College gymnastics coaches are looking for …

The NCAA wants consistency, precision, perfect form and personality. Difficult skills are far less important.

University coaches I talked to at the College Bound Invitational felt most gymnasts were not showing their “best” routines.

College coaches want to see a routine of excellent quality. Most gymnasts showed too much difficulty. Execution suffered.

It’s a mistake to show a bad Geinger. Better to go “clean” on bars with no release part.

It’s a very bad idea to fall during a performance routine. Leave out double back on Floor if there is any chance you might fall on it.

Here’s one of the best Floor routines I saw at the meet. This is what College coaches are looking for:

Click PLAY or watch Emily Reichert from Orlando Metro on YouTube.

That said, there were a couple of unique skills shown at College Bound:

  • back layout triple twist dismount off bars
  • split leap to the end of the beam -> immediate punch front layout 1/1 twist
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    Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

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