What to consider when performing a cartwheel?

During one of the training sessions ahead of the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup, the Olympic champion, along with coaches Elizaveta Chernova and Olga Minigalina, helped Arina Kovshova from the Novosibirsk Region adjust her ribbon routine to avoid losing points.

Yana Zaikina from Volgograd practiced her side turn in Novogorsk together with two-time Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva and coach Evgenia Eliseeva.

Take a look at how the coach helped the gymnast correct flaws in her clubs routine in Novogorsk.

Before the Russian Championship, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina improve her clubs flip technique and reminded her to get used to the high tempo of the program.

During one of the training sessions at the Academy, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva and Anna Ustsova brought this to the attention of the senior group gymnasts. They suggested what accents could be added to the routine with three hoops and two pairs of clubs.

During a training session in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region adjust her wrist position to make her hoop throw more comfortable, while Russian National team Head coach Marina Govorova explained the right technique.

The children learned about the history of the 2014 Olympic Games, answered questions about various sports, and completed tasks.

Together with Alina Festival choreographer Irina Zenovka and Academy coach Evgeniya Eliseeva, they discussed what's important to pay attention to when doing rolls and how to make them cleaner.

How do you achieve a smooth transition between rolls? And how do you perform them so they count? Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva helped Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region find the answers to these questions by demonstrating the technique.

During a training session in Novogorsk ahead of the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup, the Olympic champion suggested adding a small but striking detail to the ribbon routine performed by St. Petersburg’s Mariia Borisova, wrist gesture during the rotation.

The gymnast is competing in Spain under neutral status. 

During a training session in Novogorsk, Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva advised Eva Kononova from the Tyumen Region to work with clubs without tumbling, to feel the flight of the apparatus and find the right trajectory and height.

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva signed autographs for young gymnasts and explained how to get into the Academy.

Watch the new video to see how artistry revisions for the clubs routine of Mariia Borisova from St. Petersburg took shape at a workout in Novogorsk, and how they materialize at the Alina Kabaeva Grand Prix Champions Cup.

We dropped in on the specialist's class, where Yana Zaikina from Volgograd, Eva Kononova from the Tyumen region, Ksenia Savinova from Gatchina, and Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow performed exercises to develop various muscle groups.