Author: Rick Mc

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

Rachael Denhollander – SI Inspiration of the Year

In a recent telephone interview, Denhollander said that, “unless the new organization is populated with people who are willing to stand up and say: This is wrong, we are not going to do it this way, this is not the right priority, this is not the right value systems, we’re just going to end up with another organization that repeats the same problem.” …

Rachael Denhollander Wins Sports Illustrated’s Inspiration of the Year Award

Rachael Denhollander (née Moxon; born December 8, 1984) is an American lawyer and former gymnast. She was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar …

Denhollander is a TIME 100 honoree and a 2018 Glamour Woman of the Year.

STILL trying to understand Olympic qualification

MAGnastics tried a hypothetical scenario using results of Men’s Worlds 2018 to decide most of the Olympians:

  • Team Qualification (12)
  • Individual AA Qualification
  • Individual Apparatus Qualification

Using 2018 rankings Olympians include: Adam Steele, Ireland, Tin Srbic, Croatia, Ri Se Gwang, North Korea, Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece, Lee Chih Kai, Taipei, Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, etc. 

Click through to see how it turned out:

Demonstrating Olympic Qualification Using 2018 Worlds as an Example

World Cup qualifiers are not included.

Petrounias

Men’s NCAA Preseason Coaches Poll

Oklahoma Sooners (419 points)
Stanford Cardinal (390 points)
Illinois Fighting Illini (366 points)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (353 points)
Michigan Wolverines (324 points)
Ohio State Buckeyes (323 points)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (313 points)
Penn State Nittany Lions (301 points)
Iowa Hawkeyes (267 points)
Navy Midshipmen (225 points)

The majority of teams’ seasons will get underway the weekend of January 11 (with meets like the West Point Open and Rocky Mountain Open). The conclusion of the 2019 campaign will come at the NCAA Championships in Champaign, IL on April 19-20.

Make sure to follow all of the action this season on the CGA’s social accounts: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

2019 CGA Preseason Coaches Poll

Region5USAG High Tech Camp

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Benefits of Gymnastics for kids

From our sister site RecGymnastics.com:

Guest post by Alex from Amilia.com:

Gymnasts who perform at the highest level and win world championships or Olympic medals are awe-inspiring physical specimens who wow with their flexibility, strength, balance and coordination. Even if your child doesn’t aspire of practice gymnastics at that high a level, those foundational physical qualities can positively impact their lives away from the practice facility and, over time, even help them academically.

With the average child spending seven hours a daylooking at screens, the importance of putting youngsters in a program that makes physical fitness and interpersonal communication a priority is crucial for their continued development. As they inch closer to their teenage years, prioritizing physical activity and social interactions with other kids their age will put them in a great position to blossom into strong, capable young adults.

Let’s take a closer at the biggest gymnastics’ benefits for kids, starting with:

Lasting Health Benefits

Strong Social Benefits

Commitment and Discipline

Motor Skills, Balance and Coordination

Improved Strength

Click over to RecGymnastics.com to read the whole post:

5 Benefits of Gymnastics for Your Child

Alex G. is VP of Marketing and Customer Success at Amilia, a company offering an all-in-one gymnastics registration software solution for gym schools and cheer clubs.