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Every gymnast knows that special feeling from successfully executing a risk or element! During a training session in Novogorsk, the Olympic champion told Yana Zaikina from Volgograd how she took a risk on a clubs cascade at the AEON Cup tournament and advised the athlete not to be afraid of difficult elements.

During a training session in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva showed Yana Zaikina from Volgograd the best way to transition into a turn.

During a training session in Novogorsk, the Olympic champion discussed the current rules of rhythmic gymnastics in detail with Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva and Zlata Tulubaeva, a member of the All-Russian Judges Panel.

The group team gymnasts from the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy regularly finetune their skills in choreography sessions with Veronika Shatkova. What changes have the gymnasts noticed after training with this Russia’s Honored Coach? Find out in our video!

During a practice run by Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva helped adjust a sequence to eliminate the static pause before the pirouette en arrière. Meanwhile, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminded Yana of the importance of enjoying training, setting goals in advance, and working towards them.

While working with Sofia Dubrovina from the Yaroslavl Region, Alina Kabaeva analyzed the planche turn. The Olympic champion focused on leg stability, body alignment, and shoulder positioning.

In Novogorsk, Alina Kabaeva watched gymnast Sofia Dubrovina from the Yaroslavl Region. The Olympic champion assessed the athlete's physical attributes, asked her to demonstrate elements and risks, and gave some technique advice.

At a training session with Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, the Olympic champion, along with Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva and All-Russian Panel of Judges member Zlata Tulubaeva, discussed the apparatus catch after a risk.

While rehearsing a new ribbon routine, Alina Kabaeva asked the gymnasts to identify the flaw that had caught her eye by watching a replay on the screen.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva recalled how Yana arrived from Volgograd to try out.

And Yana managed to pull off a more challenging element!

During a training session in Novogorsk, Alina Kabaeva suggested that Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and her coach, Evgeniya Eliseeva, add an acrobatic element to their routine. The Olympic champion had previously taken part in this move during the Tango performance at the 2010 Alina festival, which was choreographed by Alla Dukhova, the founder and artistic director of the TODES international dance company.  

There was a time when Alina Kabaeva would actually approach Vera Shtelbaums to ask if she could finish up and leave practice. Who would have thought that, so many years later, they would meet again in the training hall!

In Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, coach Evgeniya Eliseeva, choreographer Ekaterina Belova, and Yana Zaikina from Volgograd discussed their recovery camp in Turkey and reminisced about the gymnast's victory at the European Championships.

Bolshoi Theatre Principal Dancer Anna Tikhomirova led a ballet master class for the Academy's gymnasts. They worked on plié, tendu, developpe, and attitude, positions, flexibility, backs, and every detail of the movement.

While working on the new hoop routine for Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgenia Eliseeva are paying special attention to the continuity and smoothness of movements.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva greeted the gymnasts and coaches of the Russian national team, as well as athletes from Kyrgyzstan, who arrived in Novogorsk for training camp.

Meanwhile, coach Evgenia Eliseeva and All-Russian Board of Judges member Zlata Tulubaeva noted the nuances of the element's execution technique.

During training in Novogorsk, the Olympic champion noticed that Volgograd's Yana Zaikina's ball routine lacked a pirouette into a back balance after rising from the floor, even though the gymnast had all the makings of it.

The Olympic champion demonstrated an interesting catch. The video also features an example of an unusual boomerang!

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested changing Yana Zaikina's catch on the risk with a ribbon from Volgograd to catch it in a Kudryavtseva element. She also demonstrated how to logically achieve the skill.

The Olympic champion focused on throwing technique and the speed of the element. She then showed the gymnast the best movement to catch the apparatus.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva showed Yana Zaikina from Volgograd how to wrap the ball around her routine to keep her movements from becoming static.

They discussed how Masha competed at the tournament and reached peak form, as well as what she needs to work on in her new routines. The gymnast also gave Alina Kabaeva a bracelet as a keepsake!

During Volgograd’s Yana Zaikina’s clubs rehearsal, Alina Kabaeva focused on her artistry. She asked the gymnast to use her facial expressions more, to feel the music, and to be more open to showing emotion.

During a training session in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Evgeniya Eliseeva advised Yana Zaikina from Volgograd on how to execute the fouetté turns in her clubs routine.

Take a look at her first minutes at the training base.

Great news from Masha Borisova from St. Petersburg.

Training continues for Masha Borisova from St. Petersburg, Varya Toporova from the Republic of Kalmykia, Sasha Borisova from Moscow, Ksyusha Savinova from Gatchina, Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, Alesya Naifonova from Vladikavkaz, and our group exercise gymnasts.