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Yep And that she corrected an error in Shannon's routine construction I think before the same competition

I got so mad at Steve Nunno reading this chapter. If he and Peggy had just bothered to try to understand the code better before worlds Kerri might've had better results and none of this "get more toned to score better" would've even been a discussion. The conversation about her goals read like...

I noticed she said she kept winning verifications (since they did verifications at the Karolyi's gym just like they introduced to USAG), and I think this is where the idea that she could win it all came from. If she beat Kim and Betty in the gym regularly I can see how she would extrapolate that...

I thought Dulcy looked prepared and confident yesterday and it's apparent where she's worked hard to clean up specific skills throughout the season

I'm hoping that not vaulting onto a mushy pit facing a wall will help them all improve their vaults at worlds And that the new training center they are building near Indianapolis will never have people vaulting right at a wall

I don't know that Dulcy winning is all that much chaos. She was third on bars, third on beam, and tied for first on floor. She very much earned it today. Her reaction afterward was priceless and I love the sportsmanship of her teammates cheering and congratulating her. Right now that last spot...

The music in Perfect Body was the literal worst of the mid-90s

I've had parents run up to me from the stands and try to harangue me for a score (how dare my precious pooh-bear get a low score after five falls!?!), let alone pressure from coaches and gyms and such. I still think that at least making the scores public is the right thing.

I feel like opening up the range of deductions to be .1, .2, .3., .4, or .5 would really help in this regard. I get that it might also increase the subjectivity some, as there is less ambiguity between just a few options, but it could really help to differentiate errors.

I can work it down to a 7.7 if using the .3 artistry average (rounding up), but it feels a little Grinch-like to do so.

Okay at least facially though, she's a decent pick, the resemblance is believable

My copy came today so I will start reading :)

Complexity of the beam routine or floor choreography aside, I copied them over and over and over in 1996-1997, as I imagine many other young gymnasts did, and it certainly wasn't bad for my basics. But if my very non-elite self could do the hop half with some success, I don't think it was that...

Keri's book ordered, so I can read along. I already have Sey's.

Okay, so still C's then for the full?