Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

no NCAA Apparatus Finals at Nationals

NCAA Gym News:

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The Division I Competition Oversight Committee approved a change to the format of the NCAA championships this week that will result in the elimination of the individual event finals to make way for live television coverage of the event starting in 2016.

Because of the change, ESPN has agreed to broadcast both preliminary subdivisions as well as the Super Six finals on national television. The semifinals will be held at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET while the finals will be at 9 p.m. Saturday. All broadcasts are set to air on ESPNU.

While there won’t be a separate day for event finals, individual champions will still be crowned. Gymnasts with the highest scores on each of the four events after combining scores from both sessions will be announced the winners after prelims along with the all around champion. …

With the new format, six judges will be stationed at each event with the high and low score being dropped and the remaining four being averaged to come up with the final total. This should help with ties in event competition. In the past, four judges were at each event with the middle two scores being averaged while six judged event finals. …

Event Finals Eliminated from NCAA Championships

Let’s wait and see how it works.

NCAA.com shows competition only on April 15-16th. Not the usual 3 days.

related – Balance Beam Situation commentary on the changes.

Dragalescu – compare Marian and Oleg

Vault Final Worlds 2015.

Click PLAY or watch Marian’s on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Oleg’s on YouTube.

Marian said he feels Oleg’s is most similar to his own. Tight tuck.

Florian Landuyt – Achilles

I’ve not seen official statistics as yet, but it sounds like we had about 6 serious injuries at Worlds 2015. About 1% of the competitors suffered injuries in Glasgow that will require months of recovery.

Florian is an up-and-coming gymnast from Belgium, happy to have qualified for the AA Final last minute.

 

But on take-off for double double on Floor, he snapped an Achilles. 😦

 
Artistic Gymnastics is a dangerous sport. 😦 We need to do more to reduce that rate.

Ellie Black Iceland holiday

… At least that’s what I thought she was doing in Iceland.

Instead it’s crazy Kenzo stuff. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch her on Instagram.

 
And … she’s doing these things again.

male athletes asked sexist questions

🙂

#CoverTheAthlete:

Something’s wrong with media coverage of female athletes.

Sexist commentary, inappropriate interview questions, and articles focused on physical appearance not only trivializes a woman’s accomplishments, but also sends a message that her value is based on her looks, not her ability. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Great West Gym Fest is awesome

Registration package now available for my favourite competition anywhere.

February 19—21, 2016 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Click PLAY or watch a promo on YouTube.

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