HUGE amplitude.
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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
NCAA week 3 updates
WEEK 3 RANKINGS AND NOTES
Balance Beam Situation summarizes who’s up, who’s down, who’s hot, who’s not.
Utah moves ahead of Alabama for 4th after season-high 197.625
Michigan records first hit meet of 2017 for 197.050, jumps to 10th
Sabrina Garcia, Penn State, Bars – 9.950
Her second 9.950 of the season
Khasia Hislop, North Carolina, Floor – 9.925
Kendall Valentin, Eastern Michigan, Bars – 9.925
Katy Clements, Central Michigan, Floor – 9.925
Macey Hilliker, Central Michigan, Floor – 9.925
Rachel Stypinski, Kent State, Floor – 9.925
Yumi Mordre – “Diamadov” on Beam
NCAA rankings as of Jan 23rd
1 Oklahoma 197.900
2 LSU 197.625
3 Florida 197.342
4 Utah 197.050
5 Alabama 197.008
6 Kentucky 196.375
7 Denver 196.367
8 UCLA 196.263
9 Southern Utah 196.150
10 Michigan 196.100
Nicole Artz 10.0 Floor
Perfect?
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(via Double Full Gym Blog)
See the other 10.0 routines from 2016 and so far in 2017.
Yang Wei & Yang Yun have twins
Yang Wei, 2008 Olympic AA champion and his wife Yang Yun, 2000 Olympics bronze medalist on Bars added to their family.
In addition to a 7-year old son they just had twin girls.
Valerie Theodora Ko has the details.
China’s so-called one-child policy ended in 2016.
related – Yang Yun admitted to being 14 (underage) when she competed in Sydney on Chinese national television. The subsequent FIG investigation found her innocent due to insufficient evidence. Her 2000 teammate Dong Fangxiao and the team were punished.
Cata’s new Beam mount
Dipa has her own stamp
LIKE her tweet.
via Gymternet Clan
competition DOs and DON’Ts
“Bella” is a Trampoline Coach in the UK. She posted some good reminders for coaches, parents and athletes at a competition.
Competition Etiquette
good vs bad mistakes
Dr. Patrick Cohn:
Cal Berkeley women’s gymnastics head coach Justin Howell makes a distinction between good mistakes and bad mistakes.
Howell is not bothered by his gymnasts making mistakes as long as they are aggressive. Howell has sold his team on his philosophy regarding mistakes which has helped his team produce in high-pressure meets.
The Bears entered the 2017 season opening meet, the NorCal Classic with an aggressive “go-for-it” mindset rather than worrying about mistakes.
The Bears came out of the gate extremely strong on vault, scoring 9.75 or above on every individual routine but had difficulty on the next rotation, the bars.
Despite a couple of falls on the bars, the Bears won the meet for their third NorCal Classic title in three years.
Howell was impressed with his team’s aggressiveness but that aggressiveness is a direct result of not fearing mistakes.
HOWELL: “Their mistakes were good mistakes. They were doing big, aggressive gymnastics, and that’s what I like to see.” …
Gymnastics Mental Coach – Are Mistakes Good or Bad in Gymnastics?
I love the graphic for that article. 🙂
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