For those of you who wanted changes to the NCAA code, you'll have to wait another year.  As fully expected, the NCAA has left in place the same code for 2014-2015 as was used in 2013-2014.  There are a few possible changes, however, due to enforcement education efforts and small modifications to the USA Gymnastics rules on execution.
I was talking with one of my clients about her decision to go to a Division III gymnastics team and this is what made her decision easy.
When we think of recruiting we often think of the athlete, but what is it like for the college coach? They are also going through the recruiting process, just in a little different way.
The college experience is, in many cases, the most important four years in our children’s lives and realizing the potential leverage families of prospective student-athletes have in the college recruiting process, will develop increased confidence and clarity as the college quest unfolds. Then, knowing how to close on this opportunity is, without question, essential. My goal with this article is to identify 5 essential initial steps that prospects, families and coaches can use to effectively launch the college search.
(Note:  Editorials and opinion pieces will now be categoried separately) This past season, I've typed the phrase (when recapping a women's meet), "the highest score since 2004", too many times to count.  Team after team recorded new all-time high scores, or achieved their highest mark since 2004.  Why is the year 2004 significant?  Well, it was the season before the last time the coaches and judges collaborated to recalibrate the scoring system. In 2004, the 12th ranked team had a Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) of 196.99.  The following season, the 12th ranked team finished the season with a 195.715.  This…

 Skills of Note in the 2014 Season (W)

The following is a listing of high level skills performed by Women in the 2014 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.

Updated 5/4/2014

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Handspring, Front Tuck 1/1 Twist

Amber See, Illinois

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

Katherine Grable, Arkansas

Tsukahara Layout 3/2

Yurchenko Layout 2/1

Brandie Jay, UGA

Yurchenko Layout 3/2

Caitlin Atkinson, AU

Natalie Beilstein, Michigan

Georgia Dabritz, Utah

Jessie DeZiel, NU

Ashleigh Gnat, LSU

Kytra Hunter, Florida

Brandie Jay, UGA

Diandra Milliner, Bama

Chelsea Raineri, GWU

Brittany Rogers, UGA

Sachi Sugiyama, Michigan

Comaneci

Shushunova

Alexis Gunzelman, Rutgers
Brandie Jay, UGA

Full Twisting Double Layout Flyaway

Victoria Aepli, Ohio State

Kaitlin Clark, Bama

Allison Flores, Arizona

Hindorff (clear-hip reverse hecht/Tkachev)

Jaleesa Wilson, DU

Ricna (Stalder reverse hecht)

Brittany Rogers, UGA

Ray (toe-on straddle reverse hecht)

Stephani Canizaro, Arkansas

Bridgette Caquatto, UF

Kytra Hunter, Florida

Alaina Johnson, UF

Kim Jacob, Bama

Keely McNeer, Bama

Sydney Sawa, UCLA

Bridget Sloan, Florida

Nicole Szabo, UIC

Church (toe-on pike reverse hecht)

Pike Tkachev

Austin Sheppard, Michigan

Triple Twisting Flyaway

Bharwaj (full twisting Pak)

Alicia Asturias, Cal

Angela Durkac, Ball State

Van Leeuwen (Maloney 1/2)

Alex Archer, Stanford

BEAM

 

 

 

 

 

FLOOR

 

 

 

 

Round-Off, Layout to Two Feet Mount

Switch Ring Leap

Back tuck 1/1 twist

Arabian Front Tuck  

Rheagan Courville, LSU

Back Layout Two Foot*

Syndey Ewing, LSU

Milan Ivory, Iowa State

Jennifer Pinches, UCLA

Side Aerial, Cross Position**

Danusia Francis

5/2 Turn in Wolf (Humphrey)

Double Front Tuck

Back Double Pike

Sarah DeMeo, Alabama

Katherine Grable, Arkansas

Jessica Savona, LSU

Cerise Witherby, Oregon State

 

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

** Not in Code, but similar elements are raised in value by one, when executed in the cross position.

 

 

 

 

Full Twisting Double Layout

Double Layout

Sadiqua Bynum, UCLA

Brianna Guy, AU

Lloimincia Hall, LSU

Emily Heinz, CMU

Kytra Hunter, UF

Miranda Kerr, Utah State

Ashley Lambert, NU

Maliah Mathis, LSU

MJ Rott, AU

Joanna Sampson, Michigan

Haley Scaman, OU

Tory Wilson, Utah

Double Front

Alex Deluca, Ohio State

Emma Sibson, PSU

Mackenzie Valentin, Arizona

Reema Zakharia, Michigan

Arabian Double Front

Katie Bailey, Bama

Natalie Beilstein, Michigan

Olivia Courtney, UCLA

Rheagan Courville, LSU

Kristen Klarenbach, Arizona

Elena Lagoski, MSU

Danielle Levy, MSU

Sarah Miller, Ohio State

Diandra Milliner, Bama

Janelle Minichiello, UNH

Taylor Rice, Stanford

Haley Spector, Stanford

Nicole Turner, Oregon State

Krystal Welsh, PSU

Triple Full

Georgia Dabritz, Utah

Nicolle Eastman, Kent State

Madeline Gardiner, Oregon State

Emily Wong, NU

Tuck Full In or Half In/Half Out

Kelsey Black, Boise State

Angi Cipra, UCLA

Lia Del Priore, Utah

Kristen Harabedian, NC State

Cassandra Harrison, San Jose State

Kait Kluz, AU

Luisa Leal-Restrepo, Rutgers

Bailey McIntire, Utah State

Kaytianna McMillan, Oregon State

Ciera Perkins, Boise State

Sarah Peterson, UNC

Christina Pheil, UNC

Jessica Savona, UF

Melanie Shaffer, Ohio State

Natasha Sundby, ASU

Karen Tang, Maryland

Becky Tutka, Utah

Brittni Watkins, NC State

Cerise Witherby, Oregon State

Alex Yacalis, Washington

Arabian In, 1/2 Out

Katherine Grable, Arkansas

Tuck Full Out

Brandie Jay, UGA

Pike Full In

Nicole Artz, Michigan

Caitlin Atkinson, AU

Denaisha Christian, Ball State

Georgia Dabritz, Utah

Lexus Demurs, AU

Jessie DeZiel, NU

Ashleigh Gnat, LSU

Kim Jacob, Bama

Maile' Kanewa, OU

Diandra Milliner, Bama

Lindsay Offutt, Pitt

Stephanie Ouellette, NC State

Rachel Spicer, UF

Brittany Webster, AU

Front 2 1/2 Twist (Randi)

Lane Jarred, NC State

Georgia has the strongest schedule when compared to the Top 12 teams in 2014, according to the annual analysis from CollegeGymFans.com. Each year, we've calculated the relative strength of the schedule (relative schedule difficulty) for the Top 12 Teams, as determined by the Preseason Coaches' Poll. Read on to find out how the rest of the teams fared.
For the 2014 edition of our ranking of the Top Recruiting Classes, we've had to wait until the last minute to make our decision.  "Recruiting" now has an entirely new definition.  Some of the athletes in our rankings originally selected their colleges over three years ago.  But more than few made their decisions within the last six to nine months.  In this age of early recruiting, a lot can change in the three final years of high school and during the first year of competition.  Thus, we're also seeing the emergence of a lively late recruiting period and early entries…

2014 Capsule Previews: Teams #13 to #25

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