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tumbling on Ice Skates

I believe this is Sebastian Mendez at the 2023 Skate Canada International Exhibition Gala.

this really caught me off guard but damn pic.twitter.com/HhmvuoplF4
— aliie 🪩 (@lalanureyev) October 29, 2023

Jaydon Paddock tumbler / stuntman

🇬🇧 Jaydon Paddock is not your average tumbler!

As he gears up for #WTGC2023, we learnt a bit more about him.

🤸 @BritGymnastics Tumbler ✅
🥷 Stuntman ✅
🦸 #Marvel Superhero ⏳

Watch this space!#TRAWorlds2023 #Gymnastics #Tumbling pic.twitter.com/RhxGAizxm8
— World Trampoline Gymnastics Championship 2023 (@WTGC2023) October 28, 2023

top gymnast scores in 2023

Counting only the major FIG meets.

Simone, Rebeca, Shilese, Jessica, Melanie, Flavia, Ellie, Manila, QUI Quiyuan, Kayla …

I'm starting to enter the PAG data into my Asian Games-Worlds-Pan Ams spread sheet. Here are the 10 gymnasts with the highest AA scores. Colored scores are their previous score medians for this quad and the delta of that median against the score actually achieved at these meets. pic.twitter.com/gdIlbPf7v2
— Katherine Keirns (@kmkeirns) October 28, 2023

Manila Esposito 🇮🇹🤩 This is NABS!!! Connected to Pak beautiful 😍❤️ pic.twitter.com/hAgbWNGesP
— Liviefromparis 🇫🇷🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️ (@ILoovEnglish) October 1, 2023

mental health for COACHES

One legacy of the greatest of all time, is Simone normalizing gymnasts talking about their mental health.

Still little discussed is the importance of mental health for coaches.

It can be a very stressful job. But in 2023, most coaches want to hide any anxiety.

That should change.

TrueSport is offering an online event on the topic Nov. 6th.

give Zou Jingyuan a 10

After Rebeca scored 9.733 execution on what many would consider a perfect Cheng, there has been discussion online. 😀

ALL agree that FIG judges in 2023 “box” the execution scores too much. The difference between best and worst is not accurately reflected by differences in E score.

Judges do this in order to stay in range, and not get in trouble from the FIG WTC.

Personally, I’d like to see the rare 10.0 execution score. (Certainly there are too many in WAG NCAA, some obviously not even close to being deserved.)

IF the performance is significantly superior to anyone else in the world — and there are no obvious deductions — it should get a 10 execution score.

I’ve seen several P Bar routines from Zou Jingyuan where I would have NO DEDUCTIONS recorded on my judging sheet. For example.

my feelings on the 10e discussion aside i will NEVER miss an opportunity to make people watch the closest thing to absolute perfection we’ve seen that isn’t a vault ❤pic.twitter.com/YnkYW0WqyD https://t.co/OhZ1M4zgNF
— zbh 89.299 aa 🥇 (@zhangbohengs) October 27, 2023

Why Russia should be banned by IOC

While I am disappointed for Russian gymnasts not allowed to compete internationally, I fully support the BAN on Russian athletes as long as Putin insists on expansion into Ukraine.

Why Russia and not every other nation that is at war with neighbours?

Good question.

Russia is different, I argue. That nation was already banned by the IOC for systematic doping. sReason enough.

Totalitarian states like Russia, China, Turkmenistan, North Korea, etc. should be held to a different standard by IOC because one human being can make decisions personally. For decades. IF Putin is allowed to get away with invading Ukraine, why should he stop there?

Putin has virtually had 100% control since 1999 and seemingly plans to rule for life. He pretends to have elections — but there is no chance citizens can decide on an alternative.

Nikita Nagornyy is Chief of the Main Staff of the All-Russia “Young Army” National Military Patriotic Social Movement Association. He should never again be allowed to compete in FIG sanctioned competition.

Critics have described the organization as the Russian equivalent of the Hitler Youth and a modern, republican form of the Soviet Komsomol and Young Pioneers.

Here’s the kind of things children are trained to do in Putin’s Russia.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gymnastics Sports Parenting Book

Authors Gordon MacLelland (Chief Executive Officer at Working With Parents in Sport) and Sarah Murray.

… launch comes following the partnership we launched with Working With Parents in Sport (WWPIS) last year, supporting making a real difference in the gymnastics community.

The UK-based company has been leading our work to help support parents, gymnasts, and coaches to have positive relationships so young people thrive both in and out of their sport. …

It consists of six key focus areas, which are also the focus of WWPIS interactive sessions:

1)      Performance sports parenting – an introduction

2)      Parent parent OR sport parent – striking the balance

3)      What’s your lens?

4)      Managing disappointment – avoiding devastation

5)      “Fast cars; poor brakes” – the adolescent brain

6)      The end – Beyond the Badge
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