I’m not sure if most people know… but USA Gymnastics has some great webinars that are available to the general public. The above is the recording of a webinar that went over early sports specialization and overuse injuries by Dr Emily Sweeney. Webinar Recording PDF Document Dr. Sweeney also provided a great PDF document to …
At what point/age/level would you expect there to be some sort of concrete plan or timeline for her to succeed or even qualify to TOPS, HOPES, Elite?
Many say that college gymnastics scoring is out of control… scores are just too high. I don’t agree. When the scoring is high and close… it’s more exciting for the average person to watch. This discussion is all about perfect 10’s in college gymnastics. A place to list videos of them all… but also a …
One of the very interesting conversations from the forums recently has been about the future of elite gymnastics. Many of the contenders for National Team spots have dropped back to Level 10 to focus on college. What will the future bring? FlippinLilysMom started the conversation with the following… Just curious what other peoples thoughts are …
Pressure and stress in the world of upper level athletics is very real. We have a great discussion going on in the forums right now about upper level athlete stress and the pressures of media and social media.
Introduction Gymnastics Gold is a crazy fun dice and card game… a Yahtzee combined with gymnastics or sorts. ChalkBucket received a post that was basically an ad for this game. The post was flagged by ChalkBucket staff (great work) as we don’t allow unpaid advertising on the site. We got into a conversation with the …
If you have not been keeping up with this… I highly recommend watching. Here is episode 5 of the series.
The US Olympic Women’s Team is… Simone Biles Sunisa Lee Jordan Chiles Grace McCallum Specialist: Jade Carey Specialist: MyKayla Skinner Alternates: Kayla DiCello, Emma Malabuyo, Leanne Wong, Kara Eaker The US is very strong and deep with athletes. We have a great conversation going in the forums (in the comments of this post). WHAT DO …
The four athletes on the US men’s team are Brody Malone, Yul Moldauer, Sam Mikulak and Shane Wiskus. Alec Yoder is our +1 pommel horse specialist.
PREMIERING TONIGHT RIGHT AFTER TRIALS! Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts, will premiere June 27th. The docuseries follows Laurie Hernandez, Morgan Hurd, Sunisa Lee, Konnor McClain, and MyKayla Skinner as they compete for a spot at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Watch on Peacock! Am I signing up for Peacock Premium for this… you bet I am! Let us know …
