Category: Gymnastics

Gymnastic Parents Summit starts Oct 7th

Week One Sunday October 7th at 4PT/7ET: Doc Ali teaches how to help your athlete be mentally tough for competition.

Week Two Sunday October 14th at 4PT/7ET: Jill Hicks discusses the ins and outs of college recruiting

Week Three Sunday October 21st at 4PT/7ET: Betsy McNally-Lauour teaches the essentials of gymnastics nutrition

Week Four Sunday October 28th at 4PT/7ET: Nicole Langevin discusses what the judges are looking for and coach communication.

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details – $197 per family

Paris World Cup men’s results

Floor
1 Artem Dolgopyat Israel 6.4 8.550 14.950
2 Jorge Vega Lopez Guatemala 6.2 8.450 14.650
3 Rayderly Zapata Spain 6.4 8.350 0.2 14.550

Artem Dolgopyat is still awaiting permission from the Israeli Defence Army to travel to Qatar.

Pommels
1 Cyril Tommasone France 6.2 8.650 14.850
2 Thierry Pellerin Canada 6.2 8.450 14.650
3 Saso Bertoncelj Slovenia 6.1 8.450 14.550

Rings
1 Samir Ait Said France 6.2 8.900 15.100
2 Igor Radivilov Ukraine 6.3 8.650 14.950
3 Denis Ablyazin Russia 6.1 8.750 14.850
4 Ibrahim Colak Turkey 6.2 8.650 14.850

Vault
1 Loris Frasca France 14.825
2 Andrey Medvedev Israel 14.775
3 Hamza Hossaini Morocco 14.625

P Bars
1 Seiya Taura Japan 6.1 8.500 14.600
2 Julien Gobaux France 5.6 8.800 14.400
3 Ahmet Onder Turkey 5.8 8.000 13.800

H Bar
1 Seiya Taura Japan 6.1 8.200 14.300
2 David Vecernyes Hungary 5.7 8.450 14.150
3 Nestor Abad Spain 5.8 8.300 14.100

Full results.

Shawn Johnson – Freakonomics interview

Shawn has been featured on a number of recent Freakonomics podcasts on the ‘Hidden Side of Sports‘. But best is to listen to her full interview. There’s some good content on her relationship with Chow.

strategy for USA qualifications to Tokyo 2020


Jade Carey opted not to try for selection to Worlds Doha. That’s the official story.

Jade’s the 2017 World vault & floor exercise silver medalist. And would have had an excellent chance to medal again in Doha.

Spencer discusses strategies for how USA should qualify the maximum (6) competitors for the Tokyo Olympics:

THE JADE CAREY PROBLEM

Paris World Cup results

Vault
1 Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan 14.250
2 Ellie Black Canada 14.200
3 Tjasa Kysselef Slovenia 13.600

Bars
1 Juliette Bossu France 5.8 8.400 14.200
2 Jonna Adlerteg Sweden 5.7 8.150 13.850
3 Ellie Black Canada 5.7 7.900 13.600

Beam
1 Ellie Black Canada 5.5 8.400 13.900
2 Marine Boyer France 5.7 7.650 13.350
3 Helena Bonilla Spain 4.9 8.150 13.050

Floor
1 Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos France 5.6 8.250 -0.1 13.750
2 Ellie Black Canada 5.1 7.950 13.050
3 Aneta Holasova Czech Republic 4.7 8.150 12.850

Full results.

Maggie Nichols article

A very good read.

introducing forward Giant

I love this progression. Part of what I call “cheater” forward Giants. 🙂

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