College teams that improved MOST last season

College Gym News – Largest Ranking Changes in the NCAA From 2018 to 2019

Depending on the criteria, improved teams include:

Oregon State
UIC (R.I.P.)
Denver
Minnesota
Bridgeport
UW-Stout
Rhode Island College
UW-Oshkosh
Gustavus Adolpus
Alaska
Denver
Iowa State

This year’s winner for most improved team with a first year head coach is Rutgers, whose rookie leader Umme Salim-Beasley helped the team improve nine spots in the rankings.

Umme Salim-Beasley

best triple double ever?

Simone is as good as any, I’d say, including Kenzo.

Note that ‘low chest’ is not typically deducted in MAG. It’s a stupid deduction. We want gymnasts to land the safest way possible, not in an aesthetic way.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

triple double – Gabriel Swan-McLean

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Simone on the Daily Show

Simone has been on pretty much every media platform. She’s getting as famous as Nadia and Olga.

Trever Noah gives her perfect 10s.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

unrelated – Trevor Noah’s autobiography — Born a Crime — is one of the best I’ve ever read.

via GymCastic

Olivia Vivian completes Ninja Warrior course

Sadly, former Olympic gymnast Olivia Vivian made a mistake and missed completing the run in the Final. The only female competitor who qualified, she’d hoped to beat the men.

That’s a shame. In the qualifier she was the only woman in Australian history to finish.

Click PLAY or watch that run on YouTube.

 

survey for former high level gymnasts

Mary-Anne Monckton shared this survey. The data collected may be used in a book about positive coaching.

Results are anonymous.

If you’d like to participate, click through here.

Maria’s Maloney to Jaeger

Maria Vittoria Cocciolo from Italy.

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Physics professor tries to explain Simone

RHETT ALLAIN is an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University.

In Wired magazine he tries to explain two saltos, three twists in  1.18 seconds.

Click through for the details:

The Twisty Physics of Simone Biles’ Historic Triple-Double

https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1160749944719888385