NCAA 2025 Preseason poll

As ranked by the good folks at College Gym News.

College Gym News 2025 Preseason Poll:

1. Oklahoma464 (9)
2. LSU456 (4)
3. Florida440
4. Utah425
5. California417
6. Alabama374
7. UCLA373
8. Missouri359
9. Kentucky352
10. Michigan State340
https://twitter.com/collegegymnews_/status/1862572362438185456

improving brain – body connection

You know that kid?

A motor genius?

They can quickly understand a movement challenge and accomplish it quickly.

HOW that works is little understood by coaches.

Yuka Sugiura consults with gymnasts & coaches, explaining the vestibular system. And uses a few quick, easy drills to improve the brain body connection.

To learn more, listen to the podcast. Google: “EP077 Gymnastics Growth Show – Nick Ruddock and Yuka Sugiura“

Sergio Kovacs – Triple Pike

Up-and-coming from Spain.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Slider flexibility training

Advanced. Progress slowly. You don’t want kids straining a muscle. 

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Shang Chunsong – World Parkour Champion

Fan favourite, Shang Chunsong, was captain of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Additionally she represented China at the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Championships where she won silver with the team at the latter two.

Domestically she is the 2015 and 2016 Chinese national all-around champion.

In Parkour she is the 2024 World freestyle champion.

FIG Parkour World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 17, 2024. 

Today she’s a Gymnastics coach training Parkour independently.

… the 28-year-old said via her personal Weibo account that the world title has helped make up for the regrets she had in gymnastics and her next goal is the World Games in 2025.

The gold medal finish ensured her automatic qualification for the World Games 2025 Chengdu, scheduled to take place in August in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. 

Former Chinese gymnastics captain makes history in parkour

She competes a LOT of difficulty.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.