deep dive – Men’s Gymnastics in Paris

I learned a lot from listening to Kensley and Sam recap the Paris Games.

Both were unconvinced by the judging of the Floor Apparatus Final.

Should Yulo have won Gold?

Paul Hall stepped down as British Gymnastics men’s head national coach. Recall he was appointed in 2018 after Eddie van Hoof was removed. Eddie is now leading the resurgent Canadian team.

Kensley was in Paris as an analyst. Shares some behind the scenes stories.

Sam talks much about strategy, team building, and psychology of competing at the highest level.

He has advice on what the USA needs for Los Angelos 2028.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (1hr 45min)

Watanabe – FIG WTC – fix the many mistakes made in Paris

NCAA MAG coaches optimistic

Paris Olympic success has men’s college gymnastics coaches ‘optimistic’ for the sport’s future

,,, the United States’ performance at the Paris Olympics – with a team entirely composed of NCAA products – has college coaches feeling hopeful; team members and alternates represented Stanford, University of Michigan, Penn State and University of Minnesota’s defunct program.

The Olympians represented a fifth of all current programs, but that’s because there are only 15 active programs, 12 Division I and three Division III. Those numbers were nearly even lower – William & Mary planned to discontinue its team after the 2020-21 season but reinstated the team just a few months later.

Another ray of hope for the sport came in the fall of 2021. Simpson College and then Greenville University announced they would be launching men’s gymnastics programs. …

quintuple twist on skates

Daniil Butenko performed a quintuple twist during training with Sun Yumei.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

MAG Code 2025-2028

Not 100% confirmed as yet.

But I do think we’ll have 8 elements counting instead of 10.

Coaches will be brainstorming best start scores for their FIG gymnasts.

Stephen Nedoroscik – Dancing with the Stars