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Women’s Preseason NCAA Ranking

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As with any season, the Health and Depth of the teams is a major factor. Good luck to all teams. Lets have an exciting season! The 2012 championships will take place April 20-22 at the Gwinnett Center, with Georgia Tech serving as the host institution.

  1. UCLA
  2. Alabama
  3. Florida
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Utah
  6. Nebraska
  7. Oregon State
  8. Stanford
  9. Georgia
  10. Michigan
  11. Arkansas
  12. L.S.U.
  13. Penn State
  14. Boise State
  15. Illinois-Champaign
  16. Washington
  17. Auburn
  18. Ohio State
  19. Arizona
  20. Denver
  21. Kent State
  22. Minnesota
  23. Kentucky
  24. Iowa State
  25. Iowa

In 2012, regionals will take place April 7 at the following sites:

  • Auburn (Auburn Arena)
  • Illinois (Assembly Hall)
  • Arkansas (Barnhill Arena)
  • North Carolina State (Reynolds Coliseum)
  • Utah (Huntsman Center)
  • Washington (Bank of America Center)

You can follow Rankings and Team results at http://www.troester.com/gym/

 

What About Scores?

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The following is a copy of an e-mail sent out to new level 4’s. We feel it is important to get ahead of the curve before parents get TOO obsessive about scores. 

Dear Parents

We couldn’t be more proud of all the girls, especially those who just competed for the first time. It was a great meet! There were some solid routines and encouraging improvements made across the board.

We wanted to take a minute to explain some of what goes into the scores the judges come up with and how we view them. We need the girls to concentrate on what they can control. There are a number of things that the girls need to think about during a meet and we don’t believe scores should be one of them. They simply can not control the score.
1) Scores can vary from meet to meet. The judges’ number one priority is to establish the proper ranking on each event (ie. the best vault gets the highest score, whether that is a 9.8 or a 9.1, and then each vault is ranked down from there). Depending on the number of competitors and the overall quality of the gymnastics, the exact same floor routine could score an 8.2 at one meet and an 8.8 at another. Neither the coaches nor gymnasts can control the scoring process.
2) Because of the variable nature of scores, we do not emphasize them during training or even in competition. We believe that it is far more effective to keep the girls’ energy focused on what actually has an impact on the quality of their performance. We consistently emphasize process-specific goals for each event (ie. I want to make sure my legs are perfectly tight on my leap pass in my floor routine). We don’t believe in wasting any mental or emotional energy on thinking about whether or not the routine will “get a 9.0”.
3) When you communicate with your daughter, try to ask her about her goals and whether she was able to accomplish them. Ask her about what she is still focused on improving. While it is harder to talk about the specifics of the routines, it will help us convey a consistent message that the process is more important than the outcome. Instead of congratulating your daughter for a certain score, try to point out placement instead (wow, you were third place on vault out of all those gymnasts!).
4) If you do have questions about what your daughter is working on improving, please feel free to email us. We are happy to do our best to help you better understand the sport. If a situation arises where coaches have a question about a score, there is a formal process that allows us to inquire with the judges. Once a judge reexamines the routine, the score can go up, stay the same, or go down.
Thanks so much for all your support of our home meet and your gymnasts!

Men’s Gymnastics Pre-season Poll

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Kicking off the Men’s Gymnastics season with pre-season poll. From the videos that I have seen it looks like it is going to be an exciting season! Good luck to all the teams. With National Championships being held in Oklahoma, will the Sooners her crowned champions in their home gym? What do you think?

  1. Oklahoma
  2. Illinois
  3. Michigan
  4. Stanford
  5. California Berkley
  6. Penn State
  7. Ohio State
  8. Minnesota
  9. Nebraska
  10. Iowa
  11. Air Force
  12. UIC
  13. Temple
  14. Army
  15. William and Mary

Huskers Perform in Front of Packed House

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Thanks to contributor Owen Field from Nebraska for sharing. You can follow his Blog at: Coach Owen Field

The Nebraska women’s gymnastics team held its intrasquad meet Friday to prepare for the 2012 season. The Huskers worked through vault, bars, beam and floor before an estimated 200 people at Mabel Lee Hall where they posted a team score of 195.75.

Head Coach Dan Kendig was pleased with the performances of each gymnast and the great support shown by the fans.

“What a great day,” Kendig said. “There was a huge crowd. I was really, really pleased with the turnout here. I’m pleased with the effort our gymnasts gave tonight and how they acted as a team. This is the start of a great season and we’re really looking forward to it.”

The Huskers return a solid nucleus of gymnasts that include six girls who have earned All-America honors in their careers. Kendig said the Huskers have set the bar and now look to continue off that as they prepare for the upcoming season.

“We have so much more to give,” Kendig said. “You get a starting point and that’s what we’ve just gotten. Now we have Thanksgiving break, which interrupts things, then Christmas break, then we have an extra week when we come back. We don’t have a meet that first week. The couple tweaks we have injury wise we just have to get those healed up a little bit and stay healthy. Our top six in each event are scary good, but those top six have to stay healthy.”

Kendig and his staff are encouraged by the depth of the team and the experience each girl will bring. With several girls sitting out because of injuries, Kendig and staff got a chance to see several of the gymnasts fighting for a spot in the lineup perform.

“We showed tonight that we have some backups that we can count on a little more,” Kendig said “That’s the thing that I took away from tonight; some of our 7, 8 and 9 girls in the lineup went out there and did the job tonight. It’s pretty encouraging.”

The Huskers will hold a second intrasquad on Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. and open the season at home against Denver on Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. The second intrasquad meet and the Huskers’ home opener will take place at the Devaney Center. NU will look to capture its 21st conference title and make its 29th consecutive postseason appearance at the NCAA Championships in April.

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