Category: Gymnastics

Suni DID compete 1/2-on, Fwd Layout

As a competitive Vault, that’s crazy. SO difficult to land consistently.

I’d argue it’s even tougher than the Handspring Fwd Layouts we’ve seen a few times in NCAA.

When I saw it in training online I ASSuMEd she was using it as a “timer” โ€”ย and would add twists later.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Spencer would have given ย 9.8 though she was scored 9.925.

NCAA Divison III teams scored lower

As we’ve always known, NCAA judges apply the rules more accurately when at Div III competitions. It’s one of the worst aspects of the silly College judging scheme.

Spencer crunched the numbers on the recent GymCastic podcast:

  • Using data from every meet for the DIII WIAC teams (the 8 teams in Wisconsin/Minnesota) for theย last 10 yearsโ€”679 team scoresโ€”the average score when they compete away at a DI or DII school isย 186.104.ย 
  • Compared to when they compete at home or at other DIII schools or neutral venues, when the average score isย 183.776.ย 
  • Thatโ€™s a difference of 2.328 in the team scoreโ€”or greater than four fallsโ€”maintained across an entire decade of meets for an entire division of teams.
  • Far from being an urban myth, DIII teams scoring far higher at DI and DII schools is a long-standing and verifiable reality.

Trinity 10.0 Vault

YES.

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Best NCAA sidelines choreography ๐Ÿ˜€

OK ladies. Let’s see someone top Sandra Elsadek and Victoria Henry.

This should go viral.

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Mya Hooten – BOOM!

If you STICK the landing perfectly in College Gymnastics, do NOT take the allowed lunge.

Be like Mya. She’s cool. In this routine she stuck every landing.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

European Gymnastics – fan faves 2021

You can only vote for one of 5 choices:

Nina Derwael (BEL)
Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)
Jessica Gadirova (GBR)
Angelina Melnikova (RUS)
Giulia Steingruber (SUI)

Ferhat Arican (TUR)
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR)
Ilia Kovtun (UKR)
Nikita Nagornny (RUS)
Max Whitlock (GBR)

Obviously, there should be a way to write-in other gymnasts.

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