Aerial gymnast in performance at the Alina 2024 Festival!

The seamless flow of elements and rapid transitions between them demonstrate a gymnast's high level of proficiency and the complexity of the routine, however, flawless execution ultimately depends on fine technical details. It was precisely these details that Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina focused on during a training session with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.

Anastasia Dedeneva and Yulia Polyakova from Belgorod, along with Nadezhda Peshkova, Polina Ponomarenko, and Veronika Petunina from Bryansk, visited the Academy and shared their impressions of the training sessions, the gymnasts, and their meeting with Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva. Watch our video to see what stood out most to the girls!

What were their impressions of the tournament, and who do they look up to? Find out in the video!

The Olympic champion focused on leg technique and demonstrated how to launch the hoop with accuracy and confidence.

During an Academy training session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked with Yana Zaikina from Volgograd on the execution of the planche turn and the exit from the move.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to Evelina Tandalova from the Tyumen region how to increase speed during a planche turn, using the mechanism of a spinning top as an example.

Alina Kabaeva demonstrated the proper way to handle the clubs and asked the coaches to watch out for such errors so they wouldn't become ingrained habits.

Alina Kabaeva demonstrated the technique for a ball roll to Yana Zaikina from Volgograd and explained how to transition smoothly into a pirouette. She also suggested adding a movement that emphasizes the music.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva suggested increasing the number of jeté en tournant jumps in the routine by Alisa Shunina from Volgograd.

And here is the continuation of how Alisa Shunina from Volgograd practiced her backward balance with the Olympic champion. Alina Kabaeva checked Alisa’s physical capabilities and explained why the balance should be learned through strong leg kicks.

Alisa lives and trains at the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy. She is coached by Elizaveta Chernova. The choreographer is Elena Egorova.

During one of the training sessions, Alina Kabaeva broke down a mistake made by Diana Sobyanina from St. Petersburg when entering a club throw. She drew attention to the unnecessary movements that were complicating the execution of the risk and demonstrated how to remove them.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva worked on the musical accents in Ksenia Savinova’s hoop routine. Ksenia is from Gatchina.

During a training session at the Academy, the Olympic champion helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina perfect a risky ribbon maneuver. Alina Kabaeva offered tips on how to execute a toss from the hands and speed up the rolls. And most importantly: not to hesitate once the movement has begun.

During a training session at the Academy, Alina Kabaeva switched on the famous composition of How Young We Were performed by Alexander Gradsky for Yana Zaikina from Volgograd.