“handstand pop” Bars skills

Cool.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Bars innovators

A history of the Asymmetric Bars.

Doris Fuchs Brause
Marcia Frederick
Maria Filatova
Olga Korbut
Nadia Comaneci
Natalia Shaposhnikova
He Kexin
Svetlana Khorkina
Nina Derwael

Bars: An apparatus of daring and flight

more comfortable medical casts

I’ve not used either of these, but they look promising. Leave a comment if you’ve tried any alternatives to standard casts.

Click PLAY or watch FlexiOH™ on YouTube.

FlexiOH™ details.

Click PLAY or watch Cast21 on YouTube.

Cast21 details.

FIG should improve Vault landing mats

Does anyone have statistics on this?

I feel certain we are seeing more severe injuries on Vault landings, on average, than on any other apparatus.

I’d recommend FIG require a mat more like the safer one used by Trampoline sports on double-mini.

Eurotramp Double-Minitramp landing mat

Leave a comment if you have an opinion.

Alec Yoder: An Olympic Story

Deanna Hong posted the mini-documentary on Aug 4th.

Clearly the U.S. MAG selection process bungled it.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Cirque reopened in Vegas

Mystère and “O” have launched. Already sold out.

I joined a group of Ninja competitors who were in Vegas for competition. I’ve seen Mystère many times and found the current performers as impressive as ever. It’s one of their best shows for acrobatics.

There’s a timeline to reopen many of the other shows including touring troupes.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Clemson University Gymnastics 2023-24

Clemson University has announced that it will add women’s gymnastics beginning with the 2023-24 academic year. …

College Gym News

Greenville University MAG & WAG Gymnastics

Greenville University, a Division III school in Greenville, Illinois, will be adding both women’s and men’s gymnastics, as reported first by RiverBender.com. …

“We are excited to bring gymnastics to the region and making the announcement in the midst of the Olympics seemed like perfect timing,” GU president Suzanne Davis said to RiverBender.com. “Adding gymnastics at GU will also benefit the community, as the vision includes a gymnastics facility open to all youth.” …

College Gym News

U.S. Olympic gold = $37,500

If Suni was from Singapore, her reward would be $1 million.

Money for medals: Olympic glory can also be very lucrative for athletes from these countries

dangerous Olympic Finals warmups

The FIG needs to allow a touch warmup before someone “entertainingly” breaks their neck on live TV. …

The Olympic Gymnastics Event Finals Are Unsatisfying and Unsafe

… there isn’t a one-touch warmup in the apparatus finals of world and Olympic competition. It was eliminated in 2001 by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). …

… gymnasts, both past and present, hate this rule, why does it remain in place? The answer is simple and cynical: TV broadcasts. When USA Gymnastics petitioned in 2010 to have the one-touch reinstated for the apparatus final, FIG rejected this proposal …

Gymnasts Say They Need Apparatus Warmups Back. That Should Be Enough

YES the Apparatus Finals are too slow.

Why?

Judging. 😕

It should be easy and quick to evaluate 8 athletes for whom you know the routines.