Dear Marta Karolyi

A plea from CalicoIzzy on College Gym Board:

Please go watch the NCAA championships. Watch the terrific form, strong landings – great skills performed with excellence. Watch the former elite that never quite met your “standards” – Geralen Stack-Eaton, Natasha Kelley, Kayla Hoffman … watch how they blossomed in NCAA and found ways to perfect their gymnastics with LESS training time and more distractions.

Please note how many Level 10 gymnasts are now in the NCAA because fewer gymnasts choose to go elite.

I was thinking the same thing today … about the Level 10 J.O. Championships.

If Marta (or her successor) truly want to build a National program, she should reach out to hundreds of the best coaches in the USA at those two meets.

It seems a waste to me, that Marta is not making an appearance at both. Instead she waits until they get to her Camp, before making contact.