tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
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Amy Smith has been named the head gymnastics coach at Utah State University… Smith replaces Nadalie Walsh, who is the new gymnastics coach at Illinois.
“The combination of her experience and success, both as a student-athlete – winning a national championship at UCLA – and as a coach, whether it was at UCLA, Florida, Missouri or North Carolina, clearly in her progression as a coach, she is ready to take over a program of her own,” Hartwell said. …
Smith joins the Aggies after spending the past five seasons at North Carolina. She was promoted to associate head coach in 2014. In all, Smith brings 16 years of coaching experience with her to Utah State.
On Saturday, October 28th the retirement celebration for Fred will be held at the Hilton Hotel on City Line Ave. in Philadelphia …
The event will include dinner with a jazz duo, silent auction, and of course a roast of Fred. But it is really a celebration and commemoration of a remarkable coaching career and an opportunity to join in the revelry of a dedicated and passionate coach, teacher, and mentor. …
This season Fred will be assisting former Temple gymnast and new Head Coach Jesse Kitzen-Abelson.
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Georgia has the best training facility of any I’ve ever visited. Watch a tour on FloGymnastics.
Lindsey trained at Twistars. Was treated at Michigan State University.
She estimates that Nassar performed his “treatment” on her some 600 times …
“But I thought it was a legit medical treatment. … Who was I to question him?”
In September 2016, the MSU women’s gymnastics team was called into an urgent meeting. Lindsey was now 20 and had transferred to MSU on a full scholarship after spending a year at the University of North Carolina. Officials announced that there were allegations against Nassar. “They said we weren’t allowed to tell anybody,” says Lindsey.
I’m waiting on the next GymCastic podcast to get Jessica’s take on the most recent developments in the Nassar case. For the first time he admitted guilt: 3 counts related to child pornography. In return, the plea bargain says prosecutors won’t pursue federal charges alleging sexual abuse of four young women.
He’l be sentenced on Nov. 27 in federal court in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Other court cases against him will continue.
Jill Hicks:
1. Level 10 routines with 10.0 start values and “up to the level” routines
2. Clean gymnastics on all four events; no bent knees or flexed feet; casts on bars to vertical
3. Consistency; it helps to score 9.5 and above …
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Gymnix was on podium this year in advance of World Championships Montreal.
Here are more options to get your Level 9 and 10 kids the opportunity to compete on podium. Some are combined with College competitions.
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via Inside Gymnastics
Starting 2019.
I’m still trying to get my head around it.
Spencer:
The new format adds an extra super-regional round to the postseason and eliminates all six-team meets and byes.
Why is this important? It’s a million times better for TV and the fan experience. It adds an additional round of exciting elimination meets and creates faster, clearer, and more interesting competitions with less downtime and fewer teams hanging around …
See another version of the bracket.
NCAA Committee Approves Changes to Women’s Championships Featured
Read some feedback from Emily Howell-Forbes and Tara Graeve — Explaining the Proposed Postseason Changes (and Holes that Still Need Filling)
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