Month: April 2017

Mykayla Skinner – Floor

Judging “mitigation“:

… lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant … the act of making a condition or consequence less severe …

Like it or not, judges are influenced by difficulty. MyKayla’s routine is far, far more difficult than any other in NCAA. Many judges evaluate it less severely than the comparatively simple 10.0 routines with only 2 tumbling lines.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfZzZxTw1OE&feature=youtu.be

Personally I feel the NCAA is ready for rule changes rewarding more difficulty legally. O’Hashi on Beam, Peng on Bars, Mykayla on Floor, the double twisting Yurchenkos, etc.

NCAA in 2017

This has been the best season … ever.

Dvora Meyers:

… The sport has been shown live on TV for several hours every weekend. Attendance at meets has been steadily climbing every week …

In 2009, there were 1,684 Level 10 gymnasts and just 79 elites.

And in 2017, the number of registered Level 10s in the U.S. is 3,005, nearly double what it was eight years ago. Simply put, there are now a lot of high-level gymnasts in the United States, more than enough to fill out the rosters of several NCAA programs, not just the top ones. …

The NCAA Gymnastics Championship Won’t Belong To The Olympians

Skinner leads the AA session 1

Despite the insanely silly NCAA judging, I’m happy MyKayla was rewarded for double double mount, full twisting double back dismount and DTY.

1 MyKayla Skinner Utah 39.6125
2 Kyla Ross UCLA 39.5750
3 Madison Kocian UCLA 39.5500
4 Maddie Karr Denver 39.4750
5 Baely Rowe Utah 39.4000
5 Hailey Burleson Washington 39.4000
full results

Maggie shockingly fell on Beam.

https://twitter.com/utahgymnastics/status/852985634423791616

Oklahoma, UCLA, Utah advance

Session 1 of 2 at NCAA Championships

1. Oklahoma 197.7250
2. UCLA 197.5000
3. Utah 197.0500

4. Washington 196.5625
5. Denver 196.4750
6. Oregon State 196.3625

NCAA podium training videos

FloGymnastics posted free videos and interviews.

Maggie Nichols favourite to win NCAA

Can anything stop Oklahoma’s Maggie Nichols from taking home the top title at NCAA Championships?

Definitely.

One wobble. One poor landing. The all-around is very competitive this year.

J.O. Championships qualifiers

Seven 2016 national Junior Olympic all-around champions are among the 684 young women expected to compete in the 2017 Junior Olympic National Championships slated for May 6-7 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. …

The returning champions are: Carly Bauman of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute, West Des Moines/Iowa; Rachael Flam of Stars Gymnastics Training Center-Houston, Houston/Texas; Abby Heiskell of Southeastern Gymnastics Center, Waxhaw/N.C.; Amoree Lockhart of Empire Gymnastics Academy, Ft. Worth/Texas; Rachael Lukacs of North Stars Gymnastics Academy, Hillsborough/N.J.; Payton Richards of Aerial Gymnastics Club, New Lennox/Ill.; and Gabryel Wilson of Olympia Gymnastics Academy, Ypsilanti/Mich. …

Field is set for women’s Junior Olympic National Championships

Denelle Pedrick – DTY

The Saskatchewan Freshman competing for Central Michigan is suddenly n apparatus Finals contender contender for National Champion.

(I’d forgotten that NCAA did away with apparatus finals.)

Watch it on FloGymnastics.