New Zealand gymnasts can compete in shorts

Good decision.

Many young women are more comfortable training in shorts. Now they can be more comfortable while competing.

International guidelines state female athletes are to wear leotards that “must not delineate more than 2cm below the buttocks” or a full unitard that extends from hip to ankle.

GNZ allows gymnasts to wear “leg coverings” and is now allowing female athletes to wear “bike shorts” or “shorts”. …

Gymnastics New Zealand loosen leotard rules, female athletes can compete in shorts

watch a STICK vaulting

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The human body is not a stick. It’s more like a ruler.

Click PLAY or watch Tony Retrosi on YouTube.

These simple examples are useful for biomechanics analysis. Contact angles, etc.

Ana Padurariu defers UCLA for a year

Good call.

Ana will stay home to focus on Olympic qualification.

how NCAA teams are training safely

College Gym News:

The (LSU) Tigers recently installed a Continuous Air and Surface Pathogen Reduction system (CASPR) unit. This high-end unit goes into the HVAC system, retailing around $85,000, and essentially attacks and kills every airborne passage in the air and on surfaces in their gym, operating 24/7.  …

CASPR

In 2017, Utah installed UV, hospital-quality lights in high-touch areas. Farden explains that UV lights scrub everything, killing COVID-19. These lights are in their locker rooms, bathrooms, foyer, storage areas and any room with high-touch and high-frequency traffic.

OSU recently added an AIR-THX filtration system, in addition to a spray system. …

As Teams Return to Campus With New COVID Protocols, Coaches Are Optimistic for a 2021 Season

National Coaches Week Canada

National Coaches Week is a week to celebrate the tremendous positive impact coaches have on athletes and communities across Canada.

It’s an opportunity to recognize coaches for the integral role they play by simply saying #ThanksCoach.

Details.

Grace McCallum training

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

(via theGymter.net)

Peng Peng’s Bhardwaj

As good as any every done, I’d say.

She could Stalder out. Easy.

Bhardwaj

That was posted by gymnasticsgifs.

(via WOGymnastike)

South Essex Gymnastics Club

Flashback

Head Coach Scott Hann, … trains a team of elite gymnasts with 36 Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth medals between them. The team includes Max Whitlock, Brinn Bevan and Reiss Beckford. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (Mar 2016)

USAG open letter to MAG community

… we can assure you all that we are not throwing in the towel. We care far too much about these NCAA programs to give up. We will continue to develop short-term initiatives to provide support, while reimagining how we can create a sustainable model for remaining a top program in the world, despite the new reality we are all facing. …

The entire USAG leadership and staff are fully committed to keeping men’s gymnastics alive at the collegiate level. We may not have all of the answers right now, but we believe in our community, and we will figure this out together. …