tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Kathy will be doing TV commentary from a new home studio.
Dvora Meyers posted an interview:
• should NCAA sport continue while the COVID-19 pandemic rages?
• will College Gymnastics be as popular as in the past?
• Gymnast Alliance
Click through to dvora.substack.com.
Florida, for example.
A BIG competition is scheduled for Jan 14-17 in Galveston.
4 days MAG & WAG.
The highlight will be the Men’s Sr Elite competition: Yul Moldauer, Marvin Kimble, Allan Bower, Sam Zakutney, Colin Van Wichlen, Donnell Whittenburg and many more.
Meet director Jerit Pogue was interviewed on the gymnasticsville podcast about the meet and the future of American men’s gymnastics.
A professional series of competitions is needed in future — something like the German Bundesliga. Top gymnasts there can earn as much as $30,000 for the season plus expenses.
Fingers crossed.
Spencer tried to piece together what’s happening starting this week:
With almost no direction from NCAA, every team is doing their own thing.
Good luck with that.
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Did you see the panel discussion hosted by Jessica O’Beirne?
Quite inspiring.
Our sport is slowly but surely offering equal opportunity to everyone.
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Dave Tilley one of the authors of this study.
Gymnastics is a popular sport with high injury rates, especially at the collegiate level. …
The median age of gymnastics specialization was 8 years [interquartile range = 6-11 years]. The proportion of injuries sustained during college did not significantly differ by specialization age.
A significantly greater proportion of early specializers required surgery for college sports-related injuries (60% vs. 44%; p = 0.02).
Forty-two percent of the respondents reported concussion history, and a greater proportion of those with concussion history reported seeking mental health treatment during college (32% vs. 23%; p = 0.03), and anxiety disorder diagnosis (16% vs. 9%; p = 0.01).
Disordered eating history was reported by 34% of the respondents …
Conclusion: Athletes and clinicians should be aware of the long-term effects of early specialization, concussions, and disordered eating in gymnastics as these issues are common in female collegiate gymnasts.
Health outcomes among former female collegiate gymnasts: the influence of sport specialization, concussion, and disordered eating
While some schools are moving mountains to get in football and basketball seasons, non-revenue generating sports are on the chopping block. …
Some colleges are testing every player and coach for the virus every day and even that hasn’t stopped outbreaks; many games have had to be canceled or rescheduled. But still, they press on.
They do it, of course, to keep the TV money coming in from football and basketball. But at the same time, dozens of universities have been eliminating smaller “secondary” sports like gymnastics and tennis and swimming. …
Mike Burns: I think every athletic director who’s dropping programs is using the COVID pandemic as an excuse …
Shane Wiskus: NCAA Gymnastics I believe is a crucial component in preparing gymnasts for, you know, not only success for their team, but success for the United States on the world and Olympic podiums. …
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Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
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