group in 2016. She has previously worked in Greece and I found this gala routine showing some of the girls she trained:
It would be very interesting to observe how the style of the German group will change with the new coach given that they have been a constant contender for the world's top 8.
Ekaterina Dulamova was born in 1979 in Plovdiv where she trained with coach Irina Cherneva. She became part of the Bulgarian national team in the mid 1990s. Good luck to the new coach and the German team!
11/25/2015
Waiting for These Elements to Magically Appear in New Routines
Fans, I have some of the more spectacular apparatus difficulties from the not-so-distant past that I would really like see performed once more. Some of these are signature elements that I haven't seen for over 10 years now. In Diana Popova's case, the elegant ball catch where she is spinning her back has not been done since the mid-1990s. Filipa Siderova and Lyubomira Vasileva who are shown with ball both trained with Mariana Vassileva who has since moved on to working with the Azeri team.
11/04/2015
If Somebody Ever Told Her This Could Not Be Done, She Would Have Kept Spinning
Teodora Alexandrova is the 1995 European Junior Champion, who also won gold with hoop, and silver with rope, clubs, and ribbon at this European Championship. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1986, which is before the time current gymnasts were born, but she has a lot to show in terms of her pirouette technique, her risks with the apparatus, and the overall brilliant, perfect control and confidence she demonstrated.
I have watched Teodora in practice for many hours and I always felt amazed to see that her enthusiasm keeps shining in her eyes even after 8 hours of doing the same elements. The same elements, which most gymnasts in the world would never dare to try. I have two amazing routines for you. In one of them, you can barely hear the music because of the Japanese fans screaming. Well deserved. Unforgettable.
Many theories attempt to explain why some gymnasts have better technique than others in terms of pirouettes. Does height have to do with it? Is it natural, or all learned?
In Teodora's case, we can say that she had all the natural talent imaginable, but it would not have been enough for her to execute these routines if she didn't have the impenetrable psychological preparation that came with them. Can you tell that her center of gravity is somewhere deep in her beautiful mind, so nothing can shake it out of balance? :-)
I have watched Teodora in practice for many hours and I always felt amazed to see that her enthusiasm keeps shining in her eyes even after 8 hours of doing the same elements. The same elements, which most gymnasts in the world would never dare to try. I have two amazing routines for you. In one of them, you can barely hear the music because of the Japanese fans screaming. Well deserved. Unforgettable.
Many theories attempt to explain why some gymnasts have better technique than others in terms of pirouettes. Does height have to do with it? Is it natural, or all learned?
In Teodora's case, we can say that she had all the natural talent imaginable, but it would not have been enough for her to execute these routines if she didn't have the impenetrable psychological preparation that came with them. Can you tell that her center of gravity is somewhere deep in her beautiful mind, so nothing can shake it out of balance? :-)
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