Category: Gymnastics

Roethlisberger on Men’s NCAA Gymnastics

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

Tide changing for collegiate men’s gymnastics, alternative solutions exist

Jane Allen retires from British Gymnastics

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.  …

british-gymnastics.org

Defying Gravity – part 6

The final episode is all about TEAM. A feel good finale.

Much time is spent revisiting the Magnificent 7 in Atlanta and the other U.S. Olympic teams.

Blythe reminded us that Keri didn’t actually need to do her second vault to clinch the team gold for USA.

The highlight for me was Mykayla Skinner’s story. Inspiring. That young woman really turned her life around through Gymnastics.

Sadly she’s currently suffering Achilles pain.

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hollow backward layout

Backward layouts can be done slightly arched, straight or slightly hollow.

I’m old school. I prefer the aesthetics of a hollow position for a single layout.

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Max Whitlock for Samsung

This is pretty funny.

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FIG Friendship & Solidarity competition

Nov 8th.

Tokyo. Team Friendship v Team Solidarity.

Each team is made of 8 female and 8 male athletes. These gymnasts either come from China, Russia, the United States and Japan, or are training in Japan.

Details.

gymnasts wearing a Buff for training

Gymnasts at Gymcats Gym Dance Cheer are wearing a neck tube like a Buff for training. They can pull it up as needed for a mask. Not as effective as a real mask, but sufficient in many situations in the Gym.

A former gymnast / school principal friend of mine has a mask test that these neck tubes are likely to FAIL — can you blow out a flame through them.   With a good mask, you can’t. 

But the new BUFF® Filter Tube is promoted as having a 98% Bacterial Filtration Efficiency. That might be better.

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Buff now makes a dedicated filter mask, as well.

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