USA Men Light The Fire!
Four-and-a-half points. That’s how much the USA improved its score in this year’s worlds qualifications compared to last year’s. It was an absolutely stunning performance – one of the [...]
USA Men Ready To Tumble in Tokyo…A Quick Event By Event Look
I don’t think the USA men’s team could have asked for a better place to start than floor. It’s a perfect place to get some adrenaline out, particularly with some [...]
From the Judge’s Chair…Jake Dalton
Jake Dalton Floor 2011 Visa Championships Step 1: Calculate the Element Group Total Element Group Point Value EG 1: Non-acrobatic skills 0.5 EG 2: Forward Acro Skills [...]
U.S Men 2010 vs. 2011 – A Numbers Comparison
It’s easy to conjecture that the 2011 U.S. men’s world team is stronger than the one that finished 4th at the 2010 world championships. But can we prove it? [...]
Will Tokyo Be Another One for the History Books?
The USA Men have won just six team medals at the world championships or Olympic Games: 1979 Worlds in Fort Worth, Texas: Bronze 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California: [...]
Men’s Visa’s Day 2…Is There Room For Both Dalton and Legendre?
An incredible performance by the U.S. men! I would say this is the best the U.S. men’s team has looked since winning the Olympic silver medal in 2004, and this [...]
The Nine Survivors? Check out Andy’s Men’s World Team Prediction!
And then there were nine. So much has already happened after Day 1 at the 2011 Men’s Visa Championships. The two expected to battle for the all-around title do hold [...]
Men’s Top Five in St. Paul This Week
The Duel At age twenty-five, Jonathan Horton is an Olympic medalist, a world all-around medalist, and a two-time defending national all-around champion, but surprisingly may actually enter this year’s [...]
America’s Four Powerhouses
Steven Legendre Jake Dalton Paul Ruggeri Sam Mikulak Arguably the four most powerful tumblers and vaulters in the U.S., the chances are very high that at least one of [...]
Buscaglia Tops Thrilling High Bar Final
Just a few highlight high bar routines from the Men’s NCAA Championships. I can’t say I love seeing so many “Yamawakis” (laid-out hecht vault with a half turn), when nearly [...]
Five Major Themes From the 2011 American Cup
The All-Around Lives On. I feel like this year’s American Cup ended up being a big step in the right direction for not only this competition, but for gymnastics in [...]
Dalton Delivers in Vegas!
A look at a few highlight routines from the Winter Cup Finals: Jake Dalton Vault The best meet of this kid’s life. What a breakthrough performance that could very well [...]