Central Michigan ranked 3rd …

… so far.

That’s worth a screenshot.

Lauren posted highlights from January 6th, 2018 including CMU.

Arizona State Men’s Gymnastics

Great edit by by Matthew Jorgenson, filmed by Matthew Jorgenson and Andrew Austin.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

SPOTTING – education and respect

Alina Williams:

I call gymnastics a contact sport because we cannot teach our athletes without touching them. We spot, poke, shape, and catch our athletes every day, but if we don’t teach them early that they have a say in how and when they are touched we are failing in our duty as educators. …

But here’s the kicker and the hardest part of all of this to implement in the gym: if a child refuses your touch, you must respect that refusal. Sometimes that means watching a kid go around the bar in an ugly shape you really want to fix …

Contact Sports: Teaching Touch and Consent to Young Athletes

At a coaching course last week we had a number of demonstrators from the host club. Of course we explained what spotting was included and encouraged the kids to opt out of anything that made them feel uncomfortable in any way.

10 great Vaults 2017

Click PLAY or watch Rebeca Andrade’s Amanar on YouTube.

See more – WOGymnastika – Our Ten Favourite Vaults Of 2017: A Year In Review

Annie Fogerty – double front punch layout

Click PLAY or watch it on Tumblr. (2003)

when College coaches were gymnasts

Balance Beam Situation posted some old videos.

Click PLAY or watch Dana (Dobransky) Duckworth – Head coach, University of Alabama – Floor on YouTube.

WHEN NCAA COACHES WERE GYMNASTS

Click through for more.

Simone Biles biopic preview

Click over to NBC to watch it on Twitter.

via Gymternet Clan

LSU opens with 197.150

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

10 great Beam routines 2017

Click PLAY or watch Katelyn Ohashi (UCLA) on YouTube.

See more – WOGymnastika – Our Ten Favourite Balance Beam Routines Of 2017: A Year In Review

proposal – Elena Davydova for interim CDN Team Director

Elena Davydova is a top Canadian coach, judge and is a current member of FIG WTC.

A friend suggested she’d be an ideal person to step in to the position short term. Dave Brubaker, current Women’s National Team Director, was put on administrative leave December 15, 2017 pending a February court date.

I have no idea whether or not Elena would be interested.