Moy progressions

Shun Tomizawa is a Japanese coach who worked in Canada. And is currently in Germany.

He has many MAG tutorials on his YouTube channel. Here are a couple of samples.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Fun fact. As a young coach, we took a team of Americans and Canadians to Netherlands for a friendly international competition. Moy won the AA representing France. He was already excellent at age-16.

unofficial NQS rankings

National Qualifying Score will decide which 36 teams advance to the regional championships.

While NQS won’t officially take effect in the rankings until next Monday, most teams have now completed enough meets to have a prospective NQS …

  1. Oklahoma – 198.038
  2. Florida – 197.838
  3. Michigan – 197.792
  4. Utah – 197.679
  5. Auburn – 197.446
  6. UCLA – 197.425

See the full list on Balance Beam Situation:

WEEK 6 RANKINGS & FIRST NQS UPDATE

Fighting Illini for Mental Health

Team is dedicating the 2023 season to promoting mental health. Some problems can be helped by having some kind of support group.

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looming IOC PR disaster Paris

The International Olympic Committee floated the worst possible solution to a real dilemma. Allowing some RUS athletes to compete in the Paris Olympics — but not those who support Putin’s attack on Ukraine.

Allow them all. Or ban them all. Simple.

… the IOC knows it will have a PR disaster on its hands if it allows Russians en masse into the Games. …

Insiders suggest that the IOC will instead place multiple conditions on entry, including banning the Russian flag and anthem and requiring its athletes to wear all-white uniforms.

More significantly, anyone with links to the Russian military is also likely to be barred – which could result in 75% of their team and officials being declared ineligible. …

Guardian – So Mr Bach, will nothing ever be enough to ban Russia from the Olympics?

Putin has been bombing civilian targets including Bakhmut’s stadium which is used as a training facility for Ukraine’s Olympic athletes.

Running Arms | Product Video

YES we know there have been Olympians who run with arms straight. Sprinters are pained to watch them. 😀

They’d have been even better vaulters with superior sprint technique.

I like this product.

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RUS Gymnastics invited to Asian Games

This event does not qualify anyone to the Paris Olympics.

Russia’s gymnastics and wrestling federations said on Tuesday they had been invited to take part in this year’s Asian Games …

Organisers of the Asian Games — scheduled to take place in Hangzhou, China, from Sep. 23 to Oct. 8 — did not immediately respond to a request for comment. …

reuters

I doubt any of the Asian nations will boycott in protest, but hope they do.

Denelle Pedrick interview

It’s been a long, strange journey for Denelle Pedrick from age-14 little-bit-of-a-train-wreck to Worlds medalist for Canada, qualifying the team to the Paris Olympics.

Listen to part 1 of the interview on Nicole Langevin’s podcast – What Makes DENELLE PEDRICK Think…” pt. 1

Click PLAY or watch a few highlights on YouTube.

She details how she learned the Pedrick by accident when Ellie and her coach were at the Tokyo Olympics. It started by working the Hecht back tuck dismount.

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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

LSU – NCAA Champs @ social media

These LSU videos are best in College Gymnastics right now.

Sam Oldham on coach Sergey Sizhanov

Sergey coached Olympic medalist Sam Oldham for 15 years. They are now friends for life.

This from The Sam Oldham Podcast.

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