(GYM) Gymnastics 2024 - 2025

Selena didn't do floor either..

 

Jan 21, 2022 was the last time we scored below 197.000. 196.975 at Georgia

 

Scoring has been stricter..judges are being reviewed now..so ...probably less 10s.
Like I posted..looking forward to @ETGator1 reviews

 

The new stats board..you can see how each judge scores a routine

 

Leann Wong wins the All Around with 39.725, Sloane Blakeley 2nd at 39.500. Had a big lead going to the floor exercise, but almost blew the match and only beat Michigan State 196.675 to 196.650. Only scored 48.650 on the floor. That's normally our most dependable high scoring events. Brubach and Lazzari noth messed up, forcing us to count a 9.175. Can't have that going forward. Lots for Coach to digest in regards to future rotations.

 

Yeah, that was what I was saying. At least one of those who fell likely won’t be in that role when she does floor.
We don’t count that fall and even count a 9.8 and we’re 197.3 or 197.4.
Not an ideal first night but nothing to panic over, hopefully see a week 2 jump next meet.

 

I don't understand why Jenny turned down an invitation to compete at Sprout's Farmers Market quad meet. We are the only team in the top 8 that is not there. It's such a great opportunity to perform on ABC prime time and experience for our gymnasts to perform in an electric and high pressure atmosphere against top competition. You see Oklahoma, and now LSU at all the big invitational meets every year. Oklahoma schedules two more meets every year than Florida. This year we have 10 meets to Oklahoma's 12. And Kindler has her team peaking at the right time every season. Oklahoma is always very tough to beat at the NCAAs.

 

Yet Okie wasn't there at the end
I am sure ETGATOR1 and others have explanations

 

Definitely a different look this year.

 

After seeing the meet in person, tge new layout looks very congested. It doesn't flow from one apparatus to the other in a circular fashion, have to skip across beam to get to bars from vault. Not much room for team to gather at the one end. Definitely a jumbled layout for a quad, should have more room for dual meets. Lots of changes on the fly tonight. Wong in the massage back support immediately after every rotation. I think that the lowest score we posted since 2019. Anyone know the injury status on Draser? I had not seen anything other than Kayla and Skye on the injury list. Also, from me seat it looked like Skye would have had a great bars score if the mat was closer. She landed right on the edge and had to take a step back. Really surprised to see her tonight, she looked different on the bars than everyone else. Her stands were pretty straight with a long hold and her release moves looked really good. That should be a real advantage moving forward especially considering bars was something we really needed some improvement on if I remember correctly.

 

I too noticed the landing mats didn’t seem to always be right for bars. I agree with the congestion on a quad meet with this event arrangement.

 

The administration wanted to provide a premium seating experience for the $ supporters and they succeeded in doing so.
Criticism of the apparatus layout is warranted. The floe is off. Maybe it will be better in a dual meet.
I am a newbie when it comes to performances and will defer to the expert here-ETGator1 and look forward to his analysis.
I was upset with our performance on the floor. Are we gonna miss Bluffstone here who by a freak accident is done for the year? She is so much fun to watch. And during the preseason was nailing her floor routine. Are we going to be at a disadvantage against LSU who is domineering on the floor?
I was pleased with Ly Bui on the vault. So young and so talented.
A. Pilgrim deserved higher scores IMO although she was off on the vault.
L. Wong is a treasure!
Selena is a great addition. So needed.
Surprised at the turnout. Expected more.
Go Gators.

 

My take on the meet as a spectator, NOT a gymnastics expert:

First, while I'm super happy to have been able to watch on SEC+, the production value was worse than our floor performance. Completely missed Ly's vault. Scores and team icons were screwed up. The announcers were fine, but overall production lacked.

So the elephant in the room was obviously floor exercise. It wasn't a good rotation. However, obviously Jenny will use Anya, Selena and/or Ly going forward. With any of the three in the lineup, we likely win going away and get comfortably above 197. I expect Jenny was just experimenting with the lineup, knowing we have scores to drop. We will not see the same lineup next week.

Vault was good (at least what they showed of it), especially considering it was the first meet. As Dr Sam said, having 7 (I think it was) gymnasts doing vaults with 10 start values is quite a luxury.

Bars were good. Hopefully Riley's fall was a one time thing and not a product of her injuries. Sloan really brought it on bars.

Beam was excellent for a first meet! The commentators mentioned that beam is Jenny's favorite/most emphasized event. I like that. It seems that over the last few years, beam has become our strongest event...which is awesome since it's the one teams typically struggle with the most.

As for individuals, what can you say about Leanne? She seemed in mid-season form last night. She is special. I love her more upbeat floor exercise. It seems to me that Sloan has trimmed down a little and is in excellent shape. I expect big things from her this year. Anya and Victoria were solid. Victoria might have been a little off, but I have confidence she'll be solid this year.

I wish we had seen more of Selena and Ly. I know we will as the season progresses. I'm excited to see them work into the rotations.

BTW, I think Taylor Clark is special on floor. Simply beautiful routine last night.

All in all, I'm happy we (barely) got the win. Even though records don't mean much in the grand scheme, you don't want to lose a meet like this. I think this team has the potential to compete with the best of the best, but it might take a while to get the lineups set.

One question for the board: Why does Jenny often put some of her stronger performers first or early in event lineups? It seems that most teams put their best last so that scores can build up to them. Maybe she's trying to have the starting score a little higher? It seems to me that's a little unfair to the performer that has to go first as they'll never get the score they deserve.

 

That could be the result of the new seat licensing fee which in my opinion in the aggregate has priced out many families who previously attended.

 

Love reading your analysis. It worth it to pay the fee to be in this site for your insights.
Jenny is a good coach. I have no doubt she will get it together and perhaps she has a plan. I can tell you that winning the SEC is her top priority based upon past conversations with her.

 

Skye Blakely is an outstanding addition to bars regardless of her 9.725. Either the mat wasn't placed properly, or Skye missed her dismount as practiced daily. She landed half on and half off the mat, stepping backward, likely causing a .15 to .20 deduction. Either way, look for 9.9+ moving forward. Skye had one handstand when she was up there for so long that I thought she was going to order a cup of coffee before dismounting.
From ET1

The mat was misplaced. We saw it before her dismount.
Handstands must have been a point of emphasis. There is a video of Anya and Victoria doing handstands, and they answer 10 questions while holding it.

See my photo above. Our group sits in 119, Row 3, Seats 1-4 To us it is high enough and close enough.
The floor is cramped. The vaulters and the judges could not see each other. And our sideline was disorganized all meet. On vault, the assistants had to enlist two gymnasts to help with the mats.

Attendance: I am wondering if they might have overreached on the seat licenses. Surely, have some premium seating, but do not over estimate the budgets of young families.
As a contrast, Softball did not even increase ticket prices, much less have seat licenses. And, enough season tickets were sold that there were not enough left for fans to upgrade their seats.

If the crowd continues at this level, our homecourt advantage surely will not be the same.
It would be informative to know the revenue from last night versus the first meet last year, and then the totals at the end of the year.

 

I can't answer that right now. I was not very observant on that last night.