samedi 24 août 2019
mardi 20 août 2019
dimanche 18 août 2019
Question about dance elements vs tumbling and injuries
I was thinking back on Sanne's beam routine and that the Netherlands team tends to incorporate far more dance elements into its routines than other gymnasts. So given the high injury rates across the sport, I'm curious why there isn't more of a reliance on dance elements? Wouldn't they take some of the load off of the body and lower the overall likelihood/rates of injury or lower the impact on an already injured area? Is it that coaches are largely in a tumbling mindset and not used to building routines around dance elements like the Netherlands or something else?
Question about dance elements vs tumbling and injuries
mardi 13 août 2019
U.S. Women's AA poll
Morgan, Riley, Kara, Grace, Sunisa...regardless of who makes up the World team, only 2, at most, can do AA. So who should they be? Sunisa put herself in a great spot, but Nationals is only 1 competition. If she places 4th AA at camp, will she lose her grip on an AA spot? A lot of people might cut Riley out for inconsistency, but what if she places 2nd at camp? Or does none of that matter that much?
So vote for your two. This is who you WANT to see get the chance to do AA in qualifications.
U.S. Women's AA poll
So vote for your two. This is who you WANT to see get the chance to do AA in qualifications.
jeudi 8 août 2019
Men's US World Team Poll
Mikulak, Moldauer, and Wiskus are looking good. Who should get the other 2 spots?
Men's US World Team Poll
Nabieva to Bless the US With An Appearance
On 8/20, the city of Albany, NY will have the honor of welcoming Our Queen of Not Giving A F*ck, Ms. Tatiana Nabieva. She, along with Danuisa Francis, Katelyn Ohashi and other will compete in what's called the Auroragames. It's kind of a US vs the World type competition from what I've gathered.
Gymnastics site: https://auroragamesfestival.com/event/gymnastics/
Game site in general: https://auroragamesfestival.com/
Behold, the best beam routine ever:
https://youtu.be/JxQaqLYMnQM
Nabieva to Bless the US With An Appearance
Gymnastics site: https://auroragamesfestival.com/event/gymnastics/
Game site in general: https://auroragamesfestival.com/
Behold, the best beam routine ever:
https://youtu.be/JxQaqLYMnQM
2019 US Championships
I haven't seen a specific thread for it yet so here we are.
https://www.usgymchampionships.com/
Men's Junior's Live
2019 US Championships
https://www.usgymchampionships.com/
Men's Junior's Live
Body Positive Guidelines
Has anyone seen the new Body Positive Guidelines set out by Australian Gymnastics?
You can read them if you go to this link, then scroll down the page to open up the document.
http://www.gymnastics.org.au/GA/Athl...6-1b2f7e858979
I was pleasantly surprised to find they were really well thought out. They talk about trying to avoid body-shape comments in general, whether positive or negative, and instead focus on praising an athlete's strength or technique.
They set minimum ages and maximum frequency for body assessments being done, require athlete and parent permission for body assessments to be done, and require athlete and parent permission for that info to be shared with coaches.
They discourage coaches from discussing nutrition plans with athletes, instead recommending that coaches bring in qualified nutritionists.
They recognize that any nutritional or body concerns should be done privately, not in front of others, and they discourage making comparisons between other athletes.
I realize you can type out all the nice, healthy sentences in the world, but you can't ensure coaches actually follow them. However, if you make guidelines like this a requirement for your members, it does give athletes, parents, and the gym organization some teeth in the event a coach fails to follow them.
I don't know if the USA has put out anything like this in any of their new policies, but these would be good ones if they haven't.
Body Positive Guidelines
You can read them if you go to this link, then scroll down the page to open up the document.
http://www.gymnastics.org.au/GA/Athl...6-1b2f7e858979
I was pleasantly surprised to find they were really well thought out. They talk about trying to avoid body-shape comments in general, whether positive or negative, and instead focus on praising an athlete's strength or technique.
They set minimum ages and maximum frequency for body assessments being done, require athlete and parent permission for body assessments to be done, and require athlete and parent permission for that info to be shared with coaches.
They discourage coaches from discussing nutrition plans with athletes, instead recommending that coaches bring in qualified nutritionists.
They recognize that any nutritional or body concerns should be done privately, not in front of others, and they discourage making comparisons between other athletes.
I realize you can type out all the nice, healthy sentences in the world, but you can't ensure coaches actually follow them. However, if you make guidelines like this a requirement for your members, it does give athletes, parents, and the gym organization some teeth in the event a coach fails to follow them.
I don't know if the USA has put out anything like this in any of their new policies, but these would be good ones if they haven't.
mercredi 7 août 2019
Olympic Channel Documentary
The first episode of the Olympic Channel's documentary on Hurd, Melnikova and Chen Yile is up:
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/or...mpression=true
Chen Yile has not seen her family is 2 years. That is a narrative that we hear a lot in fluff pieces - that Chinese gymnasts sacrifice their family and childhood. Not being too familiar with the details of some centralized systems, does anyone know if that rate of seeing family members (for lack of a better way of putting it) is similar for the Russian and Romanian athletes? Is it forbidden for families to see their kids/gymnasts in China during training (before you jump on me for that word, it was "forbidden" for US parents to see their kids at competitions...), or is it a matter of distance and transport? Surely the gymnasts get some holidays off (New Years?) and so could be visited by their families?
It seems like Russian athletes also don't see their families a lot? Melnikova seems like such a sympathetic character, very easy to like. The competition footage of her is really nice.
Cool to see Chow laughing while coaching the gymnasts.
Olympic Channel Documentary
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/or...mpression=true
Chen Yile has not seen her family is 2 years. That is a narrative that we hear a lot in fluff pieces - that Chinese gymnasts sacrifice their family and childhood. Not being too familiar with the details of some centralized systems, does anyone know if that rate of seeing family members (for lack of a better way of putting it) is similar for the Russian and Romanian athletes? Is it forbidden for families to see their kids/gymnasts in China during training (before you jump on me for that word, it was "forbidden" for US parents to see their kids at competitions...), or is it a matter of distance and transport? Surely the gymnasts get some holidays off (New Years?) and so could be visited by their families?
It seems like Russian athletes also don't see their families a lot? Melnikova seems like such a sympathetic character, very easy to like. The competition footage of her is really nice.
Cool to see Chow laughing while coaching the gymnasts.
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