Fred Richard interview

Though he’s the NCAA champion in his rookie season, I feel many don’t yet know Fred Richard:

  • over half a million followers on Tik Tok
  • over 100k on Instagram
  • wants Michigan to win NCAAs in the next couple of years
  • wants to make Worlds 2023 and win medals
  • H Bar is his best apparatus right now
  • disappointed with USA ranking 5th at Worlds 2022. They should move up in 2023.
  • has NIL deals and many opportunities

.. China for the World University Games. This is kind of my warm up for the U.S. Championships but also for me to compare myself against the Chinese who are one of the most competitive countries in men’s gymnastics. So I would like to go there and learn from the Chinese, but also show them who I am.

Then come back and about two weeks later we have U.S. Championships, where I definitely think I can win the competition. …

Inside Gymnastics – FIERCE AND FEARLESS – FRED RICHARD WANTS TO BE TEAM USA’S NEXT STAR

Illia Kovtun is only age-19

The 2021 World and 2021 and 2023 European all-around bronze medalist.

Coach Irina Nadyuk has done a fantastic job with this astonishingly successful athlete. HOW is Illia so consistent while Putin has invaded their country?

Let’s digitalize gymnastics!

Guest post by Vid Hidvégi of GymTrack World.


If you are looking for some NEW solutions for efficiency and sport analytics possibilities in gymnastics, check out this app.

GymTrack World not only helps you plan workouts quickly, but it also makes tracking performance easier than ever.

Forget about time consuming excel spreadsheets, pen and paper because you can do everything on smartphone or web.

The video recording function saves time compared with downloading, attaching, and sending videos one-at-a-time.

Check out www.gymtrackworld.com and https://www.instagram.com/gymtrack.world/

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Here’s the app in action in the Gym.

There are more tutorial videos on the Sport Track World YouTube channel.

Safer Gymnastics in New Zealand

In 2021 Gymnastics New Zealand was given recommendations from a review.

Here’s where they are at in 2023 at implementing and monitoring that plan.

It’s easy to read. Well presented. But still a work in progress.

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Kaylia Nemour 15.350 Bars

This is by far the best routine I’ve seen her HIT so far.

And it’s my favourite routine of 2023. Fewer skills all connected means fewer opportunities for E-score deduction.

Kaylia is a French-Algerian artistic gymnast currently representing Algeria in international competition.  Recall that France wouldn’t clear her to compete in major FIG meets until July 2023 — too late to qualify to Worlds 2023.

Cairo Apparatus Finals 2

Beam

Floor

Vault

P Bars

H Bar

Cairo Apparatus Finals 1

Vault 

Asia was injured on the landing of her second vault. 

Bars

Floor 

https://twitter.com/gymnastics/status/1652296506039255042

Pommels 

Rings

Yuri Korolev dead at 60

Heart attack.

What a loss.

Montreal 1985 was my first World Championships. For 10 days I videotaped MAG for FIG. Mostly Floor Exercise.

For us Li Ning and Tong Fei were the sensations. But the Soviet team was deep, deep:

Vladimir Artemov
Yuri Korolev
Valentin Mogilny
Yury Balabanov
Aleksei Tikhonkikh
Aleksandr Tumilovich

Korolev won the AA in Montreal as well as at Worlds 1981 Moscow.

A class champion. What a loss.

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1652463303023644673

With a total of 34 individual medals at World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships competitions, Korolyov has more such medals than any other non-Olympian with Valentin Mogilny (17) being the next highest in this sort of medal count. 

Nanci Moore is back in the Gym

Nanci Moore, a gymnastics coach at Bay Valley Academy in Michigan, was suspended for allegations of mistreatment, being forced to compete through injuries, and not following concussion protocols.

Initially, she was suspended by SafeSport. But that 2 year suspension has been lifted. Nanci can coach under supervision.

It’s critical to take every accusation of misconduct seriously. And just as critical to welcome back those coaches found not guilty.

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talking to your young athletes about SPOTTING

Amanda Loudin:

“Talk to your kids about good touch and bad touch and make sure they feel comfortable coming to you if something doesn’t feel right,” she said. “Regularly check in with your kids: Ask them what was good and what was bad about practice and if anything made them feel uncomfortable.” …

… “The highest risk areas are those that allow for one-on-one adult-child interaction, often at the elite level. Those activities that involve body positioning, such as swimming or gymnastics, exacerbate the risk because touching is a part of the training.” …

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A word I like to use with kids is creepy. If anything feels creepy to them, it could be a red flag.

The less spotting in your program, the better.

And be cautious HOW you spot skills. For example, spotting on the sides of the body is safer than a sandwich spot front and back.