Author: Rick Mc

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

Christine MacDonald new CMU Head Coach

MacDonald recently completed her 25th season as a member of the CMU coaching staff after being a student-athlete for the Chippewas from 1988-91 and a student coach in 1992. …

Canadian NCCP Level 3 Practical

Level 3 Practical – MAG & WAG (Langley, Vancouver B.C.)

Either August 31, 2019 or September 1, 2019

Details.

For more information phone 604-333-3493 or email jcarroll (a) gymbc.org

Fujitsu “judging support system” at Worlds 2019

The system uses 3D laser scanner sensors to capture the gymnasts’ movements in real time, providing two million shots per second on areas such as arm or leg bend angles, angles of elevation and height of particular moves.

This is then compared to a database of existing recognised moves and routines to hopefully provide a more accurate picture of an athlete’s routine for the judges. …

The technology is now planned to be deployed at the forthcoming Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, held from October 4th-13th  in Stuttgart, Germany, with further tests planned as Fujtisu aims to get it included at Tokyo 2020.

Tech Radar 

GymCastic reported that FIG plans to test the technology on 2 WAG apparatus, 3 MAG apparatus in Stuttgart.

Thanks @usgymie

Qualification system for Worlds 2022

Some details are yet to be announced.

The biggest change so far is a return to team size of 5 gymnasts.

… The new format will come into force at the 2022 and 2023 Worlds, which will limit the number of participants to 208 in the Men’s competition and 201 in the Women’s.

This will allow a reduction in the overall duration of the World Championships to 11 days, compared to 15 at the 2018 event, with two training days and two competition days less.

The qualifying system is composed as follows:

No doubt this new system will have problems, as well. GymCastic has already identified some.

Read more on USAG – New formats for World Championships and new system for Olympic qualification

NOTE – This post originally talked about qualification for Olympics 2024. We don’t yet know what changes are planned for Paris.

GymCastic episode 363

If you blinked and missed USAG’s hiring and firing of Professor Edward Nyman as its full-time sports medicine and science director — a new position — Jessica has got you covered.

Another hire where vetting was bungled.

The podcast reviews two other recent issues:

  • Terin Humphrey posting and defending a dumb, wrong meme on Facebook. Terin was was a member of the selection committee that chose women’s teams for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
  • Mary Lou Retton‘s recent TV appearance. Recall that Mary Lou lobbied against  Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act as a USAG Board Member. Happily it was signed into law February 14, 2018. Mary Lou seems still in denial that children were abused.

In addition was new CEO Li Li Leung’s wrong statement that gymnasts who saw the criminal doctor with their coach were safe. Leung did later apologize.

363: Five Is the New Four (…Is the New Five)

Division I Academic sports

Bottle of what!?

WAG is not #1. 🤔

When did skiers get so smart?

 

do you know how many STEPS your gymnasts use on Vault?

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