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Workouts

Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, and Ulyana Yanus from Omsk are assisted by the Russian national team Head coach Tatyana Sergaeva, the Alina festival choreographer Irina Zenovka, as well as coaches Irina Gusarova, Marina Drozd, and Evgeniya Eliseeva.

Gymnasts from the Sky Grace International Association are preparing to perform at the AEON Cup World Club Championships

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During a control training session before the III CIS Games, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Ekaterina Lots helped Karolina Tarasova practice her planché turn and the risk that follows. The gymnast worked especially hard on these turns, and executed them cleanly at the tournament in Azerbaijan.

The result of practicing the elements at the control training before the III CIS Games

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During the control training session, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina had problems with catching the hoop and with the jumping technique. This was noted by Academy coaches Alina Gusarova, Olga Minigalina, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Laura Acosta from Mexico, and Alina Kabaeva suggested how to correct these shortcomings. 


Working on a risk and jumping technique with an Olympic champion

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Competitions

The competitions are held from October 6 to October 8 in Azerbaijan.

Live broadcast of the III CIS Games

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The athlete has withdrawn from the competition in Azerbaijan.

Karolina Tarasova will not compete on the second and third days of the CIS Games for health reasons

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MA Academy

The meeting took place at the Sambo-70 Sports and Education Center in Moscow.

Martial Arts Academy coach Evgeny Ivanov took part in a practical seminar on Judo Teaching Methods

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Academy Life

May this bright holiday bring harmony and prosperity to your homes, and may your family gatherings bring warmth and happiness. 

The Academy and the Sky Grace International Association congratulate Chinese friends and partners on the Mid-Autumn Festival

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Opinion

The athlete will compete as part of the Sky Grace International Association team.

Gymnast Margarita Zhurovich from Belarus shares her expectations for the upcoming competitions in Azerbaijan

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The gymnast will perform as part of the team of the Sky Grace International Association team.

Sabrina Zaribboeva from Uzbekistan shares her expectations from the III CIS Games

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She will soon compete at the III CIS Games as part of the Sky Grace International Association team.

Ksenia Perepelitsa from Belarus tells what goals she sets for herself on the eve of the III CIS Games

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The International Association provides another platform for the development of the sport, giving gymnasts an additional opportunity to compete and showcase their abilities. This is an important step for the development of rhythmic gymnastics worldwide.

Gratitude to the organizers of the III CIS Games for supporting the Sky Grace International Association team's participation in the competition

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The team will include Moldir Kuttybekova, Farangiz Mansurova, Makhsuma Davronova, Ominakhon Solieva, Kamola Yusupova, and Samira Yuldasheva.

The group gymnasts from Uzbekistan tell about the goals for the III CIS Games

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Through your dedication, patience, and ability to impart knowledge, you make an invaluable contribution to the education of the younger generation.

Happy Teacher's Day!

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The coach from Mexico and Evgenia Eliseeva helped Karolina Tarasova to correct her mistakes in the ribbon routine on the verge of the event in Azerbaijan. You will learn from our video, what pieces of advice they gave to her!


Laura Acosta proactively participates in preparations of our gymnasts for the CIS Games

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This is how Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advised Academy group exercise gymnasts to work during the assessment training session on the verge of the CIS Games.

The gymnasts also got comments from judges Alina Gusarova and Ekaterina Lots during the training session. The professionals explained to the athletes what the value of their mistakes is and how they can be corrected.


"As a team, as a single mechanism"

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What notes did the Academy specialists give her? And how did Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva help her practice her elements? Find out in our new video!

Karolina Tarasova with a hoop at a control training session

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Choreographer Natalia Belugina worked with the gymnast on it. Her student Asel Arapova from Kyrgyzstan and Academy coach Elizaveta Chernova also helped her develop the details of the routine.



What will Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow's new clubs routine look like?

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In group exercises, success depends on each gymnast. At the control training session during her clubs routine, Polina Zakharova's jeté en tournant was flawed. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva noticed it and helped her refine it.


Let's take a look back at the preparations for the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest

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This continues the Olympic champion's conversation with Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina about how apparatus quality can influence element performance.

What does it mean to have a feel for an apparatus?

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During a control training session before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina held the ball wrong, which would have resulted in deductions at the tournament. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva pointed this out and helped Ksenia practice catching the ball with her feet.





A fragment of Ksenia Savinova's control training with a ball

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva shared it with Ksenia Savinova of Gatchina while working on the clubs routine before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest. Coaches Evgenia Eliseeva, Olesya Kovaleva, and Ekaterina Lots also helped to add an accent to the transition.

The secret to a great jump

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Irina and Alina Gusarov, Ekaterina Lots, Olga Frolova, Zlata Tulubaeva, and Olga Minigalina worked on the details of St.Petersburg gymnast Mariia Borisova's clubs routine. During a control training session, they helped the athlete improve her pirouette and fouetté.



It's important for a gymnast to know what the value of individual elements consists of and how to improve them

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Anna Ustsova, Olga Frolova, and Alina Gusarova discussed all the details during a control training session for the Academy's group gymnasts before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

How to perform a fouetté in a group exercise without losing points?

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Academy group gymnasts training was held at the Academy with sports psychologist Evgeniya Kuzminova before the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest. 

She advised the gymnasts on proper arm movement to enhance their routines. 

"There has to be total control!"

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This video was made before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest, featuring Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, Mariшa Borisova from St. Petersburg, coach Irina Gusarova, and other Academy staff. It's about the importance of continuing to work even past tiredness.

"That could happen, but it works"

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We continue sharing excerpts from Karolina Tarasova's ball training under the guidance of Olympic champion and coaches Ekaterina Lots and Evgeniya Eliseeva. We filmed the video before the start of the third stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

This time, Alina Kabaeva showed the Academy student how to properly execute a helicopter catch and explained how to cleanly twist a planche.

"This is how you need to work, and you'll see the results!"

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The Olympic champion knows that the key to success is a proper throw. This is precisely what Alina Kabaeva advised Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina to focus on during her training with coach Evgeniya Eliseeva.


What does a gymnast need to think about when performing a risky move?

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coaches Evgeniya Eliseeva, Ekaterina Lots, and Olesya Kovaleva helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina calculate her score for her ribbon routine and also adjusted several elements. 


It's helpful for gymnasts to understand the value of elements and know what deductions are given

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There are situations when emotions take over, so gymnasts need to be able to manage them and stay calm.

This is exactly the advice Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg received from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova when she struggled with her ball return and dance routine.

Was Masha able to address all the criticisms in her next run-through? Watch in our new video!


Advice from Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Irina Gusarova

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As St.Petersburg gymnast Mariia Borisova did her ribbon routine, the Olympic champion drew attention to the risk that determines the tempo of the entire routine and advised the gymnast to be especially mindful of it.

Alina Kabaeva also reminded her that music helps her concentrate, and at the end of the session, she gave Masha and her coach, Irina Gusarova, some advice in anticipation of the upcoming competitions.


There are many subtle psychological aspects to practicing a routine

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During a control training session, the Olympic champion and coach Anna Ustsova helped the Academy's group gymnasts refine their five-hoop routine. An alternate gymnast Kira Pryn joined the team, and it immediately became apparent where the clarity was missing. What advice did Alina Kabaeva give the athlete? And how did the gymnast correct her mistakes? Find out in our new video!


Alina Kabaeva noticed that Kira Pryn wasn't completing some elements

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva talked with Karolina Tarasova about this and overcoming her own challenges. 

The gymnast made some mistakes in her ribbon routine, but thanks to her persistence and the support of her coaches, she overcame everything!


What is an athletic personality?

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During the ball routine, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva praised Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg for her fast pace, but emphasized the importance of maintaining concentration until the end. 

Together with coach Irina Gusarova, they taught Mariia how to stay focused even in the most challenging moments.



Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva taught Mariia Borisova how to stay focused even in the most challenging moments

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva reminded Academy student Karolina Tarasova of that after the unsuccessful run-through.


How to practice to achieve success and what should not be allowed for yourself at workouts?

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An athlete’s program should be composed in such way so that to highlight all her advantages and not to forget elements with the high score at the same time.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva emphasized that for coach Evgenia Eliseeva and Academy professionals after the run-through of Ksenia Savinova of Gatchina. 


"This is a high-rated element. You will give valuable presents to your nearest and dearest"

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At a control training session, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained the appropriate approach to training. She advised Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina and her coach, Evgeniya Eliseeva, to work on the quality of their run-throughs and learn to give their best here and now, just like at competition.


"Imagine you have one try, one run-through!"

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Learn what Maria Borisova chose in the new video from the control training session with the Academy coaches and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.


To remake a part of the exercise or make a complete run-through once again and bring all the elements to an ideal?

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This time Alina Kabaeva and Academy coach Evgenia Eliseeva helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina to find a variant of more eye-catching preparation for the risk. 


Episodes of elements practicing under the guidance of the Olympic champion

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Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg made several mistakes in the ribbon program at the assessment training session. Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to the gymnast how these little faults should be perceived in order to cleanly complete the remaining part of the exercise. 


"Get yourself together and do!"

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To have the risk always ended with the catch, it is important for a gymnast to know specificities of its execution technique and not to give up when having the first failure. During a workout with Karolina Tarasova, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva showed nuances of ribbon handling to the gymnast and explained why there should be no relaxation after the loss. 


"Nobody knows the final result, therefore you need to go and struggle"

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After Karolina Tarasova's unsuccessful run-through, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva found the right words: she said it's important to look for the positive in everything and continue to work on yourself.


"Always look for positives, whatever occurs!"

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A prerequisite for this is keeping your feet flexed. Watch how the gymnast accomplished the task in our video!


Alina Kabaeva tells Ksenia Savinova how to correctly and gracefully throw out a ribbon

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Mistakes during preparation aren't a reason to get upset, but important lessons. Let them happen in the hall, not at competitions. This is precisely what the Olympic champion told Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg to take stock of during a control training session.


"We should be grateful that this is happening"

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva selected the song "Changing wind" for Alina Gusarova's student.


Academy student Veronika Malinina from St. Petersburg will be performing with a hoop to some new music

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Academy student Karolina Tarasova was thrown off-kilter by the wrong music during her hoop practice. After the losses, she was even more upset. But Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva explained to her how to approach work and why it's important to see it through to the end.



"You can't take the easy way out; it's not your path. You have to work hard"

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This is how the Academy group gymnasts practiced the right fouetté technique during a practice session led by Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and coach Anna Ustsova.


"The pirouette itself is already a rotation, with one foot touching the other"

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Mariia Borisova suffered two losses in the ball routine during the first run-through at the assessment training session at the Academy. The Olympic champion cheered the gymnast up and said that upsides should be looked for in everything and the work should be completed to the end. Masha listened to words of Alina Kabaeva, braced herself and performed the program without mistakes, having deserved applause by that.

"Always ask a question, not why, but what for?"

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And Alina Kabaeva wished the athletes successful training sessions at the training camps in response.

Gymnasts from the Bryansk Region thank the Olympic champion for the opportunity to attend an assessment training session at the Academy

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Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva together with coaches Zlata Tulubaeva, Alina Gusarova, Olga Frolova and Evgenia Eliseeva prompted Karolina Tarasova how to correct mistakes in the roll and the spin and in the risk and the jump at the assessment training session. 
