1 Oklahoma 197.900
2 LSU 197.625
3 Florida 197.342
4 Utah 197.050
5 Alabama 197.008
6 Kentucky 196.375
7 Denver 196.367
8 UCLA 196.263
9 Southern Utah 196.150
10 Michigan 196.100
NCAA rankings as of Jan 23rd
Category: Gymnastics
Nicole Artz 10.0 Floor
Perfect?
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(via Double Full Gym Blog)
See the other 10.0 routines from 2016 and so far in 2017.
Yang Wei & Yang Yun have twins
Yang Wei, 2008 Olympic AA champion and his wife Yang Yun, 2000 Olympics bronze medalist on Bars added to their family.
In addition to a 7-year old son they just had twin girls.
Valerie Theodora Ko has the details.
China’s so-called one-child policy ended in 2016.
related – Yang Yun admitted to being 14 (underage) when she competed in Sydney on Chinese national television. The subsequent FIG investigation found her innocent due to insufficient evidence. Her 2000 teammate Dong Fangxiao and the team were punished.
Cata’s new Beam mount
Dipa has her own stamp
LIKE her tweet.
via Gymternet Clan
good vs bad mistakes
Dr. Patrick Cohn:
Cal Berkeley women’s gymnastics head coach Justin Howell makes a distinction between good mistakes and bad mistakes.
Howell is not bothered by his gymnasts making mistakes as long as they are aggressive. Howell has sold his team on his philosophy regarding mistakes which has helped his team produce in high-pressure meets.
The Bears entered the 2017 season opening meet, the NorCal Classic with an aggressive “go-for-it” mindset rather than worrying about mistakes.
The Bears came out of the gate extremely strong on vault, scoring 9.75 or above on every individual routine but had difficulty on the next rotation, the bars.
Despite a couple of falls on the bars, the Bears won the meet for their third NorCal Classic title in three years.
Howell was impressed with his team’s aggressiveness but that aggressiveness is a direct result of not fearing mistakes.
HOWELL: “Their mistakes were good mistakes. They were doing big, aggressive gymnastics, and that’s what I like to see.” …
Gymnastics Mental Coach – Are Mistakes Good or Bad in Gymnastics?
I love the graphic for that article. 🙂
North Carolina v Florida #BETRUE
The theme in support of an LGBTQ rights. A brave move.
Recall that the NBA, NCAA and others decided to boycott North Carolina because of the State government’s intolerant HB2 bill.
North Carolina welcomed No. 3 Florida to Carmichael Arena Friday night for its first home dual meet of the 2017 season. The Gators proved worthy of their lofty ranking, posting a 197.325, while the youthful Tar Heels posted an encouraging 194.200. ..
A school-record 4,071 fans were in attendance Friday evening to watch the Gators and Tar Heels at Carmichael Arena. …
The two teams wore rainbow-themed #BETRUE t-shirts, and the Tar Heels tossed commemorative shirts to the crowd, many of whom were wearing rainbow ‘NC’ buttons. …
University of North Carolina Gymnastics v Florida
Carmichael Arena
Chapel Hill, NC
Friday, January 20, 2017
(via GymCastic 236)
Iceland has Europe’s cleanest living teens
A few factors emerged as strongly protective: participation in organised activities – especially sport – three or four times a week, total time spent with parents during the week, feeling cared about at school, and not being outdoors in the late evenings. …
Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening
In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won’t follow suit.
Tan Sixin – Bars double front
Ludi Furnon is a Mom
Ludivine Furnon is a retired Olympic athlete from France. She was the first French female gymnast to ever win a medal at the World Gymnastics Championships. …
Congratulations.
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