US National Team Camp - December 2024

[Bob]

yeah but its not all about the tumbling. WAG is about so much more or it should be. MAG I have no opinion on or knowledge of.

 

[Denn]

yeah but its not all about the tumbling. WAG is about so much more or it should be. MAG I have no opinion on or knowledge of.

That's true, but it doesn't contradict what I said. I am not suggesting turning the floor into a tumbling strip. Far from.

 

[JaJa]

yeah but its not all about the tumbling.

Yes but it is ALSO about the tumbling. OOB penalizes and disincentivizes the more difficult and exciting passes like Simone's. Why would we want to do that in WAG? It also stacks the deck against the taller gymnasts and so unfairly favors shorter (and younger) gymnasts

 

[Bob]

but isn't Simone one of the shorter ones?

 

[JaJa]

but isn't Simone one of the shorter ones?

Yes. But her passes have huge difficulty and the amplitude she gets plus her speed and power are the issues for her

 

[crdubb17]

I don’t want to make a new thread, but USAG posted pics from January NTC. I know most of y'all will salivate over these new leos lol https://www.reddit.com/r/Gymnastics/s/Bh6MdRxcDb

 

[KristyJ]

The leos treat them like athletes and I appreciate that

 

[Bob]

I really like the plain leos a lot but the purple strappy one looks awkward, the straps are rubbish when wearing a bra and they are too high cut.

 

[Kara]

The plain black, red , and blue ones are nice; the gray and purple strappy ones are still awful.

 

[rlayt]

Yay for athletic leos!

 

[irichluck21]

NIKE being a sponsor, hopefully we get more athletic leos.

Too much to wish for?

 

[RedBirdie]

Incidentally, I noticed that USAG hasn't posted to Twitter since August, but now has a very active Bluesky account.

 

[Passion]

USAG posts on Twitter constantly, they have four posts just from today. Are you sure you don't have them blocked? lol

 

[RedBirdie]

Apparently I'm going crazy. I looked at their Twitter today and swore I didn't see anything more recent than August! Definitely don't have them blocked, but admittedly I only looked on Twitter to find the Winter Cup lists (and then realized they were on Bluesky). I actually deleted Twitter from my phone.