• 16 October, 10:00 am (CET) Gymnastics, everyone can participate Keynote: Margaret Sikkens Ahlquist (SWE)
• 30 October, 10:00 am (CET) We must be gymnast centered Keynote: Hardy Fink (CAN) Education Commission: Tseko Mogotsi (RSA)
• 13 November, 10:00 am (CET) Understanding twisting during saltos Keynote: Fred Yeadon (GBR) Education Commission: Hardy Fink (CAN)
• 20 November, 10:00 am (CET) How clubs can develop and supervise Parkour? Keynote: Charles Perrière (FRA) Keynote: Nicolas Fischer (SUI)
• 27 November, 10:00 am (CET) Enhancing mental and physical abilities of trampolinists Keynote: Christophe Lambert (FRA) Keynote: Michael Kuhn (GER) Education Commission : Tseko Mogotsi (RSA)
• 04 December, 10:00 am (CET) Understanding forces in Gymnastics Keynote: Ludwig Schweizer (GER) Education Commission: Marco Bortoleto (BRA)
• 11 December, 10 :00 am (CET) The perception of complex movements Keynote: Alexandra Pizzera (GRE) Guest: Fabian Hambuechen (GER) Education Commission: Jani Tanskanen (FIN)
After this season, there could be only 12 NCAA teams remaining.
John Roethlisberger:
… men’s gymnastics is the hardest sport to follow, understand, and tell who’s winning, even more so than women’s gymnastics. In 2018, the women’s finals of the U.S. Gymnastics Championships had over three times as many viewers as the men’s competition, according to Sports Business Daily.
Roethlisberger believes people want to know the score in real time and what needs to happen in the next turn for a team to take or retain the lead. …
The meets also take too long, Roethlisberger said. He said he would shorten all events to three-up, three-count.
He said he would downsize the gymnasts on teams to 12 and use a club program as the junior varsity program. Many programs have more than 20 on their roster.
“I honestly would go as far as cutting the entire budget, other than the coach and maybe three scholarships,” Roethlisberger said
Hopefully this will help BG make the cultural changes called for by many of their top athletes.
After over ten years with British Gymnastics, Jane Allen MBE is to retire as Chief Executive in December. An interim Chief Executive will be announced in the near future. …