Recent content by Ms Motts

Hmmm, this is my cue to start saving up for Brisbane 2032 tickets! I desperately want either gymnastics or basketball but I had no idea prices were that high. Back in Sydney, gymnastics, basketball and swimming were the most in demand sports so were the most expensive, and ballot (local price)...

I wish the horrible back trend would just die. Cutouts don't enhance a leotard and do reduce its functionality. And if they want a strappy back, it's possible to design a leotard that has a strappy back but still makes wearing a bra possible. Temple's is so pretty from the front up close, but...

And this is why Australia has two category one judges and more brevet judges than the UK or the USA despite being a relatively small federation. And there's the vibe - it's seen as a desirable thing for a judge to do. People are willing to put in the work even if the chances of them ever...

There’s a lot going on with that Iowa leotard. It’s like they couldn’t decide what design features to use so they used all of them.

I love the Winter Olympics - obsessed with ski jumping and snowboard slopestyle, but I'll happily sit in front of moguls, big air, halfpipe, speed skating.... Winter sports are insane, but they're so fun to watch. (I'm largely indifferent to figure skating/ice dance, which the algorithm has...

On the possibility of using a free trial to watch the CWG (and stream the Winter Olympics?) - HBO Max launched in Australia a couple of months ago when their content deal with a local streamer ended. They didn’t offer a free trial period, but they did offer substantial launch discounts. I...

I agree, it puts a traumatised young person into the position of having to publicly defend their attacker without the safeguards that could be in place if this was an official investigation rather than a trial-by-social-media. On the other hand, it sounds like the person who filmed it did...

And there were other adults in that gym who knew exactly what was going on. And someone who knew it was wrong and tried to sneakily film it (you can tell the filmer was being covert). But they obviously sat on the footage for a long time - perhaps they were a scared child too.

You can see Sabrina physically whole-body cowering away from Camilla after missing a skill as if she’s afraid of getting hit, and then Camilla chases her and pinches her and screams at her as she cries. It’s pretty harrowing. And honestly, this is what I have expected all along watching...

The flailing to maintain a stick is deductible. You could take 0.1 for extra arm swings, or 0.1/0.3 for loss of balance. I'm OK with a small step not being deducted more than a flail - I think flailing to maintain a stick demonstrates less control than a small step backwards (as recognised by...

I really enjoyed watching Dulcy - there’s something very fluid about her gymnastics that is very appealing, and if she stays on her current trajectory of improvement, she’ll remain in the mix as exactly the sort of strong all-rounder that team selectors need to consider.

Rewatching some routines this morning - Sabrina Voinea could probably claw back the couple of tenths she needs to break the 4th place curse without even changing anthing about her own performance just through better music selection. Her current music is basically background music, and it was...

It's not about artistry, but from a reinforcement point of view, I'd say Roberson's medal is actually an argument for prioritising execution. Her decision to do the mustafina instead of the Cheng was really, really smart. It cost her 0.4 in difficulty but she almost certainly made up at least...

That's a Eurovision gymnastics coverage staple - they always pan away from injuries as fast as they can.

Well that's quite a fun podium really. And, Ok, the actual medalists are all very exciting, but even though we didn't see it, I just want to mention that Breanna Scott just quietly got the second highest beam score of the night.