Skills of Note in the 2011 Season (W)

The following is a listing of high level skills performed by Women in the 2011 Season.  To make this list, the skill had to be successfully competed in a meet sometime during the season.  The skill competed must have an FIG rating of "E" or "F" or "G", or an FIG Vault Difficult Value of 5.3 or higher.

The issue of escalating difficult leading to higher injury rates and more wear and tear on the athlete is important.  The purpose of this list is not to encourage or foster unreasonable risk or other threats to the safety of the athletes.  In fact, many of the skills on this list were only competed in special circumstances.  This list simply serves as an archive and collection of skills actually performed by the athletes.

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VAULT

 

 

 

 

 

UNEVENS

 

 

 

 


Handspring, Front Tuck 1/1 Twist

Amber See, Illinois

RO 1/2 on, Front Layout 1/2 Off

Tsukahara Layout 3/2

Marissa King, UF

Yurchenko Layout 2/1

Yurchenko Layout 3/2

    Natalie Beilstein, Michigan

    Corrie Lothrop, Utah

    Hillary Mauro, UGA

    Cassidy McComb, UGA

    Brittani McCullough, UCLA

    Diandra Milliner, Bama


Comaneci

Shushunova

Full Twisting Double Layout Flyaway

    Victoria Aepli, Ohio State

    Dana Bonincontri, Penn

    Kylee Botterman, Michigan

    Ruby Engreitz, Washington

    Melissa Fernandez, Ill

    Brie Olson, OU

    Brianna Springer, Denver

Hindorff (clear-hip reverse hecht/Tkachev)

    Meaghan Biros, Pitt

    Ashanee Dickerson, UF

    Jaleesa Wilson, DU

Ricna (Stalder reverse hecht/Tkachev)

Ray (toe-on Tkachev)

Natalie Ettl, PSU

Ericka Garcia, LSU

Alaina Johnson, UF

Zoya Johnson, UNC

Natasha Kelley, OU

Brittani McCullough, UCLA

Sydney Sawa, UCLA

Geralan Stack-Eaton, Bama

Shayla Worley, UGA

Bharwaj (full twisting Pak)

    Alicia Asturias,Cal

    Leslie Mak, Oregon State


BEAM

 

 


 

 

FLOOR

 

 

 

 


Round-Off, Layout to Two Feet Mount

Switch Ring Leap

    Abigail Adams, Maryland

    Morgan Evans, UNC

    Molly Quirk, Arizona

    Randy Stageberg, UF

Back tuck 1/1 twist

Samantha Peszek, UCLA

Arabian Front Tuck

Back Layout Two Foot*

5/2 Turn in Wolf (Humphrey)

Double Front Tuck

Back Double Pike

Sarah DeMeo, Alabama

* Athlete must hold layout position througout for E credit.  A layout
with pike down is credited as a D.



 

Full Twisting Double Layout

Double Layout

    Brooke Barr, NC State

    Kristina Coccia, DU

    Marissa Gutierrez, Bama

    Marissa King, Florida

    Britney Ranzy, Oregon St

Double Front

    Alex Deluca, Ohio State

    Jessa Hansen, Iowa

    Danae Johnson, Rutgers

    Hilary Mauro, UGA

    Melanie Root, OU

    Natalie Sutter, NIU

    Reema Zakharia, Michigan

Arabian Double Front

    Mary Atkinson, ASU

    Natalie Beilstein, Michigan

    Olivia Courtney, UCLA

    Ashanee Dickerson, UF

    Brittany Emmons, Ball State

    Samantha Engle, LSU

    Deanna Graham, Arizona

    Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, UCLA

    Alaina Johnson, Florida

    Marissa King, Florida

    Dani Levy, MSU

    Hilary Mauro, UGA

    Sarah Miller, Ohio State

    Diandra Milliner, Bama

    Ashley Morgan, Stanford

    Sarie Morrison, LSU

    Sharaya Musser, PSU

    Gina Nuccio, UGA

    Kyndal Robarts, Utah

    Geralen Stack-Eaton, Bama

Triple Full

    Megan Ferguson, OU

    Katherine Grable, Arkansas

    Katie Hurley, AU

    Jennifer Lezeu, BYU

    Nicole Pechanec, Stanford

Tuck Full In or Half In/Half Out

    Abigail Adams, Maryland

    Katie Caliendo, UNH

    Sarah Curtis, Michigan

    Erin Davis, NU

    Miranda Der, Bridgeport

    Lora Evenstad, NU

    Amy Glass, Boise State

    Luisa Leal-Restrepo, Rutgers

    Kelci Lewis, Arkansas

    Corrie Lothrop, Utah

    Brittnee Martinez, Michigan

    Stephanie McCallister, Utah

    Jasmine Minion, UK

    Jaime Pisani, Arkansas

    Hannah Redmon, Boise State

    Melanie Shaffer, Ohio State

Tuck Full Out

Pike Full In

    Kylee Botterman, Michigan

    Noel Couch, UGA

    Kayla Hoffman, Bama

    Kim Jacob, Bama

    Brittani McCullough, UCLA

    Maranda Smith, Florida

    Randy Stageberg, UF

Fans and athletes alike can benefit from checking out the new videos and scripts released online by the National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges (NAWGJ) and the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches - Women (NACGC-W).  "Armchair" judges can test their knowledge of the code, and everyone can benefit by learning more about how routines can be evaluated.
We've brought back the strength of schedule analysis for 2011.  Each year, we've calculated the relative strength of the schedule (relative schedule difficulty) for the Top 10 Teams, as determined by the Preseason Coaches' Poll.  Read on to find out who has the toughest schedule. 
Happy New Year! With the season just around the corner, we'd like to add a few wishes on what we are hoping to see this season:
For the past several seasons, we've made an attempt to rank the incoming recruiting classes for teams from across the nation. Some teams, in particular the perennial  superpowers, seem to appear in the rankings each season. But as for the others, you've probably noticed new teams appear as the tides of recruiting ebb and flow. With recruiting occuring earlier and earlier, predicting the progress of future recruits is becoming more and more difficult. Unexpected injuries, changes in training pattern and other personal events sometimes impact an athlete's ability to come in and contribute right away. So which school has scored…
If there is one area of the college recruiting process that stands above the rest, I believe it is the way prospects effectively communicate with college coaches. Let’s face it, the majority of boys and girls in any given active recruiting pool will not be blue chip prospects and a reluctance to proactively communicate with college coaches will oftentimes result in an undertow that will likely drag a prospect and family backward in the college search. Below are some simple tips to consider when making an introductory contact with college coaches.
With advent of digital camcorders (Flip Cams) and online video sharing sites, a wide range of preseason and intrasquad videos are available.  In the list below are links to a few of the latest training videos, from teams across the country.

2011 Capsule Previews #13 to #25

The college recruiting process can be a daunting effort if it is not well planned and executed with organization and enthusiasm from start to finish. In addition, one’s mental approach to the college search, especially when checkered with roadblocks, can make the difference between a fair and a great experience. What follows is a “snapshot” on how prospects and families can proactively prepare for and effectively deal with personal setbacks that will undoubtedly surface along the way.

2011 Capsule Previews

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