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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock, a performance Gymnastics Coach and consultant to international gymnastics teams and professional sports clubs. In this podcast, Nick and his special guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete and coach performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and lifestyle, this podcast is a must ...
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock, a performance Gymnastics Coach and consultant to international gymnastics teams and professional sports clubs. In this podcast, Nick and his special guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete and coach performance from grass roots to gold standard. …
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Elite News Gabby's back at WOGA Baku is done! We discuss who is already locked in for an Olympic spot and what the remaining contenders like Emma Malabuyo need to happen to get Olympic spots of their own An important update from the Artistry Corner as Jessica explains why Ellie Black won artistry at 2023 worlds College Headlines Haleigh Bryant got …
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Elite News Gabby left WOGA??? or.... Andrade's Amanar is back. That means it's time to play "It's the Olympic Vault Final—What Do You Do?" We have the US spring meet assignments. Why was Suni not selected for Baku? What standard was used to make these choices? We discuss. Important Becky Downie and Amelie Morgan developments at English Championship…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock, a performance Gymnastics Coach and consultant to international gymnastics teams and professional sports clubs. In this podcast, Nick and his special guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete and coach performance from grass roots to gold standard. …
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Winter Cup 2024 It happened! Check out podium training podcast here and the photos here. We recorded live right after the meet ended: While everyone else was competing at Winter Cup, Kayla DiCello was competing at Olympic Trials What Suni had to say about her performance after the meet, and what this means for her Baku World Cup chances What missin…
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2024 Winter Cup The Gabby Douglas news Suni Lee - the value of her full twisting Jeager and what he coach has to do to keep her healthy when they travel Trinity Thomas - plans, upgrades and what it felt like to be back Jayla Hang and Simone Rose Kayla DiCello Every skill and routine in detail We will go live : AGAIN Saturday 24th - live after Winte…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock, a performance Gymnastics Coach and consultant to international gymnastics teams and professional sports clubs. In this podcast, Nick and his special guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete and coach performance from grass roots to gold standard. …
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Winter Cup Developments Suni Lee is a late entry and wants to get the Jaeger full named after herself! Let's go! Watch her in our Training Camp update video here What expectations are fair for Gabby Douglas's performance here? Omens and Prophecies: What Winter Cup developments might function as a positive omen for gymnasts' Olympic prospects? What …
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock, a performance Gymnastics Coach and consultant to international gymnastics teams and professional sports clubs. In this podcast, Nick and his special guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete and coach performance from grass roots to gold standard. …
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Elite News Updates The Winter Cup roster is out, and Gabby Douglas is on it! We spend a while basking in the glory of that and discuss other headliners like Trinity Thomas and Jordan Chiles How to Make the Olympics: Event Specialist Edition. The apparatus world cup series is kicking off in Cairo. We walk through how gymnasts qualify to the Olympics…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock, a performance Gymnastics Coach and consultant to international gymnastics teams and professional sports clubs. In this podcast, Nick and his special guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete and coach performance from grass roots to gold standard. …
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*UPDATE We have edited our discussion of Jordan's floor routine story, not Jordan's quote. Why did we do this? Because there were too many misinterpretations of our discussion online. We have heard from USAG that staff are receiving threats. We find this abhorrent! To be crystal clear: The input Jordan received was not from a person within USAG, wh…
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The Iowa vs. MSU dance off that reminded us why we love NCAA gymnastics More about New Zealand Olympic eligibility, and clarification on how the US elite committee's No-Melanies rule applies to other athletes Jessica is heading to national team camp! What are we most looking forward to seeing 5 months out from the Olympic team being named? College …
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Jessica spams us with something about Simone and Taylor Swift and the sportsballs, but then we discuss new training videos of Gabby Douglas and Suni Lee (!), the US elite committee's new "no foreigns" rule, a documentary crew at camp, and Aly Raisman's commentary debut. College Season—Week 3 All 7 teams that competed in Tennessee this weekend score…
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News Updates What we learned from Simone's Vanity Fair interview, who's on the FIG list of eligible non-affiliated athletes, and more follow-ups from last week on altitude and sickle cell College Season—Week 2 Cal is #2 in the rankings—are they the team best poised to challenge Oklahoma? Does it actually matter whether you're scoring a 197.9 or a 1…
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News Updates Discussing the latest interview with Mary Lou about her illness , insurance and income versus feelings from gymnastics fans who dislike Mary Lou for lobbying against the SafeSport Act. Suni's training update, and Shawn Johnson's addiction to Adderall and pain medication College Season Begins! The 2024 college season kicked off with the…
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Simone gave us a most special gift this week: video of her doing the WILDEST gymnastics. What do we think could make it into an actual routine? The FIG released its report from Antwerp. We discuss the glorious trend of increasing competitor age and discuss deep E-score disparity Developments from this week's college preview meets, including the deb…
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Headline News We have a host for 2027 Worlds: Chengdu, China. Now, about 2025... Our dream: a definitely serious academic study into NBC's gymnastics coverage NCAA 2024 Preview Hot topics heading into the season: 10.000 Watch, the end of conferences as we know them, and the influence of NIL on roster construction Why does Oklahoma keep winning? We …
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Headline News In a big win for Gymnasts for Change, British Gymnastics released new safeguarding policies that should be the model for federations around the world Riley McCusker is injured, and Spencer tries to convince you it's all just a bad dream Lindenwood is shutting down its gymnastics team after the 2024 season More on the banning of Elvira…
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Everything we know about Gabby Douglas training at camp! University of Utah head coach Tom Farden has resigned. Double Olympic Champion and Canadian stand out coach, Elvira Saadi has been banned for 10 years Shawn Johnson destroyed her husband in a center of gravity contest despite being very pregnant. FIG Women's Technical Committee member and Oly…
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We’ve got bees in our bonnets! This week, we're celebrating the true meaning of Thanksgiving: pointing out every little thing that bothers you about loved ones. The things in gymnastics that drive us absolutely crazy, no matter how small, shallow, or irrational — the nitpickier the better! Floor Music Pet Peeves. Yes, we mean you, car-engine sounds…
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Gabby is heading to national team camp! The FIG released its ad hoc requirements for Russian and Belarusian participation in meets in 2024. We ask the important question: does anyone actually meet these requirements? Tom Farden has been placed on administrative leave by Utah, which they say is due to recent behavior "not related to student-athlete …
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We watched the 1997 TV movie Perfect Body and now we REALLY need to talk about it as a family. Especially... That thing where you just started training elite and you're 16-27 years old and also the Olympics are tomorrow and you're going to make it Gender roles: Still going great, no notes How bars coaching means just yelling "TAP" 100 times in a ro…
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Romanian Infighting Today, we're checking in with a quick mini-sode (our main commissioned episode will come later this week) about what has happened in Romania since the women's team qualified to the Olympics at worlds last month. We discuss what Jessica has learned from sources who witnessed what happened to Ana Barbosu during podium training at …
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Pan Ams Event Finals Did we just see the best Cheng in gymnastics history from Rebeca Andrade? We discuss, with comparisons to the best from Cheng Fei and Simone Biles. Should the judges have given this a 10 E score? Do we want to live in a world where this isn't a 10 in execution? Plus, the best moments from the rest of the event finals at Pan Ams…
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In headline news, we discuss Kara Eaker's retirement from gymnastics and her statement alleging abuse at Utah, as well as the definition of verbal and emotional abuse, and the importance of personal accounts like this Plus, Jessica Gadirova's ACL tear and the history of ACL recovery timelines in top elite women, as well as an injury update on Josc …
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On the 10th anniversary of McKayla Maroney's final elite competition in Antwerp, Belgium we revisit her 2016 interview. The Olympic and World Champion settles long debated gymternet questions and we find out what caused the physical and emotional breakdown that ultimately ended her elite career. We discuss: If she feared blowback from speaking fran…
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Here's how to ask questions live. Follow up to the vault replacement athlete "administrative error" BATTLE BEAM: The 2016 Olympic Champion, Sanne Wevers is into the final from the reserve list. It's Simone vs. Chinese Perfection vs. Three Champions (Wevers, Schaefer, Ashikawa) vs. Andrade. FLOOR: Biles-Andrade-Jones podium again or are Flavia and h…
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Here's how to ask questions live. A major FIG "administrative error" puts multiple gymnasts' Olympic qualifying spots into question. We will explain how the vault replacement debacle could ripple down to several countries. BATTLE BARS: the highest SV in the world Kaliya Nemour vs. Shilese Jones, Qiu Qiuyan and everyone else who doesn't even come cl…
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Simone won her 6th World AA Title and finally beat Latynina's record ! The All Around Final featuring : Reigning World AA champ, Rebeca Andrade (BRA), the GOAT Simone Biles (USA), reigning World silver medalist, Shilese Jones (USA) and basically champions or world medalists on every content from Africa with bars superstar Kaylia Nemour (ALG) to Bri…
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Here's how to ask questions live. Tonight AA featuring : Kazuma Kaya being Rosa Galiyeva'd for Hashimoto Daiki Jake "Air Pirate" Jarman, Asher Hong, Fred Richard, James Hall, Sun Wei battle for medals PLUS a preview of the women's all-around final and event finals updates Here’s how our event coverage works: 1. We give everyone the main headlines a…
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Here's how to ask questions live. Tonight is the women's team final featuring: USA, Great Britain, Brazil, China, Italy, Netherlands, France and Japan Here’s how our event coverage works: 1. We give everyone the main headlines and latest news! 2. We continue our conversation exclusively with our Club members because they sustain our work and travel…
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Tonight is the mens' team final featuring: China, Japan, US, Italy, British, Canada, Germany, Switzerland. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES 2023 World Headquarters: Every Worlds Podcast, videos, interviews and data Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile Resources & Research Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation Gymnastic…
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2023 World Championships Here's how to ask questions live. Final Paris Olympic Qualifiers both individual, event and teams are finalized The individuals: UB specialist, Kaylia Nemour's (ALG), Lynnzee Brown the first ever World competitor for Haiti, and LSU's Aleah Finnegan (PHL). Defending AA Champion, Rebecca Andrade and the Brazilian Team. Final …
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2023 World Championships We will go live right here on this page October 1st the first day of women's qualifying concludes (10pm Antwerp, 1pmPacific-ish). Here's how to ask questions live. Topics: Simone's first time competing back in Antwerp where she won her first ever World title along side McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross. Did the Italian team sta…
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2023 World Championships Andrade! What vaults did she do, what bars dismount and how Brazil looked. All the China and Japan details. France, Mexico, the gorgeousness of the Swedes and a new vibe for Romania. Sarah Voss's medically impossible gymnastics and the flight/plight of the German team. LOGIN FOR BONUS CONTENT RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES 20…
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2023 World Championships We went live on Thursday September 28th after podium training Here's how to ask questions live. Topics: Simone Biles return to Antwerp after 10 years The US team lineups, plus a first timers reaction to seeing Simone's yurchenko double pike in person. Details on Italy (they all hit beam), Netherlands, Great Britain, South K…
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World Championships! It's happening. Competition starts on the 30th, and we're here with our mega-preview of everything we’re excited about Top 10 Things to Watch: We're counting down the top 10 storylines heading into worlds, including Simone's quest for history, the Women In Their 30s revolution, the United Nationals Summit on Amazing Bars, the b…
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U.S. World Team Trials Jessica is in Texas watching live. Spencer is at home watching the stream. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed: The teams!!! Worlds: Simone Biles, Skye Blakely, Shilese Jones, Joscelyn Roberson, and Leanne Wong. Traveling Replacement Athlete: Kayla DiCello Pan Ams: Jordan Chiles, Kayla DiCello, Kaliya Lincoln, Zoe …
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U.S. World Team Trials Jessica is in Texas watching live. Spencer is at home watching the stream. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed: The weird day of falls for Simone and the official word from the FIG on her vault value Why Shilese got such a low score (for her) on bars and what connection bonus was lost What Jade Carey's coaches said…
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Team Controversy Season has arrived and this year, Canada is hosting Why isn't Shallon Olsen with her big vault score not on the team We revisit that year Mai Murakami was left off the Japanese World team to help all those who commemorate CSI Szombathely : speaking of controversy, we discuss what happened to Eddie Penev on vault in when the wrong b…
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Time to gym nerd out with us in the deepest of deep dives because Steve Butcher knows all the things. in our second interview with the former International Gymnastics Federation MTC President and FIG Sports Director we discuss: What exactly happened at the Tokyo Olympics when Simone Biles coach ran over to him remove Simone from the mee. The new FI…
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Simone wins her 8th national title: What routines are we adding to the Simone highlight reel? We discuss Shilese Jones and Leanne Wong recording their best results of this Olympic cycle—as well as the injury Jones is dealing with The women's AA podium was older than the men's AA podium! Progress, and a couple bad looks, from USAG this week The deal…
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Simone Biles is an eight time all-around national champion! Reigning Olympic all-around champion, Sunisa Lee, was fantastic on beam. Shilese Jones proved once again why she is top in the world. Jordan Chiles rallied but Jade Carey finished much lower than expected. Leanne Wong was consistent and clean throughout. We discuss Kayla DiCello, Skye Blak…
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Immediate analysis after Day One of Women's! Simone Biles is in first place with a 9.8 E score on vault! Shilese Jones placed second in a beautiful comeback performance after 10 months off. Jade Carey had a bummer vault and beam day and is down in 19th. Jordan Chiles all the way up to 5th. Leanne Wong looks better than ever in 4th. Skye Blakely con…
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Immediate analysis after women's podium training! We discuss: Sunisa Lee and updates on her health Simone Biles and her advice to her team Li Li Leung's response to Simone Biles being called a "gold medal token" and if she will rule out any states for the future training and wellness center. The return of World all-around silver medalist Shilese Jo…
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THIS SATURDAY 26th - GYMCASTIC LIVE IN SAN JOSE WITH AIMEE BOORMAN 2023 NATIONALS It's the national championship this week! We discuss Why this is the golden age for US gymnasts and gymnerds alike What is at stake for Simone in this meet, and is it anything at all? What counts as a good score in 2023? What do you need to score to make a team? Suni …
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GYMCASTIC LIVE IN SAN JOSE WITH AIMEE BOORMAN Kaliya Lincoln is here! Jessica talks to the breakout star of US Classic, who tied for second on floor and won the hearts of gym nerds everywhere: Her close relationship with Olympic Champion Gabby Douglas What it's like to be at camp with Simone Biles and compete to the deafening roars of the crowd whe…
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The 2023 US Classic taught us many lessons, including: Simone is the GOAT of both gymnastics and quotes Kidneys are optional! The Olympians are facing real challenges to their thrones Plus, the meat is good, the art is good, owning your own gymnastics is good, and not showing Kaliya Lincoln was NBC's loss Heading to championships, we look at who is…
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Our immediate reactions after watching Simone and Suni! Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Leanne Wong, Kayla DiCello, Skye Blakely, Kaliya Lincoln and Tiana Sumanasekera! We went live after the second session of senior women's competition concluded. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed everything on the floor and what t…
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