Author: Rick Mc

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

Data Deep Dive: Reliving National Finals

College Gym News crunched the numbers routine-by-routine at Nationals.

Especially interesting was the timeline for 2nd place between UCLA, UTAH, and Missouri.

Click through for details:

Data Deep Dive: Reliving National Finals

WHICH gymnast would you add to your Gymnastics team? 😀

❓We asked: If you could steal any gymnast and put them on your team, who would you steal? Also, the Mizzou girls naming every gymnast under the sun 😭💛

— All Things Gym Pod (@allthingsgympod.bsky.social) 2025-04-19T01:03:26.949Z

who’s on your last quadrenial ALL-STAR Gymnastics team?

In honor of the NFL Draft, we put together a mock draft if the National Gymnastics League (NGL) existed 👀All for fun and based on Paris Olympic qualifying!Who thinks we need an NGL!? Should we do one for the men next? 🤔

— Gymnastics Now (@gymnasticsnow.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T19:05:43.090Z

Michigan State University Gymnastics history

The team’s best ever ranking was 2025 finishing 6th. Congratulations.

consistency in Gymnastics judging

Kathi-Sue Rupp has a website dedicated to gymnastics judging.

It’s called Flipped Decisions.

Coaches will work towards the specific set of rules at their level of competition. It’s critical that judges apply those rules consistently throughout the season.

Summary: What Can be Done

  • Assign judging panels early enough so that judges can calibrate in the time leading up to a competition
  • Make sure the competition schedule permits judges to watch podium training or warm-ups
  • Head judges need to provide detailed feedback to panel judges in a psychologically safe pre-competition setting
  • Organize and participate in pre-competition and pre-season calibration exercises (like the NCAA Challenge) that provide detailed feedback.

Read the entire article:

Calibration in Gymnastics Judging

Will Graves – NAIGC interview

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS CLUBS (NAIGC) wants to “serve and expand opportunities for all levels of collegiate and adult gymnastics by providing structure for competition on local, regional, and national levels; facilitating communication; and building a community of support and camaraderie that encourages sportsmanship, leadership, teamwork, and fun.”

One part of that is offering the chance for anyone 18 and older to compete the Women’s Artistic apparatus. Anyone can compete the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics apparatus. Or both, if you choose.

Freedom.

Top sports journalist, Will Graves, covered their 2025 Nationals in Pittsburgh, PA from April 2-5.

He wrote an important article for the Associated Press. It’s important because Americans are living under a Presidency that attacks minorities to gain votes from the intolerant. The GOP hopes to motivate people to show up to vote by encouraging them to HATE.

Trans athletes are under more scrutiny than ever. Some have found a safe space in gymnastics

Click PLAY or watch an interview on YouTube.

history of Women’s NCAA Gymnastics

Nobody was a more important builder of the super successful College program than former Utah Coach Greg Marsden.

The inaugural Women’s College Gymnastics Championships were organized by the Division for Girls’ and Women’s Sports (DGWS) in 1969. The NCAA didn't sponsor WAG Champs until 1982. Over the years, there have been significant format changes.

— Greg Marsden (@utahmarz.bsky.social) 2025-04-13T20:02:26.559Z

Taylor Christopolus wins ’25 Nissen-Emery

Presented at a ceremony before the start of the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships … the nation’s top senior male gymnast who exemplifies excellence in athletic performance, scholarship, and sportsmanship.

Nebraska men’s gymnast Taylor Christopulos was named the recipient of the Nissan-Emery Award, Nebraska’s fourth all-time and first in 37 years as Tom Schlesinger won the award for NU in 1988 under head coach Francis Allen.  …

Christopulos is an eight time All-American recently winning his second Big Ten Gymnast of the Year honor. He has won 27 individual titles including one in every event. Off the mat, he is a five-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship team and has been named to the scholar-athlete honor roll every semester at Nebraska.  

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