Following the recent Chinese men's nationals, much talk began to circulate about the "crisis" of the Chinese men's team...notably, the absence of world medal contending all-arounders and a surplus of individual event specialists. Let's see if the Chinese men still have what it takes to field one of the very best teams in the world.
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The regression toward the mean/moving target mindset makes it almost impossible for a judge to score a gymnast outrageously far from the “average” score on that apparatus, regardless of how outrageously good or bad the performance was.
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This is what I like to call The Moving Target Phenomenon, and I think it is a great example of what gymnastics judging is like today.
Part 1 of an in-depth article about some of the psychological and statistical phenomena that affect gymnastics judging.
Another batch of floor routines from that will take you down memory lane...we're now into the top 20!
After months of scouring YouTube for videos from all of the big competitions that have been going on around the world, it was great to finally watch a TV broadcast again. Here are some of my thoughts on NBC's coverage of the Pacific Rim Championships yesterday.
Just a reminder that NBC will be televising the recent Pacific Rim Championships Saturday, May 22 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm. Some of the biggest names in USA Gymnastics as well as some international stars...don't miss it!
Here are several gymnastics training videos showing drills for learning a straddle L-sit press to handstand
The 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands are exactly FIVE months away. With much international competition in 2010 already taken place, it's likely we've been watching many of the stars who will be competing for world medals this fall. Although it was nearly three years ago, the last women's world team title was actually won by the United States in 2007. Take a look at six gymnasts who may very well be capable of matching that feat should they be selected for this year's USA world team.
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