- Murakami Mai 56.266
- Hatakeda Hitomi 55.099
- Hiraiwa Yuna 54.132
- Teramoto Asuka 53.998
- Soma Ui 53.932
- Hatakeda Chiaki 53.565
- Sugihara Aiko 53.432
- Yamada Chiharu 52.966
via theGymter.net
All-Japan qualifications
UCLA cover girls
Sekai Wright, Margzetta Frazier, Nia Dennis, and Chae Campbell bring the new wave of Black girl magic.
UCLA Gymnastics: Flipping The Culture
Riley & Jade – tumbling
timeline of NCAA Championships
Thanks Greg.
perfectionism is on the rise
Thomas Curran and Andrew Hill’s meta-analysis of rates of perfectionism from 1989 to 2016, the first study to compare perfectionism across generations, found significant increases among more recent undergraduates in the US, UK and Canada.
In other words, the average college student last year was much more likely to have perfectionistic tendencies than a student in the 1990s or early 2000s. …
The Dangerous Downsides of Perfectionism
Perfectionistic tendencies have been linked to clinical issues: depression and anxiety (even in children), self-harm, social anxiety disorder and agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, insomnia, hoarding, dyspepsia, chronic headaches, and, most damning of all, even early mortality and suicide.
Social media has likely compounded some of those problems.
SO — coaches should not encourage kids to be perfect.
Thanks Steve.
recent training highlights
Roxana learning Nabieva while wearing a mask.
Also, Angelina’s coaches sit on a couch? 😀
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Kayla Williams – Sports Law
The 2009 World Vault Champion and Alabama great is now in law school.
She has made use of Tulane’s extensive network of sports law alumni to network, and she joined the Sports Law Society and the Black Law Student Association.
She is sharpening her legal writing skills, she said, and is looking at working as a law clerk for the Athlete Ombuds of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
“There are so many ways to impact athletics and I definitely want to give back to the sport that has given me so much,” she said. “Long-lasting impact. That’s what I’d like to do for my sport.”
She is a World Champion gymnast. Now this Tulane Law student plans to advocate for women in sports.
A tiny robot called Salto
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Victory Gymnastics – STUNTS
This collective from Iowa is amazing.
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BYU had a great season
I recall when Guard Young took the Head Coaching position, wondering whether it would work.
He was switching from coaching Men’s Gymnastics with Mark Williams to the WAG team at BYU.
It worked.
My brother did 2 degrees at Brigham Young. That’s a University that demands discipline.
I shouldn’t be surprised. His father Wayne Young was the top American at the 1976 Olympics. AND a very successful coach.
Guard trained as a gymnast with Mark Williams from age-13, eventually qualifying for the 2004 Olympics. Silver medalist, by the way.
I’m already looking forward to next season.
The Young Legacy
Two gymnasts’ journey from BYU to the Olympics
Shout out to volunteer assistant coach Warde Allan who started at my home Gym in Canada.
