Author: Rick Mc

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

British Gymnastics banned / expelled list

The published information is:

·         The name of the member

·         The primary role of the member within the sport (i.e. coach, judge, gymnast, etc)

·         The date the sanction was applied

·         The sanction (see below for a glossary of terms)

·         The category of the sanction (see below)

British Gymnastics is being criticized for not doing more. But I’m willing to give them credit for this first step in making the sport safer and more ethical.

See the list here.

Gymnix is BACK for 2024

Registrations open September 25th at 12 p.m. (EST).

The 2024 International Gymnix-Classic — one of the best invitational competitions in the world — is finally returning.

March 6-10, 2024

It’s a showcase for FIG gymnasts from around the world.

The Classic competition: CAN Levels 6 to 10 | Novice.

Details.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Team USA to Worlds Antwerp 2023

Read Spencer’s LIVE blog on day 2 of the Worlds Selection Camp.

He’s not convinced the highest scoring team was selected.

Personally, with Simone any team is near guaranteed to win. Therefore, I’d select the team with the best medal potential AA and Apparatus.

USA PanAms team 2023

Very strong!

Utah Gymnastics – facilities

The best facilities and highest paid coaches in the world are in the NCAA.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

2023 Worlds links

U.S. World Team trials

It did not go well.

Scores were down from Nationals.

Some felt the Vault table was slippery.

Judges made some mistakes even though there are few competitors and they should have all those routines memorized.

Team will be named after day 2.

Gymnasts can show 1-3 apparatus of their choice.

GymCastic feels Shilese, and Skye are near locks at this point.

… Is it a good idea to have 4 competitions on hard mats so close together. And so close to Worlds?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Simone’s YDP = 6.4 difficulty

FIG WTC has been hilariously bad at rating new skills in the past.

But they got Simone’s Vault difficulty correctly rated at 6.4.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Simone returns to Antwerp Worlds

I was there for Simone Biles in 2013 Antwerp. Fantastic.

Can’t believe that 10 years have past. And she’s returning still on top of the sport.