Category: Gymnastics

Kailin Chio training Floor

Kailin trains at Gymcats in Nevada.

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Gymnastics Canada / USAG support Pride Month

Have they done this in the past?

Good move. I’m happy to see USAG support their members and fans who are LGBTQ.

It sends an important signal. Headquarters are in Indiana, home of famously homophobic Vice President Pence.

Gymnastics Canada is on board too.

Since 1982, the Constitution of Canada has guaranteed fundamental human rights to the LGBT community in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Men’s NCAA may show scores out of a PERFECT 10

Division 1 Men’s College Gymnastics in the USA continues to decline. One day there may only be College clubs. 😕

To improve the situation the Men’s College Gymnastics Association are considering some changes:

  • do we make our scoring more understandable?
  • How do we make our competitions easier to follow?
  • How can we make our product more attractive for television?
  • How do we increase parity and competitiveness within our competitions?

Proposal: Use a 10.0 conversion system in conjunction with the open ended scoring system

Straw Vote: 21 in favor; 4 against; 11 abstentions.

Some of the top coaches are strongly against.

If a gymnast scored 14.00 FIG they would flash a 9.75.

Personally, I think it’s worth a try.

Spencer and @papaliukin point out that a BETTER change would be for Men’s teams to provide good, consistent scoring, University media coverage and online video.  

Since the Men are already posting competition videos after the fact on Road to Nationals, I’d like to see them increasingly use that site for LIVE coverage. LIVE scoring, etc.

There’s much more under consideration. Click through for Details.

FIG wants to scan gymnasts at Jr Worlds

Luba found this on the workplan for Junior Worlds on the FIG website.

Certainly that data would have to be kept confidential.

https://twitter.com/cherity1313/status/1134411026487750656

triple back punch triple back

@gym_kazuki

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Sydney Razeghi – tumbling

Sydney trains with Simone at World Champions Centre in Spring, TX.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByJDonflKRD/

Jay Clark now LSU Co-Head Coach

Congrats.

Jay doesn’t anticipate any major changes for next season.

Canada’s FISU teams (officially) announced

Jessica Dowling

Men’s Artistic – COACH: Tony Smith – Calgary, AB
Jeremy Bartholomeusz; Jake Bonnay; Damien Cachia

Women’s Artistic – COACH: Chris Licameli – Southeast Missouri State
Jessica Dowling; Alana Fischer; Denelle Pedrick

Rhythmic – Alexandra Chtrevenskii – Montreal, QC (Concordia)
Alexandra Chtrevenskii