NCAA Pre-Season 2025-2026

[Amber]

Never got the fuss over Nola Matthews. She’s like Eythora. It’s just way too theatrical and OTT

Don't forget Hernandez, always found her fake and way over the top

 

[arabiandoublefront]

I've been very disappointed, but not surprised, at the level of tumbling from the top teams so far. The code encourages and rewards this sort of tumbling. Combine that with the judges not adequately using the deductions in the code to provide the separation they should, then there's no sense in taking risks with big tumbling or 3 passes.

It's the same thing with bars. Boring, low-skill routines that all look alike.

And I suspect that, as much as I agree that the NQS system needed and overhaul, counting 9 scores is just going to further entrench doing these low-difficulty safe routines.

I'm at the point where I don't know if I'll watch NCAA as closely this year.