re: Remove

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Kiya would have to decline to go. Haleigh would be next in line.

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Obviously, I’d love for them to both go, and I’m not suggesting that Kiya decline. She’s one of my 2 favorites on the team. But I really hate for Haleigh to miss out!

I assume there will be a press conference next week concerning how quickly the season ended.

She’s only doing vault. Since UCLA didn’t qualify Norah Flatley is going as the AA.

Anybody know if Jay reads TD?

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Nothing on bars was changed regards too dismounts

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I mentioned this on the Tiger Rant page Regional thread.

Please read this all the way through before you decide to downvote if you do because I had the same thought process as you did for the entire last few seasons, but upon learning this new piece of information, I can now admit that it makes complete sense.

As someone who also loves gymnastics, especially our girls, here is what I will say about this:
Not sure if you all know who Chris Bogantes is but he is an LSU alum, former gymnastics coach at Ball State, TWU, SEMO, and briefly at Arkansas. I mentioned the same thing to him yesterday prior to the meet with regards to lineup choices and he told me the following:
“New dismounts are possibly the hardest thing to teach an athlete Something that’s hard for a non gymnast to understand is how hard it is to go back and do a double tuck once you have been doing another dismount. The tap for a double lay is different than for a double tuck and a lot of times it’s mentally hard for an athlete to go back to a tuck. Tucking to early or too late or tapping too late can cause the gymnast to pull in and hit the bar so it’s just scary for some people. I for example could do a full twisting double lay but could no longer do a tap swing to a tuck flyaway.”. And later said “No question is ever too stupid when it comes to gymnastics technique or strategy. All of your ideas have been good ones that I’m sure they considered at some point.”

After having read that, my guess is Jay, as someone who’s been a coach in the sport for many years, had considered doing some variation of a giant into a double tuck for those girls whether it be a giant full, stalder into a double tuck or something else of the like, however mentally it is probably harder for them to do that dismount than to continue with the one they’ve been training. I hope that for next year, the solution would be to instead have Annie, Ashley, Lilly, Alexis, Aleah, Tori,(maybe KJ), Haleigh, Chase, Kai, and Kiya being the girls we have fighting for our six lineup spots and let Alyona, Elena and Livvy compete on other events where we may need them more, or not at all

I think Alyona stays unless the 6 others are more consistent and score higher. That makes sense, and i understand safety and skills are learned before they get here. But it’s also individual based. Many have changed dismounts and even added skills once they get to college. I remember Jay only liking E dismounts so I don’t totally agree with your idea it’s only about what u stated in your post. Haleigh learned a new dismount that’s actually harder to do, maybe not land but also it’s on the motivation of the athlete.

A big question mark is next season. We loose a lot and I don’t see from history the freshman making an immediate impact. Now the main bright spot could be having Kiya and Alyona come back for a 5th covid year , Bryant in her senior year with Konnors class. And having KJ and Aleah more settled in. That would be a stacked roster. Of coarse everyone needs to be healthy and hopefully the staff will be more prepared.

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But do we lose a lot? I mean, Christina was a good beam lead off but honestly to me that’s the biggest loss and for 5 years she could not hit in post season. I have to believe there will be someone who can replace edwards on vault, Sami on bars (Aleah obviously), and Christina on floor (I honestly think Livvy should have stayed in the lineup over alyona, so there’s your personal right there)

I will mention replacing Bridget’s consistency on beam might be an issue, but her routine had so many built-in deductions that in her best day it was hard for her to ever go above 9.9, so I think we can do better there as well, especially as that is the event you would expect Annie to co tribute on immediately

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They have Lilly and Annie coming in next season. Jeffrey is on the roster. They are failing badly if they can't make the beam lineup work next year with these gymnasts in addition to what they return.

Vault? They have Bryce Wilson coming in who scored multiple 10's this past JO season. Its time to step up their game and get more 10.0 vaults. If there is an event to push for difficulty, vault is the one to do it.

Bars? They have Ashley Cowan coming in who has been one of the best JO bar workers this past year. You finally get a second offseason with Aleah.

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I honestly think Livvy should have stayed in the lineup over alyona, so there’s your personal right there)

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I agree. I’ve never been a fan of Alyona in the floor lineup. She’s just not graceful or precise. She has a more lumbering style. I like her more on bars and beam, but her technique overall isn’t my cup of tea. I do love the energy she brings to the team, so I like seeing her in some lineups.

I would actually prefer Haleigh or Kiya anchor. Either way, Kiya has to move down the lineup. I think she gets underscored too often being in the lead off.