Vanessa Atler – 2000 Floor

VIDEOS – most difficult Men’s Gymnastics skills

zhoxxyy posted animated video clips of the highest rated skills in the Men’s code as of 2025:

Which are the most difficult skills in Men’s Gymnastics?

Get ready to dive into the hardest skills in men’s gymnastics, the ones that can make or break a routine. From the elusive H-rated elements on Parallel Bars and Pommel Horse to the jaw-dropping J-rated feats on Floor, we uncover the history, the evolution, and the gymnasts behind these gravity-defying elements.

Hidetaka Miyachi (JPN) at the 2017 World Championships in Montréal where he submitted his eponymous skill, currently the element with the highest rate on High Bar in the MAG COP

Men’s Gymnastics highlights 2025

World Gymnastics (FIG) summing up of a very good year.

The future?

  • Jr. Camilo Vera (Columbia) 
  • Jr. Karl Eldrew Yulo (Philippines)

2025 year-end message from President Morinari Watanabe

All-in-all, it was quite a good year for the International Gymnastics Federation, now rebranded as World Gymnastics.

NCAA Gymnastics is not for everyone

Heather Parker, entering her second season as a gymnast at Central Michigan after transferring from Georgia, posted an important article on College Gym News:

College gymnastics can project an image of perfection–skills look effortless, and the athletes finish successful routines with glowing smiles. Teams broadcast the wins, celebrations, recruits, and rankings on social media.

Less often discussed is what goes into making a team successful and what happens behind the scenes to make those exciting competitions happen.

Jason Vonk, a former assistant coach at George Washington, Yale, and Georgia, had 12 years of experience across the three universities when he moved on from college coaching.

According to Vonk, a lot of what defined his time in college gymnastics wasn’t reflected in the polished version of the sport that fans and recruits see. For him, it was a system marked by fear, silence, and a culture where, as he puts it, “head coaches get complete leeway, and the assistants can’t report them, or they will lose their job.” …

Read more:

College Gymnastics Looks Perfect—

Until You’re Inside It


Greg Marsden responds:

Trampoline sports highlights 2025

Great moments.

what’s a “Webster front flip”?

Slang for a 1-footed front somersault in parkour and tricking.

Some say the name is (somehow) vaguely associated with chiropractor Dr. Larry Webster, who developed something called the Webster Technique for pregnancy. His thinking was that some kind of acrobatics could help assist in rotating a breech baby. 

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.