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Mixed Team European Championships 06/03/2025

Mixed Team European Championships The first EVER mixed-team event happened at the European Championships, Manila Esposito is once again the queen of Europe, and all the gymternet news . Photo Credits: Filippo Tomasi for © GymCastic; Mahti Olfati's vault @Milad_Milka HEADLINES Mahdi Olfati showed a Yurchenko full-in at Asian Championships podium training and our jaw is still on the floor Mary Lou Retton was arrested for a DUI in West Virginia The biggest stories at the European Championships Manila Esposito is the European All-Around Champion AGAIN! This is Ana Barbosu's world, and we're all just living in it We need to talk about the Mixed Pairs competition because strategy The domination of grown-ass women International world peace news starring Missouri Gymnastics EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS A rundown of who the Champions of Europe are in our heart and on paper What were the coolest skills we saw at these Championships? Our favorite opportunities for comedy Why Ruby Evans and Jake Jarman are our new favorite comedy duo When Jennifer Williams hits her beam routine, it's so over for everyone else In "everything is terrible" news, Helen Kevric injured her knee on vault Alice D'Amato and Sabrina Voinea had some uh-ohs during qualification The mixed-team event An opportunity for comedy brought to you by Turkish Gymnastics Thoughts on Germany's win over Great Britain and Italy I'm sorry, Italy had the highest cumulative score but only came in third??!? How would we run a mixed-team event if we were in charge? GYMTERNET NEWS Civil Rights Attack and the NCAA Mini-Commission follow-up Can we get the NCAA to boycott politically problematic states? We mentioned the sports boycott of South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, but notably the USAF let gymnasts compete in South Africa College Transfer News Brooke Pierson changes her commitment from Clemson to Georgia changed her commitment from Michigan to UCLA eMjae Frasier graduated from Cal early and will attend Florida for her final year of eligibility Sadie Smith is transferring from Arkansas to Arizona Naya Howard is transferring from Georgia to Michigan State Madison Ulrich is transferring from Denver to LSU Natalie Martin is transferring from Maryland to Ohio State got promoted to UCLA's associate head coach is Denver's new assistant coach (previously a coach at WOGA) is the new Illinois head coach Iowa State hires as assistant coaches Eli Seitz announced her retirement at Euros announced she is pregnant got married and wore his 2024 U.S. Championships belt buckle to his wedding Justice for Arkansas: the all nine teams will be at next year's conference championships Can Zoe catch a break? Zoe Miller had a second surgery on her other shoulder she will be returning to Cal for a fifth season Dulcy Caylor, Jayla Hang, Gabrielle Hardie, Hezly Rivera, and Tiana Sumanasekera will represent the US at the Pan American Championships Japan has named its 4,000 years ahead of everyone else: Sugihara Aiko, Kishi Rina, Okamura Mana, and Nakamura Haruka Dumpster fire news The man accused of killing UW-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh Former English gymnastics coach, Michael Haynes, has been for raping and sexually assaulting two young girls in the 1980s What's happening on the social medias? Luka van de Keybus had his baby celebrate his win on the podium at Belgian Championships UP NEXT : at noon Pacific on Friday 3:00pm Eastern/7:00pm GMT OUT NOW IN US & EUROPE by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker is topping the sport charts - SUCK IT SPORTS BALLS! . And if you loved reading (or listening) to the book, please leave a review. PARIS FX FINAL : Live podcast with the ROMANIAN HEAD COACHES Jessica and Spencer were joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and being the new coaches at WCC. available for a limited time. BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! 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80's Fight: The Great Romanian Soviet Rivalry Era 05/28/2025

80's Fight: The Great Romanian Soviet Rivalry Era . The greatest rivalries of the 1980s! This week, we have a commissioned episode from C member Kimo, who asked for an episode all about the 1980s rivalries between the Romanians and the Soviets, both team and individually. We are oh so happy to oblige! Setting the scene A history of Soviet dominance Romania’s 1976 emergence The 1977 Europeans Romanian WALKOUT! The first great Romanian/Soviet rivalry—Nadia vs. Nellie and how it may or may not have influenced the future of gymnastics Romania wins in 1979, where Nadia saves the day with one hand. The Rivalry The 1980 Olympics of crazy judging Nadia vs. Davydova and the case of the 30-minute delay Nadia vs. Nellie and the case of the “computer malfunction” Mukhina’s paralysis and the race for innovative difficulty 1981 Worlds The silliest scores of 1981 (oh, it’s 9.800 for ) The case of the of 1981 Romania ends up 4th. That’s right 4th. 1983 Worlds Innovation from an all-star Soviet team—YURCHENKO vaults, the SHISHOVA Just fangirling about Mostepanova for a while More fun with bonkers scoring 1984 boycott gives us an opportunity to talk about China 1985 Worlds Soviet Union casually adds Omelianchik and Shushunova to its already stellar 1983 team The Soviets were so deep that Shushunova placed FIFTH on her own team in qualification The evolution of Romanian floor to be less “chicken dance” and whether it contributed to what happened next 1987 and THE TIDE TURNS Silivas wins the European AA title in Moscow, and the Soviets (gasp) fall Romania gets its first world team title in 8 years How the addition of changed the game for Romania Pro-Soviet bias in skill naming Dobre vs. Shushunova vs. Silivas vs. Baitova vs. Omelianchik. This was no two-way rivalry The 1988 Olympics and how timing is everything Thanks to our sponsor, Huel. Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF + a FREE Gift with code GymCastic at (Minimum $75 purchase). UP NEXT : at noon Pacific on Friday 3:00pm Eastern/7:00pm GMT OUT NOW IN US & EUROPE by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker is topping the sport charts - SUCK IT SPORTS BALLS! . And if you loved reading (or listening) to the book, please leave a review. PARIS FX FINAL : LIVE SHOW with the ROMANIAN HEAD COACHES Jessica and Spencer were joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and being the new coaches at WCC. available for a limited time. BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED Olympic Gymnast Claims Karolyi Beat Her . Bela Karolyi "probably over 50 years ago in Romania" when asked if he ever hit a gymnast. A seven-part story about the Karolyis and the steep price of gold. Nadia and the Secret Police: Interview part and book by Stejarel Olaru Olympic coach John Geddert Doug Boger: OC Register: Doug Boger Story on Colorado resident, Doug Boger: GymCastic episode Episode where we predict the future: Find all our recent episodes NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic RECENT RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , Immigrant Rights , , /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/36743225

Evolving 05/20/2025

Evolving Kaylia Nemour is leaving Avoine-Beaumont, Chinese Championships, the Koper World Cup, and a Mini-Commision on Civil Rights and the NCAA Not a member? . HEADLINES Kaylia Nemour , Avoine-Beaumont, and is currently training in Dijon under Nadia Massé The Brazilian gym gods have answered our prayers because Daiane dos Santos , The Girl Who Could Fly Becky Downie took to Instagram to raise share her struggle with fibroids Sugihara Aiko wore a and obviously we need to talk about it for three hours Follow-up on the Crandall-Howell's move to Clemson: Greg Marsen's response to Jessica's comments Chinese Championships Chinese Championships are underway. If you don't have a 6.8 D-score on beam, you should just go home Ou Yushan had a hilarious post-meet interview moment that most gymnasts can relate to about the social media gremlins deigned to bless us with her beam excellence, scoring a 15.0 with a 6.8 D! Huang Ziyi's to shoulder roll charm offensive and a casual 6.8 D What skills, combos, and code hacks did we learn from this meet? Koper World Cup Why this was the "involvement of all the body parts" Championships Individual event titles Teja Belak took the vault title with a 13.516 Lucija Hribar won bars with a 12.400 won beam with a 13.166 Julia Coutinho won floor with a 13.100 Gymternet News Who is transferring and changing commitments? Double the Price in Arkansas: As reported three weeks ago, Morgan Price announced her departure from Fisk to Arkansas Morgan Reihl and Sydney Snyder change their commitments from Cal to Clemson Alexis Czarrunchick is transferring from Georgia to Maryland Molly Brinkman changed her commitment from Clemson to LSU Mizzou's Kaia Tanskanen will represent Finland at the 2025 European Gymnastics Championships Jordan Bowers was named the for gymnastics Hire all the gymnasts: Suni Lee, Livvy Dunne, and Jordan Chiles are Start your engines: Paul Juda is the Grand Marshall for the Beth Tweddle, Andreas Wecker, Catalina Ponor, and Paul Ziert were inducted into the Pauline Schaefer-Betz that she's working toward LA 2028 What's on the Socials? is training in Beijing with the Chinese National Team and also creating hilarious high five-content while he's at it SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK: addressed the sexualization of leotards on a podcast Suni said in this interview with Chloe Kim at the Gold Gala Mini Commission: Civil Rights Attacks and the NCAA From World Champion level Club Gym Nerd member “Gymnastics Fan” "We're experiencing the spread of laws in the US that promote sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc., in addition to a lack of accountability for those who promote racism, violence, etc. What is the likelihood that the championship might move if an NCAA team refused to travel somewhere? Could the athletes unionize as a team, or does it have to be an entire school's athletes? I know not all athletes have the same core beliefs, so that would create more challenges, but could the progressive athletes create change?" Examples of successful campaigns In 2016 the NCAA moved Colin Kaepernick's kneel during the national anthem helped propel the Black Lives Matter movement into the sports world The Sporting Boycott of South Africa during its apartheid policy The Iranian Women's Stadium Entry Protests of 2019 What is the likelihood of any of this happening in gymnastics? Can athletes unionize? Could a team boycott championships? Mid-meet walk out? IRONIC STICK CROWNS? Feedback Follow-up on like a Jersey Is having "bow legs" an advantage in gymnastics? How can international fans follow along with NCAA gymnastics? UP NEXT : at noon Pacific on Friday 3:00pm Eastern/7:00pm GMT CHECK OUT FACT CHECKER'S NEW BOOK WITH AIMEE BOORMAN by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker is topping the sport charts - SUCK IT SPORTS BALLS! . And if you loved reading (or listening) to the book, please leave a review. PARIS FX FINAL DEETS with ROMANIAN HEAD COACHES Jessica and Spencer were joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and being the new coaches at WCC. available for a limited time. BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. 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Demand More 05/13/2025

Demand More The Crandall-Howells are leaving Cal for Clemson with a contract worthy of the sport, floor joy at Varna World Cup, Level 10 Nationals, and an Ellie Black Mini-Commission. . HEADLINES Liz Crandall-Howell and Justin Howell are heading to Clemson. How much Clemson to snatch them up and why the makes sense. Varna Challenge Cup Everything in the world is right because Nola Matthews won and Jennifer Williams reminded us what a is supposed to look like Are you on your highest toe? is Why wins the "involvement of your face" award Why Marcus Cassamento needs to teach the other men how to artistry properly Level 10 Nationals happened and we need to talk about What are the new updates on Mixed Team Format for the LA28 Olympics? GYMTERNET NEWS We told you it was coming...Morgan Price announced her departure from Fisk Arkansas gymnast Dakota Essenpries transfers to Missouri Ashlee Sullivan is now heading to UCLA Gabby Douglas to be inducted into the USOPC Hall of Fame Club members can watch Vanessa Atler’s live show by logging in to , it will appear below. MINI COMMISSION: All About Ellie Black From World Champion level Club Gym Nerd member Clarie K, "I would like my mini commission to be all about Ellie Black and how her gymnastics has evolved and what an incredible person and important figure in Canadian Gymnastics she is. Perhaps, you could also speak about her part in Canada's historic world bronze medal." Feedback Please post your feedback on the or email us at [email protected] How to properly pronounce "Kovacs" Feedback on last week's mini-commission regarding coaching changes UP NEXT : at 2:00pmPacific / 3:00pm Eastern / 7:00pm GMT Fridays. CHECK OUT FACT CHECKER'S NEW BOOK WITH AIMEE BOORMAN by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker is topping the sport charts - SUCK IT SPORTS BALLS! . And if you loved reading (or listening) to the book, please leave a review. PARIS FX FINAL DEETS with ROMANIAN HEAD COACHES Jessica and Spencer were joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and being the new coaches at WCC. available for a limited time. BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley’s all things men’s gymnastics: RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , Immigrant Rights , , *Correction, Fredrick Richard did beat the previous back flip record in 24 hours. He did not beat the record of . /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/36545610

Moving Season 05/06/2025

Moving Season Why Melnikova has effectively ended her career, gymnast lifetime injuries, coaching change payoffs. HEADLINES Melnikova just got AIN status but it's going to be taken away... Frederick Richard now holds the world record for the most back flips within 24 hours Calling all publishers! Vanessa Atler has a book the world needs to read Serie A Final: French junior, Elena Colas beats Nemour and Esposito GYMTERNET NEWS What would you wear to Jordan Chiles' vampire masquerade birthday party? Morgan Price leaving Fisk? Why is NCAA championships viewership down slightly? Which US elites we might see at Worlds this year in Jakarta Ukrainian refuses photo with Belarusian and Russian gymnast. Lots of coaching changes including Maggie Haney, who's suspension is up. Helen Hu got the shorthand of her iconic beam routine tattooed on her arm. Sentenced for sexual abuse and having child sexual abuse material, of Bozhi's Gym Nest in West Virginia. MINI COMMISSION: GYM SWITCHES World Champion-level Club Gym Nerd member Josh commissioned us to talk about coaching changes and gym-switching. How can some coaches bring out untapped potential within athletes and turn weaknesses into strengths? What are some notable examples of this across different eras? MINI COMMISSION: LONG-TERM HEALTH World Champion-level Club Gym Nerd member Kara commissioned us to discuss the long-term physical effects that gymnastics has on gymnasts' bodies. We hear stories of how Mary Lou Retton and Morgan White requiring hip replacements at very young ages - is that normal? Is the degree of impact directly proportional to the level at which the gymnasts trained? Bonus question: In the sportsballs, athletes' jersey numbers can be retired as a tribute to their greatness. If we had an equivalent for gymnastics, what floor music should be "retired" based on the level of mastery of the gymnasts who performed to it? UP NEXT : at noon pacific on Fridays. CHECK OUT FACT CHECKER'S NEW BOOK WITH AIMEE BOORMAN by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker is topping the sport charts - SUCK IT SPORTS BALLS! If you loved reading the book, please leave a review BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , Immigrant Rights , , /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/36450065

New Research Could Prevent ACL and Achilles Tears in Women 04/30/2025

New Research Could Prevent ACL and Achilles Tears in Women Preventing Achilles and ACL tears starts with the Brain: How new concussion protocols may be the key to stopping lower body injuries in women’s sports. HEADLINES Ana Barbosu (ROM) lost a tie breaker on floor to Alba Petisco (ESP) Which teams have the most NCAA Champions per event? GYMCASTIC UPDATES by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker is topping the sport charts - SUCK IT SPORTS BALLS! If you loved reading the book please leave a review Scalding Hot Tea: At our Live show in at NCAA Championships where the new WCC head coaches (where Simone Biles trained) talk all about the Paris floor final controversy and what it was like to coach in Romania.Live Show INTERVIEW: Repetitive head impacts directly correlate to the likelihood a lower body injury, up to 11%, but our guest developed protocols specifically tailored to women. This concussion prevention and prehab program could prevent the most common injuries in gymnastics. What can coaches and athletes do to prevent ACL and Achilles tears in women Protocol time frames from implementation to results Why female athletes more susceptible to concussions and lower body injuries What are the biggest misconceptions that still persist in women's sports medicine UP NEXT Behind The Scenes: at noon pacific. BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic RECENT Podcasts and Photo Galleries RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , Immigrant Rights , , /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/36368670

NCAA Team Finals & The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles Author Interview 04/23/2025

NCAA Team Finals & The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles Author Interview The dramatic video review that corrected the NCAA Team Finals ( and Aimee Boorman and co-author Steve Cooper are here to talk about Aimee's memoire The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles GymCastic LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAAs What are people saying? Gymnerd808 said, "Hiiiii if youre not on the @GymCastic live show right now …... you're missing out! go purchase a replay ticket immediately. The tea being spilled is piping hot. Patrick is everything." REPLAY TICKETS: NCAA Championships Oklahoma overcame the 2024 vault gremlins and won its 7th NCAA Championship title! UCLA defied early-season expectations and finished as the runner-up Missouri went out with a BANG, earning its highest final placement in program history Utah finished in fourth after a late-meet beam inquiry for Amy Weir bumped Missouri ahead by 0.012 Why Frida Esparza wins the "fighting fascism even when it's inconvenient" award Our rotation-by-rotation recap of this meet, plus our favorite moments Oklahoma's beam domination vs. Utah's beam woes Why Chae Campbell is the only person allowed to do a Yurchenko full Helen. Motherfreaking. Hu. Was UCLA close to upsetting Oklahoma? Avery Neff's LEGIT 9.975 on vault "The Balance" Interview with Aimee Boorman and Fact Checker The story behind why Simone underperformed at 2013 Classics What does it mean that Marta was great at discriminated skill selection? The story Aimee has about *checks notes* cadavers? How Aimee was able to put up with Steve Penny for all of those years How Aimee was able to teach Simone the INSANE skills she does Why this book is a departure from the typical coaching narrative and opens up an honest conversation about vulnerability in elite sports The toll elite sports coaching takes on family life and Aimee's advice for coaches Aimee Boorman Interviews Aimee addresses her co-interviewee in her book BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP EPISODES RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , Immigrant Rights , , /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/36274530

NCAA Championships 2025: All Around, Event Finals, Team Semifinals 04/18/2025

NCAA Championships 2025: All Around, Event Finals, Team Semifinals Helen Hu, Brooklyn Moors, Kailin Chio, Jordan Chiles and Jordan Bowers are NCAA Champions! Utah, UCLA, Mizzu and OU advance. Alabama, Florida, MSU and defending national champion, LSU are out. GymCastic LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAAs How: When: Between meet days on Friday, April 18. Doors open at 6:30 PM; show starts at 7:00 PM CT Where: Fort Worth, Texas, or online from anywhere. Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your (virtual and in-person) questions live! (until 8 am Pacific Friday, April 18th) 2025 NCAA Championships Report Live The All-Around, Event Finals, Team Semifinal Post-Meet Show This is our live post-meet recap and Q&A episode. Today we are in Ft. Worth for NCAAs. We will go live after the meet (right here, on this page) Thursday, April 17th at 10:30-ISHpm Central/11:30pm Eastern (as soon as we can after the post-meet press conference). to reveal the full show. Watch the meet on ESPN2, follow Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add Club exclusives to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Every week we do a live Q&A, right here on this page to discuss our immediate thoughts about the week or the meets. For more info on how to watch your favorite elites, Olympic and World medalists in college and all year long, check out The Balance Beam Situation's . College & Cocktails combines our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A live podcast with a college meet of the week. It's all part of the bonus content for our who support our work year around. BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley's all things men's gymnastics: RESISTANCE Submitted by you. Action Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want then to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: Donate to the administration for illegal actions Stay Informed: Podcasts Immigrant Rights /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/36217785

2025 NCAA Championships Preview & Journalist's First Gender-Diverse Gymnastics Meet 04/14/2025

2025 NCAA Championships Preview & Journalist's First Gender-Diverse Gymnastics Meet The Elite season is heating up, we look ahead to this week's NCAA Championships, and chat with Will Graves about his piece on trans and non-binary athletes in NAIGC gymnastics Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live. How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere (For a limited time, four live show tickets for the price of three) Updates Meet and Show Schedule for NCAA Week Thursday, April 17 - All-around, Event Finals, Team Qualifying & LIVE Podcast Semifinal One: ESPN2 at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT featuring Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri, Alabama Semifinal Two: on ESPN2 at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT featuring LSU, Utah, UCLA, Michigan State After awards and press conference, we will go live for a post-meet podcast for club members after semifinals. The top two teams will advance to finals Friday, April 18 at 7 pm CT - No meets, but our first live show of 2025! Expect games, shenanigans, and interviews Got a question? You can submit it with a Want to upgrade to an in-person ticket? Be sure to do it before Friday! Saturday, April 19 - Team Finals & Podcast 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT on ABC The four teams battle it out for the 2025 NCAA title Join us after the NCAA Finals press conference and award ceremony for our live reaction podcast Headlines A mixed-gender gymnastics event is coming to LA 2028! We spent 300 hours discussion options on . We still don't have details on the format, but expect more information in May after the next FIG meeting Livvy Dunne spoke at the House NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) settlement hearing about being consistnetly undervalued and not having a say in the process. GYMTERNET NEWS Italy won the team final ! Manila Esposito won the all-around with a 55.750 Zoey Molomo suffered a knee injury on vault during training Both of the D'Amato sisters made their return Osijek World Cup First-year senior Jun Iwai tied Tokyo Olympic Champion Artem Dolgopyat for the floor title Naya Howard announced she is transferring from Georgia Badass woman alert: Marta Pihan-Kulesza won the Polish national championships for the thirteenth time Carly Baumann and Reyna Guggino (University of Michigan) announced they will be returning for a sixth year Morgan Price (Fisk University) makes history again for HBCU gymnastics, repeating as the USA Gymnastics All Around Champion The University of Iowa opened its new $20 million training center for its spirit squads and gymnastics teams NCAA Nationals Four enter only two survive! Semifinal #1: Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri Semfinal #2: LSU, Utah, UCLA, Michigan State What does a victory look like for each team? Who is each team's secret weapon? What is each team's biggest roadblock to winning? Who is our favorite to win the all-around You may have heard of her, but we think Jadey Carey has a convincing argument Jordan Bowers' 39.900 at Regionals (with three 10s) could challenge Carey Chae Campbell won the Big 10 all-around title - how could she fit into the equation? What about our apparatus champions? We pick our likely and our dream winners for each event Olympic Team Draft: College Edition If we draft a hypothetical Olympic team made of gymnasts competing at NCAA Nationals, who would be on our teams? Round One: Pick any gymnast, but only one per school Round Two: Pick ONLY gymnasts who have never competed at a Worlds or Olympics Round Three: Using the NCAA code, pick ONLY gymnasts who have never competed at a Worlds or Olympics Interview: Will Graves on how gymnastics is provides trans and non-binary athletes an inclusive space to compete and thrive in the sport Fact Checker Wrote a Book with Simone's Coach UP NEXT Two podcasts and a from NCAA Championships in Ft. Worth Fact checker and Aimee Boorman's book "The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles" National Championship ! BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic NATIONALS FANTASY GAME: Lineups are now open (with new pricing!) Get your teams set before Thursday at 1 pm PT for the chance to win a mini-commission! GymCastic 2025 College Never too late to join! RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RECENT RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. 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Regionals: Carnage and Courage 04/08/2025

Regionals: Carnage and Courage LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live. How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Rose Marine Theater, Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere (For a limited time, four virtual live shows for the price of three) GymCastic Updates NCAA Live Show Tickets are on Sale now! In-person and virtual ticket options. Purchase your ticket We launched a new store! Headlines We have our NCAA Championship teams! What are the rankings by qualifying score? What were our biggest lessons from regionals? Why note every team is invincible Why is the NCAA suddenly so concerned about athlete harassment from sports betting when it didn't say squat about the stalking, racism, verbal harassment, and cyberbullying athletes have already been facing for YEARS USAG ends its contract with the healthcare provider that employs the National Team doctor, Dr. Marcia Faustin NIL Settlement News: Livvy Dunne will be speaking at the House vs. NCAA ruling, a multi-billion dollar settlement that will decide how college athletes can get paid Homophobia allegations from the FIG general secretary during a meeting on gender equity Russia withdrew rhythmic and artistic athletes from competition GYMTERNET NEWS Former Boise State gymnast, Hailey Okula (Gasper), passed away due to complications from childbirth Injury updates NCAA: Chloe Negrete (NC State), Csenge Bacskay (Georgia), Frankie Price (Arkansas) Shilese Jones had another surgery Kaliya Lincoln had shoulder surgery Gymnasts are among the 17 women filing a lawsuit against Michigan's ex-football coach, Matt Weiss, who is being indicted on 14 counts of unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft The president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine said Illia Kovtun and his coach could face consequences for switching nationalities Gymnastics Ireland is now incorporating anti-racism training into its new diversity strategy The Italian Federation has fired its rhythmic coach of 29 years after alleged mistreatment of former gymnasts USAG has announced international assignments for Jesolo, Osijek, and Varna. Who is going where? Nina Derwael got engaged! NCAA Regionals Who are our team and individual national qualifiers? What did our eyes tell us from regionals? LSU cannot be making mistakes if they want to stay No. 1 Could Michigan State be the national champions? Who are our best teams by event from this weekend and why the best vault team was OBVIOUSLY Michigan State, duh! Can someone get the judges a new pair of glasses? A WTF-off brought to you by the Alabama, Penn State, Utah, and Washington regionals BYU and Utah State tried to out-Utah each other by doing a mic'd up feature on the gymnasts' husbands in the audience HOT DAMN DENVER. The Pioneers tied Utah to knock out Stanford during round one California and Alabama looked nervy in that final rotation Florida showed they deserve to be in the top three Did Alabama get the benefit of home scoring? Did you see that Auburn vault rotation??? We debrief the close race between Auburn and Missouri for the last spot Injuries and unforeseen circumstances: Georgia didn't have a fun time at regionals Explanation please? The Lily Smith beam start value that makes zero sense Fact Checker Wrote a Book with Simone's Coach UP NEXT : Saturday at 6pm-ish Pacific after Regionals Lineups Lock: April 2nd, 10:30am Pacific Fact checker and Aimee Boorman's book "The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles" Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. 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College & Cocktails: Regionals Day Four 04/06/2025

College & Cocktails: Regionals Day Four Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your (virtual and in person) questions live! How: Virtual and In-Person When: Between meet day on Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere (limited time only!) Welcome to College & Cocktails! The College Gymnastics Post-Meet Show Day Four of Regionals and we have our first NCAA Championship qualifiers: LSU, Michigan State's 198.00 (!), Utah, UCLA! This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode. Today we watched all the regionals. We recorded live on Sat night. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Get your complete 2025 College & Cocktails/Mocktalis menu ! Every week we pick a college meet to watch, then go live, right here on this page to discuss our immediate thoughts about the meet. For more info on how to watch your favorite elites, Olympic and World medalists in college and all year long, check out The Balance Beam Situation's . College & Cocktails combines our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A live podcast with a college meet of the week. It's all part of the bonus content for our who support our work year around. BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley's all things men's gymnastics: RESISTANCE Submitted by you. Action Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want then to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: Podcasts Immigrant Rights Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/36022875

NIL Gymnastics Deals, plus Regionals Debate Club 04/02/2025

NIL Gymnastics Deals, plus Regionals Debate Club LIVE SHOW 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live. How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Rose Marine Theater, Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere (For a limited time, four virtual live shows for the price of three) MINI COMMISSION: NIL Deals This mini-comission is brought to you by Club Gymnerd member Jonathan who would "LOVE to hear you debate the best/worst/most ridiculous NIL deals and/or entrepreneurial endeavors of NCAA gymnasts. You can also go on a side tangent about dream partnerships from pre-NIL days” Our favorites on the face of Lucky Charms? Yes please Who wouldn't want a ? quashed the "ashy skin" allegations with this CeraVe partnership How do we get more gymnasts to do The most controversial deals? Livvy Dunne and Kayla DiCello doing an AI homework tool deal ... MLM deals with schools and gymnasts Our dream NIL deals A TV deal for a viral floor routine, featuring the original, Llomincia Hall Akash Modi finally getting the Taco Bell sponsorship he deserved Suni Lee securing the ultimate pickle sponsorship GYMTERNET NEWS We have a Flying Banana Jesus half vault! You have to see from the DTB Cup LA2028 watch: Gymnastics bids for Crypto.com Arena to host Give me that money news: USA Gymnastics and Comcast renewed their contract through to 2028 Check out , USAG's giving society dedicated to support the growth of gymnastics nationwide : Check out the recording from MIT's Sports Analytics Conference; you might see a familiar face! The Gymnastics for All Colloquium will now receive patronage from UNESCO NCAA Welcome to elimination season! What is the format for regionals? How do individuals qualify to nationals? Who is going to each regional? Who do we predict will qualify to nationals? Who are our dark horses? Penn State Regional Debate club: do we think Michigan State should advance to nationals with LSU over Kentucky or Arkansas? Can Michigan upset Arkansas to make the regional final? Who will make it past the play-in round? Maryland and its pride integrity? Or West Virginia with its stick plunger hat Utah Regional Debate club: is the Utah Regional going to be the most boring regional of the four? Do we think Denver was pretending to be bad on beam this whole season to lull everyone into a false sense of security heading into regionals? The stakes of the preliminary knockout round between BYU and Utah State Alabama Regional Do we think the Alabama regional judges are going to cook up some home scores for the home team? Are North Carolina, NC State, and Iowa really 197+ teams? Or is that just a figment of our imagination from some crazy scores? Why you have to watch round one between Clemson and Rutgers Washington Regional Debate: do we have a formatting flaw for all the seeded teams in this regional to be from the south/middle south? What are Georgia and Auburn's chances to make it out of semifinals and upset Oklahoma and Missouri? The legacy team vs underdog battle between Illinois and UC Davis Feedback We predict how NCAA gymnastics might change in a 5 up 5 count and an open-ended code Fact Checker Wrote a Book with Simone's Coach UP NEXT : Saturday at 6pm-ish Pacific after Regionals Lineups Lock: April 2nd, 10:30am Pacific Fact checker and Aimee Boorman's book "The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles" Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RECENT RELATED EPISODES April Fool's episodes April Fool’s Day Show 2013 RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. 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Behind The Scenes: Thought Crimes 03/29/2025

Behind The Scenes: Thought Crimes Not a member? Not sure if you are ready to join? Watch College & Cocktails sample This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode, while NCAA is on a bye, we have a week off of College & Cocktails. We went live to answer your questions. Stories about what we would have missed had we only done college online Spy stories as told by Jessica’s Berlin stationed spy father Explaining all the bars deductions, skills and code debates A listener asks if the era of OU over Suggestions on how to fix the SEC Championships 9th team out debacle How to . Can’t make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire schedule into your Google and iCal calendar BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren’t a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RECENT RESOURCES Spencer’s essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley’s all things men’s gymnastics: RESISTANCE - Submitted by you. Take Action Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) Podcasts Immigrant Rights Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35915350

Conference Championships Regional Blastoff of 10s 03/25/2025

Conference Championships Regional Blastoff of 10s (limited time) HEADLINES IT FINALLY HAPPENED, got her 10! Jade Carey hard-lanched her girlfriend on Instagram Morinari Watanabe will not be the president of the IOC Two new skills at the Antalya World Cup Yang Fanyuwei: T aka the skill Suni competed at 2024 Winter Cup Okamura Mana: Piked half-turn to double pike off bars What happened after Arkansas was booted from SEC Championships? Jordyn Wieber released a What does this mean for Arkansas' NQS heading into the post-season? GYMTERNET NEWS Why everyone needs to learn a thing or two about longevity from this Welcome to the club! joins the long list of gymnasts who shit their pants in competition LA 2028 Watch: Ellie Black says she has no plans of retiring and hopes to compete at the Los Angeles Games! Morgan Hurd, Missy Marlowe, Rebecca Sereda, Barry Weiner, Gary Anderson, and Marc Yancey were all inducted into USAG's Hall of Fame Baby alert: announced she's pregnant! She She can do everything! won music video of the year at the Indie Short Fest was the 12th highest-ranked program on Fox The Gymnastics MIT Panel is NCAA Our conference championship highlights including 11 Program records After winning SEC Championships, LSU enters the post-season with the No. 1 seed for the first time in program history Missouri heads into the post-season ranked No. 7, the highest placement in school history Florida went 49.85 on bars at SEC Championships, not only breaking its own school record but also the NCAA record HALLELUJAH BECAUSE BROOKLYN MOORS AND RILEY MCCUSKER GOT THEIR 10s!!! Chae Campbell is your Big 10 all-around champion Stanford performed an and it worked. Stanford, UCLA, and Utah, all former PAC-12 teams, won their new respective conference titles A nail-biting finish for regionals qualification Towson fumbled on bars and just missed Regionals qualification Keanna Abraham came in clutch and nailed her vault to help UC Davis qualify to regionals for the first time in over a decade Jade Carey had her last Oregon State meet and made it out of college as the only American woman to compete in four consecutive NCAA seasons between two Olympics Zyia Coleman (Fisk) has a creative floor routine that is everything we could have asked for Ui Soma (Stanford) showed she can hold her handstands longer than everyone else and got a 10 on bars It's elimination season: NCAA Regionals What happened at the NCAA Regionals selection show? The "Oklahoma was training" absence from the show is the most Oklahoma thing you could possibly ask for Who got Atler-ed? (AKA who was most victimized by the selection process?) Who is the real winner of conference championships and why is it Jay Clark? UP NEXT Behind The Scenes: Friday at noon Pacific Lineups Lock: April 2nd, time TBD Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RECENT RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , Immigrant Rights , , /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35849945

College & Cocktails: Bragging Rights Championships 03/23/2025

College & Cocktails: Bragging Rights Championships (limited time only, four live shows for the price of three) Welcome to College & Cocktails! The College Gymnastics Post-Meet Show Conference Championships drama, Jade's last home meet surprise and was Arkansas blocked from competing in this weekend? We'll discuss everything from the last meet weekend before Regionals. This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode. Today we watched all the regionals. to listen or watch the full show. Not a member yet? . Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar Get your complete 2025 College & Cocktails/Mocktalis menu ! Every week we pick a college meet to watch, then go live, to discuss our immediate thoughts about the meet. For more info on how to watch your favorite elites, Olympic and World medalists in college and all year long, check out The Balance Beam Situation's . College & Cocktails combines our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A live podcast with a college meet of the week. It's all part of the bonus content for our who support our work year around. BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RECENT RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley's all things men's gymnastics: RESISTANCE Submitted by you. Action Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want then to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Podcasts Immigrant Rights Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35823470

Fantasy Gymnastics Update - NCAA Week 11 03/19/2025

Jordan Chiles' Book 03/18/2025

Jordan Chiles' Book This week we discuss Jordan Chiles' new book "I'm That Girl", and the meaningful meaningless-ness of NCAA Conference Championships 2025 LIVE SHOW SEASON PASS ON SALE (limited time) A FELLOW GYM NERD NEEDS YOUR HELP If you've been enjoying the new badges in your fantasy trophy case, you can thank fellow gym nerd and designer, Eyal Itzhaki. Unfortunately Eyal recently had a fluke accident that required spinal surgery and has left him with a long recovery ahead. Book Club: Jordan Chiles' "I'm That Girl" Chiles' frank, unprecedented discussion of abuse and her parents the acknowledgment of the role played during that time Our highlights from the book On sexism: why can't women act competitively like in men's sports without being labeled "rude"? Therapy rewards Woodwind instrument stans rise. Did you know Jordan was a band kid? The dark side of elite gymnastics culture The lack of black represention in her gymnastics community growing up 7 hour training schedule with a 15-minute snack break Normalizing not having your period Sneaking into the kitchen at the Karolyi Ranch for food Erika Bakacs Jordan's gymnastics coach, and also Tanya Harding's choreographer Several accusations made against Bakacs in the book Calorie restrictions, racism, obsessively controlling Jordan's diet, relationships, and personal life outside of the gym Exploiting gymnasts' parents for personal favors Drunk coaching Role of SafeSport Perspective and Context Fact-Checking The publisher did not do their job Opportunities to clarify and give context - discussion of body fat, gymnasts' heights, hip-hop floor routines, competing in NCAA and elite simultaneously the first black woman to make a U.S. Olympic gymnastics team Other GymCastic Book Club GYMTERNET NEWS Our beloved Irish king of the pommels won Irish "Dancing With the Stars" You guys, it's a college sports thing. Speedo boy, joins the college sports curtain of distraction at a basketball game The National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) is surveying the adult gymnastics community. Grace McCallum is returning to Utah next season as a student coach Try not to get too excited, but Trinity Thomas announced she mayyy not be done with gymnastics NBC extended their media rights on all platforms in the United States for the Olympic Games through to 2036 under a $3 billion contract NCAA What's on the line for conference championships besides titles? Oklahoma, LSU, and Florida are all in a close race for the no. 1 spot to finish the season. What scores does each team need to win? Spencer's bracketology corner Why does Alabama need to be moved? Arkansas is locked in at no. 16 despite not having a conference championship score Our 12 bubble teams for who could grab the last three spots to regionals Greg Marsden's about NCAA Gymnastics growth Q&A Thoughts on a reality show about an Irish Men's Gymnastics house with a dramatic game of drunk chess for each episode Are there scoring advantages for elite gymnasts in NCAA? turning shoes for gymnasts UP NEXT College & Cocktails: Saturday, March 22 at 7:00pm PT after Conference Championships Lineups Lock: Friday, March 21 – 2:30pm PT Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RECENT RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. 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Fantasy Gymnastics Update - NCAA Week 10 03/12/2025

Olympic Team Draft: Every Gymnast At Their Quad Peak 03/10/2025

Olympic Team Draft: Every Gymnast At Their Quad Peak Update from the FIG about Fujitsu judging at Jakarta Worlds, Melnikova is back, NCAA updates, and a commissioned episode where we draft Olympic teams as if everyone in the entire quad was at their peak by Trials. . GYMTERNET NEWS Will Fujitsu robot judging be used at Jakarta Worlds? We have an answer See episodes on Judges Evaluation Program LSU set a program-record 198.5 for senior night Several Russian gymnasts, including Olympic Champion Angelina Melnikova, were approved for AIN status Chusovitina won the vault World Cup with improved form at age 49 COMMISSIONED EPISODE: Repicking the U.S. Olympic Teams This week Alex AKA the gave us the task to put on our National Team Coordinator hats and retroactively pick U.S. Olympic teams from Sydney to Paris using gymnasts who were at their quad-peak. to see Alex's detailed spreadsheet outlining our contenders. The Rules: For each quad, pick the number of gymnasts based on the rules at that time (e.g. the Sydney format is 6-5-4, Athens is 6-3-3, London is 5-3-3, Tokyo is 4-3-3 + 2 individuals) If you are too heartbroken to leave an athlete at home, you can name 2 travelling alternates. You can even name two non-travelling alternates if you must With all of the best gymnasts from the quad competing at their quad-level peak with no injuries, burnout, and retirements, who do you pick? Go through quad by quad and determine your Olympic team (plus alternates, if necessary) and select team final lineups. Remember, the ultimate goal is to WIN UP NEXT Spencer is doing a watch-along before the podcast. College & Cocktails: Saturday, March 15th after UCLA vs. Utah Lineups Lock: Friday, March 14th at 2:30pm PT Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RECENT RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , Immigrant Rights , , /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35610220

A.I. Judging at Worlds in Jakarta? 03/04/2025

A.I. Judging at Worlds in Jakarta? HEADLINES Russian Olympian Nikita Nagornyy has by the European Union Aimee Boorman will become Stuttgart's elite coach Boorman's move to Stuttgart comes after from Shannon Welker of Mizzu gave us the details on the piercing controversy GYMTERNET NEWS Move over basic two-pass floor routines, (Clemson) just became the first person to compete a Biles in NCAA! opinions on transgender athletes, artificial intelligence, and judging How just leveled-up the hair game for everyone In an exclusive, Gymnastics told us why, they were forced to take down an Instagram post To make us all feel better, of a full-twisting split leg double layout USA Gymnastics announced international assignments Jessica Gadirova made her beam comeback at English Championships without a dismount Injury updates: Viktoria Listunova tore her achilles Jennifer Gadirova suffered another ACL injury competed with blades and won floor! NCAA Say it louder for the people in the back! on viewership growth in NCAA women's gymnastics Elimination season is approaching! What are the biggest surprises of the 2025 season? CORRUPT OR CORRECT? Audrey Davis vs Cienna Alipio's beam Selena Harris is the first gymnast to earn a vault 10 this season The judges-with-guts award goes to: the Maryland beam judges Feedback Nola Matthew's new floor routine as a critique of artificial intelligence and data privacy concerns Regionals questions: how are host team regionals placements decided? How does Brooklyn Moors' side pass fulfill compositional requirements? BEAM SABOTAGE AT SPRINGFIELD? UP NEXT Spencer is doing a watch-along before the podcast. College & Cocktails: Friday at 7pm Pacific after Michigan vs. Oklahoma Lineups Lock: Wednesday at 8:30 am Pacific Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RECENT RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , Immigrant Rights , , /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35536370

Fantasy Gymnastics Update - NCAA Week 9 03/04/2025

Fantasy Gymnastics Update - NCAA Week 8 02/26/2025

Winter Cottbus Pajama Revolution 02/25/2025

Winter Cottbus Pajama Revolution Elite season is back with the Cottbus World Cup and Winter Cup, where Frederick Richard debuted his genius marketing campaign uniform revolution, impossible scores, and the Oklahoma mini-documentary! . AWARDS The Most Winter Cup Award Zoey Molomo's unintentional dismount Runner up: Claire Pease getting a full point of OOB deductions on floor The Best Way to Get People Talking About Men's Gymnastics Award Frederick Richards' revolutionary basketball pajamas at Winter Cup Best Reason to Cancel NCAA Gymnastics as a Sport One judge gave Kayli Boozer a 9.550 WITH A FALL. Injury updates Anya Pilgrim (Florida), Sloane Blakely (Florida), Charlotte Booth and (GB), Brianna Taurek (Cal) Winter Cup Ashlee Sullivan is your 2025 Winter Cup Champion! Jayla Hang came in second despite a fall on beam, and Simone Rose came in third Wait a second... did the U.S. get the memo about beam choreography? Why NASA needs to hire Kelise Woolford because have you seen her Jaeger? Why everyone and their mother is suddenly doing a second vault Event Champions Zoey Molomo is looking ready for college Alicia Zhou won bars with her amazing E-score Tatum Drusch and Claire Pease shared the beam title How we know Nola Matthews actually read the new Code The that Vivi Crain did that made us all swoon GYMTERNET NEWS Serenity gardens, chandeliers and “We can say that’s better but better is still a deduction, right? And better is less than you are capable of.” - what learned from the SEC Networks's "Inside Oklahoma Gymnastics" mini-documentary. We have another all-Black podium! This time at Elite Canada Eythora will be competing at Gymnix Cottbus World Cup Why we have problems with the award ceremonies The vaulting is for grown-ass women club: all vault medalists were 30+ The German audience applauded the men who could actually hold a scale Noah Kuavita understands the assignment and threw all the big-D skills Thoughts on the new 0.2 women's post-flight bonus Why Artur Davtyan's vaulting could lead to a potential Doordash sponsorship NCAA What are the ranking shakeups after week 8? LSU, UCLA, Cal, Georgia, and Florida Florida had an injury apocalypse at Oklahoma and had to count a fall on beam Cal scored a season-high 197.775 against Pittsburgh We have problems with BTN's coverage of gymnastics Pride meet alert: Cal hosted a pride meet with very prominent pride flags Ondine finally made her beam lineup debut! We hand Clemson the "Gaslighting the Judges" award Mika Webster-Longin and her Yurchenko 1.5 wins the "Figuring it Out" award UP NEXT : The Live NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show after Arkansas v Alabama on Friday, Feb 24th at 6:30pm Pacific Spencer is doing a watch-along at 3:00pm Pacific before College & Cocktails Not sure if you are ready to join? Watch College & Cocktails sample . Can’t make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! 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Fantasy Gymnastics Update - NCAA Week 7 02/19/2025

Rhys "The Prodigy" McClenaghan Interview 02/18/2025

Rhys "The Prodigy" McClenaghan Interview What happens when there is a fire smoking out an arena? Apparently the meet goes on. Irish World and Olympic Champion Rhys is here with all the stories and NQS has begun. Extended interview for Club Gym Nerd members . Not a member? Support independent journalism . HEADLINES The Georgia vs. Arkansas meet was literally kicked in this week. New NQS ranking shakeups have UCLA in second, Florida to fifth and Missouri into eighth. No. 2 LSU defeated no. 1 Oklahoma in Baton Rouge. How did the Tigers drop a spot in the rankings? NCAA Our total amount of 10s for the 2025 NCAA season doubled in week 7 Grace McCallum (UB), Kennedy Griffin (FX), Leanne Wong (BB), Sloane Blakely (FX), Lilly Hudson (FX) What are the Ranking Shakeups? GYMTERNET NEWS USAG's FlipNow has been released for the 2025 season Frida Esparza on electric guitar at UCLA's Pride meet Irina Viner, former head coach of Russia's national rhythmic gymnastics team, from her position, marking the end of a long standing fued between her and rumored Putin mistress, Alina Kabaeva Here is the documentary, , of Viner's abusive coaching INTERVIEW: RHYS McCLENAGHAN The Irish double World Pommel Horse Champion and reigning Olympic Champion talks about judging, speaking up, taking advice from other gymnasts, what he really thinks about the lack of artistry in MAG, the broken PH at 2018 Worlds, most difficult meet experiences and of course an anti-sex bed update. Q&A What are the skill differences between DI and DIII programs? Why are people upset about groin injuries being mentioned UP NEXT College & Cocktails: The Live NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show after Florida at Oklahoma on Friday, Feb 21st at 7:30 Pacific Not sure if you are ready to join? Watch College & Cocktails sample . Can’t make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar Spencer is doing a watch-along at 4:30pm Pacific before College & Cocktails. RELATED EPISODES RESOURCES Spencer's essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items - tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions , , STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts: , , , , Immigrant Rights , , /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35324915

Fantasy Gymnastics Update - NCAA Week 6 02/12/2025

10.0 Club: History Made 02/11/2025

10.0 Club: History Made 0:01:15: Morgan Price's Historic Ten for an HBCU 0:02:46: The suspension of a rhythmic gymnastics judge 0:06:24: The NCAA Bans Transgender Women from Women's Sports 0:10:40: We applaud these teams who continue to stand up for their communities 0:11:27: An exclusive College and Cocktails tidbit 0:13:25: An update on Spencer’s live blogs 0:14:51: Shirtless Boys at gymnastics meets 0:23:19: College and Cocktails update: Oklahoma vs LSU 0:24:04: Jordan Chiles stuns in a Nike Ad 0:27:29: What happened at the Serie A competition? 0:28:30: How do we feel about Listunova’s Michael Jackson floor routine? 0:30:00: Upset alert: Nemour got outscored by Giulia Perotti 0:31:09: Ellie Black is doing a campaign for period underwear 0:32:04: Sam Oldham's Documentaries on Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse 0:32:27: Where is the 2025 US Classic location going to be? 0:33:57: Coach Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Minors 0:34:13: Trinity Thomas and Bart Conner's Adorable Moment 0:35:38: Simone Biles to be on the MET Gala Host Committee 0:36:09: Spencer tells the class about his DIII gymnastics weekend 0:36:59: Types of Routines at D3 Gymnastics Meet 0:39:28: We have to gush over Madison Zimmermann at Ursinus 0:40:48: Daria Gregory needs to teach other gymnasts how to do “fun” correctly 0:42:14: Ursinus's Charm Offensive 0:43:23: Why you need to watch Brockport on Beam 0:45:20: Why DIII routines will cure your Shaposh fatigue 0:50:45: Jessica’s relatable gymnastics moment of the week 0:51:54: Morgan Price's amazing FTY 0:55:56: Could you win the NCAA Vault title with a non-10.0 SV vault? 0:56:20: Ten tracking this season HEADLINES just became the first gymnast to ever score a perfect 10 from an HBCU was stripped of their brevet status for interfering with Olympic qualification results. Can you guess the discipline? Boxing lost it's in 2023 NCAA banned transgender women from women's NCAA sports. Nancy Armour said, "", especially after the NCAA President Baker testified that there are in all of college sports, in other words, 0.00173%. Baker further that an NCAA study found that abuse and harassment of female athletes is a massive issue. the White House Title IX rule from the Biden administration that offered more protections for the abused and instead now offers more protections for the accused and lessens the liability for the colleges. PRIDE MEETS: We applaud and for staying true to their communities despite a hostile political climate GYMTERNET NEWS If you're into the sportsballs, you may have noticed Elite season is warming up again with Series A in Italy Nemour said naps are for losers and competed all-around competed internationally again for the first time in forever Why AA winner Giulia Perotti needs to give everyone a workshop on how to transition into a wolf turn like a spider detective trying to solve an underwater mystery Ellie Black did a Hanes period underpants campaign Sam Oldham made a short on Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse is going to be in not "Chicago" again Utah gymnastics coach to sexually exploiting minors Dreams do come true! Trinity Thomas made her as a commentator will be members of the 2025 Met Gala host committee Frederick Richard was named for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award NCAA: Why you should love DIII Spencer watched a few DIII meets and has some things to share with the class We need time to gush over 's smooth like buttah beam (Ursinus) Erin Roe (Ursinus) has some big skills Daria Gregory needs to teach some of these gymnasts how to do "fun" choreography correctly Charm offensives aimed at Jessica Sidney Schreiber's butterfly Coaches who take their shoes off to walk on mats <3 Brockport beam triumphs, UW-Oshkosh saving us from cookie cutter bar routine fatigue, and justice for DIII scores where the math isn't matching NCAA Week 5 Highlights is killing the FTY game Morgan Price and Mya Lauzon join the 10 club Honorary mention for Jaye Mack (Illinois State) who almost got a perfect score for her FTY BONUS CONTENT (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded and see some of the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Not sure about joining the club? : The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren’t a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen . 2025 College & (M)Cocktails (including mocktails of course) MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! RECENT RESOURCES Spencer’s essential website and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35234235

Fantasy Gymnastics Update - NCAA Week 5 02/05/2025

Art: Moors Ranked First on FX 02/04/2025

Art: Moors Ranked First on FX Jordan Chiles gets , judging oversight updates, and Jay Clark had a lot of tired old feeling about judging oversight and he's not alone. Headlines Collegiate judges received an email from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) that there will be no judging feedback shared for the first year of the SCORE Board pilot program The target for this year is on data collection and analysis Jay Clark (LSU) had A LOT to say about the SCORE Board, we have thoughts (see full quote at bottom of notes page) Gymternet News Everyone is rightfully obsessed with 's musical theater floor routine (Temple) plays tribute to hip-hop culture in her badass floor routine was named the Developmental Lead for the U.S. women's artistic program : USAG narrows its options down to three cities for the USA Gymnastics facility of the future Injury updates: , , , Because of Elon Musks' double , going forward, GymCastic will no longer link to Twitter. We encourage listeners to follow #Ncaagym and other gymnastics starter packs on NCAA Corrupt or Correct Beam credit: (UC Davis) vs. or back pike NCAA Week 5 Highlights Jordan Chiles clenched her second 10.0 of the season, this time on FX Is Michigan State the best vault team in the country? Kara Eaker , this time at Georgia and she hasn't missed a beat Opportunity for comedy: friends don't let friends do squat-ons in NCAA Feedback What does it mean to be a Brevet judge and what does each FIG judging category mean? What is the appropriate way to address gymnasts? Hint it's not by calling them "girls" Our British listeners are wondering what is the culture like at Oklahoma? UP NEXT: College & Cocktails live Q&A podcast: Friday, February 7th Immediately following the Meet of the Week: LSU at Alabama Full NCAA schedule and links Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar Lineups Lock: Friday, Feb. 7 - 3:30pm PT Join (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF + a FREE Gift at MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! THE LATEST RELATED GymCastic Interview: Three World Champion coaches Spencer’s and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Men’s Gymnastics coverage from Kensley LSU Head Coach Jay Clark quotes from Jan 31 press conference Question “I hear there might be a mid-season change [re Scoreboard/judging oversight] in the way they do scoring is that is that possible do you want to see?” “It that just adds to the Ridiculousness right so what so the the the issue it is not that I think scores should remain unduly high the issue is that this thing we've put in place either intentionally or unintentionally has only attacked one part of scoring and it is tamped down the ceiling and done very little about anything else and so it's not Equitable across the board I'm all for credibility and scorting I'm all for uh you know increased um accuracy understanding that we are a subjective Sport and you will never remove the subjectivity I just don't think that this thing has been rolled out in a manner and it's supposed to be a pilot program and yet we're getting newsletters and we're getting we're getting told you know what the deductions are that are being missed most says who judging in venue is a different deal than sitting somewhere who knows where in a living room on a video screen and then that's that level of subjectivity is supposed to add more credibility and so I think what we have created is that with a with a targeted part of the scoring Spectrum we have judges looking over their shoulder and there's better ways to do this I I am not about like everything should get a 10 that's not it at all but there there has to be it's got to be whatever we do to increase uh credibility or or or Tamp down or whatever like no one has I've never had anyone present to me that on a consistent basis the wrong team wins or the wrong gymnast wins or whatever now you could say the score might have been too high but was it ranked correctly on that night that's the that's the real question right was it the best routine on that night and you know to the point where people SC scream and clamor enough that that you know at some point Trinity Thomas issued a public apology for getting a 10 for crying out loud here's the thing when you go to a sporting event Scott when you go to a baseball game what's one of the things you hope you see a home run what when you go to a when you go to a football game you you want to see an explosive play a long touchdown pass or things like that you hope to see those things that's sport controversy is also sport and there's nothing wrong with there's never going to be a time when we're when we're all happy with all the scores we see because all of us have biased all of us coaches fans everyone the point is is it ranked correctly is it consistent across the board and by any real objective measure we haven't created a more consistent situation this year we've created a more erratic situation here and and and I'm don't blame the judges one bit because they're doing the best they can to do the job that that that we've asked them to do there are easier ways to correct wrongs in venue and it should be in my opinion given the meat referee authority to convene a conference right now our meat referees have no authority to do much of anything um and and so in tennis the chair umpire can overrule the line judge in in uh the the home plate umpire in baseball can can walk out and call a conference if they thought something was missed at second base these are things that are common in other sports our meat refs are to sit on their hands they judge every routine and many most in almost every venue we we were required to have them but yet they really can't do anything except be a liason to deliver papers from a coach to to the panel to me if I'm if I'm an official I'm going to feel a whole lot better about somebody who's in venue with me as part of the official panel in the meet to be able if something egregious happens to be able to have the authority to walk over and say hey guys let's talk this over and and let's make sure we get this right um that's a simpler solution than than having to use technology from different angles not in venue it's a whole different ball game when you're not judging in venue and so I you know I don't want anything I say or anything live tweeted by the way I had nothing to do with that she just knows how I feel about it and and uh but she's right and and we're we're in a time where where Collegiate athletics's Olympic sports programs many are in Peril for funding and revenue share is is is coming in and scholarships are going to be moved from sport to sport all this everybody got an increase in scholarship no they didn't they got an increased limit and not every school is going to be able to do that and so at a time when when that uncertainty exists for at least 50 or 60% of our programs in our sport we drop this little poison pill into our scoring so that the fans sit there and wonder what the heck's going on so it's ill-timed it's incomplete it's illc conceived and and and it it just is and we keep having to make adjustments and now we're not going to put suggested uh deductions in the in the newsletter anymore I hear and we're not going to put those things out there we're just data collecting that's what we were supposed to be doing in the first place but and then but but there's all this information leaking about what's being looked for and what's not being taken and so it it's just been in my opinion an abject disaster and uh it was fairly predictable that it would be and I hope uh there's growing sentiment that we need to go about this a different way let's examine what we do in scoring let's try to create more accuracy yes but in a time like this we cannot be some kind of purist we can be marketable or we can be purist we're probably not going to be both and and and if we're going to be purist then let's look at the run the gamut let's look at the routine that goes 975 that should go 96 as well you know let's let's let's look at all of it not just the the the higher end scores because these kids work hard and then you see things like this you know where where kids they know they just did the best Vault their life it goes 9925 the next kid's like man what do you got to do to get a 995 I'm not even talking about a 10 Helen Hu should have got a 10 Helen that beam set is the best beam set in the country and she did it flawlessly I dare anybody to tell me where the real deduction was now I was standing I wasn't sitting where the judges were and I'm not questioning their credibility I'm questioning our judgment as a coaches group for for doing this thing that has just created some pendulum swing back and forth where the judges keep trying to find themselves and it's it's just unfortunate so thanks for putting me on my soap box I mean it's not affecting the rankings if you look year to year over the last several years I mean the rankings and the teams that are in the top 15 or what ever you know it's it's The Usual Suspects but if you look at where the uh at the at the higher end scores on each team and where they're capped there's where the change is and so the fans don't get to see their home run they see them and they clear the fence we just don't call them home runs anymore I said that on the air um but it's that was kind of what I meant anyway...” - Jay Clark /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35141790

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