I've watched lots of adults get very nice back handsprings. BWO is almost never part of the progression in adult classes, between time, flexibility issues, and needing to protect our backs, but it hasn't stopped most people who work through progressions from getting technically solid BHS
Lots of good advice in here. I just had to roll with the fatigue--nothing really stops it. Rest when you can, sit when you can, accept any and all offers of help. At 21 weeks, Trader Joe's cheddar rockets are the only food that have helped the nausea for me. The only thing that has actually...
You can absolutely learn a lot. I did a bit a rec as a kid, came back to it as an adult, and got a wide range of skills, enough to compete level 6 NAIGC. I know people who've learned to flip their vault or do a double back off bars in their 30s and 40s. It takes work and efficient use of your...
Beyond the singing of the song, Margz and Sekai are clear in their interview that AJ used the word multiple times when not singing, and also used the term "niggardly" in a way to be as offensive as possible. It's not clear if she knows that it has a different origin, but it's very clear that she...
We talked to someone who did the chalk talk--they said it was a lot of waiting in line to hear a few of the athletes answer generic questions. Her daughter might have been a little old for it, but it sounded like close seats were probably a better investment than the chalk talk.
This is another cultural/parenting difference--by the time I was 9 or 10, it wouldn't have occurred to me to ask when lunch was, because lunch was when I made it. Mom made dinner (although we were expected to be able to help out if we were around and asked), but we prepared our own breakfast...
My understanding with wolf turns is that there is currently a maximum of .3 that can be taken on them (unless it's on beam and the athlete actually comes off the apparatus). Could one of the judges/code-savvy people confirm?
They need to be able to take a full fall if the athlete puts a hand...
It actuallys more likely to me that an adult in a stable life situation who has been through the process multiple times and knows exactly how grueling it is would be more likely to stick around then a teenager who will be dealing with decisions about graduation and college and learning exactly...
We also simply don't know what she might be able to do, because we're not there and only know what little we've been told. For example, she might be still planning to do bars and beam finals, but replacing her dismounts with a DLO and double pike so she doesn't have to twist. She could be...
It takes so much strength and courage to do an honest assessment of yourself and say "Something is wrong. My competing will make things worse, and I need to get out of your way" and "I need to stop before I get seriously hurt."
The easy thing is to keep going and crash and burn or get hurt. It's...
None of the alternates could have been subbed in for Simone after the start of qualifications.
Not 100% on this, so please correct me if I'm wrong: I believe that Jade or Mykayla could have been subbed for Simone prior to the start of team finals, but could not be once the final had begun...
Up until today, she was posting the top or second highest score for the US despite everything she was struggling through. We've watched her push through on the verge of breaking before--societies constantly praise athletes for doing exactly that. Today something just broke--just like someone who...
I can't find the exact quote. From what I recall, Tom said that they had a program that would spit out the highest scoring team and that would be used in deliberations, and the gymternet ran with "Tom is going to take the highest scoring team."
It was also never given what formula(s) would be...
They don't have to listen to you, but you can tell them what you think:
Angela Andrews is a member of the National Association of Women’s Gymnastics Judges (the governing body for all WAG judges in the US)
General email: national.nawgj@gmail.com
Catherine Batsche, President...
There is a very good reason for McCallum over Skinner on the team. It is: She’s usable on three events in TF, even if it’s not the first choice. And while her scores at Championships were lower than expected, she was coming back from injury and is showing the exact level of improvement we...
Pretty much what I think more people were expecting, especially after Nedoroscik fell on night one. I feel badly for Juda not even getting an alternate spot after earning the US +1 at Pan Ams and coming in 8th today. I'm excited to see more of Briones going forward, and I'm glad to hear...