gymnastics weekly team update:

Team has been back practicing all week and everyone looks good. Edney had an MRI on her knee after she tweaked it during warmups vs Bama. The scans came back clear! Whether or not she will compete in the all around this saturday will be meet time decision.

I'll now speak about what is happening on each rotation

Vault:

A lot of moving pieces now. This entire week, Cannamela and Finnegan have been doing 1 1/2's. The form is excellent in the air and they have a nice block off the table. Sticks are the last piece as of now but from what I see, do not be surprised to see them compete it this weekend vs UCLA.
Ruby had a nice practice on vault. Ruby's issues are all mental. Other than bars, she has self doubt and 'fake confidence' on every event. Once she overcomes it she will be an all star for us.

Lexi can do a 1 1/2 but DD doesn't want to push it. We will see.


Bars:

Same lineups will continue. Everyone looks phenomenal. IMO best bars lineup in the country when they hit. Durante has been phenomenal. Standley, Kirby and Dean also train extremely well on bars. Campbell has beautiful bars but the lineup is jam packed. Not much difference on this rotation.


Beam:

Desiderio has looked excellent as of late. She could do another dismount but we might not see it until later this season.

Campbell, there is some restructuring in her routine. Some of the connections are a bit tricky. She probably has one of the most difficult routines in terms of constant connections. She will rebound and be better this weekend. She was not happy about what happened last weekend.

Dean trains beam too and looks fantastic. Durante has a nice beam set and shows nice lines. Julianna and Kirby both do a lot of reps on beam. They look nice in practice, but we need to see it on meet day.



Floor:


This is a very busy rotation at the moment. Lexi Priessman and Desiderio are on the brink of making the floor lineup. The concern in Lexi's routine is her last pass on floor. Desiderio looks excellent on her double lay, second pass is the only question. Desiderio is bein pushed extremely hard, LSU knows they need her


Cannamela looks fantastic on floor. She continues to develop stamina. She ran out a little on that last pass vs Bama but she continues to improve.


Edwards continues to drastically improve. Floor can now hit a 9.9. Double back is much more controlled. Salto pass if she limits her bounce/step, she is fine.



Overall a lot of upgrades are in the works as of now. LSU wants to spend more than half the season working on it in real meets. Once vault catches up for LSU, LSU will be a team OU really needs to be careful about.