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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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Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 6 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 06 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 7, at 3:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:00:33 Roster Bargains 00:01:33 Roster Bargains - Vault 04:12 Roster Bargains - Bars 07:16 Roster Bargains - B…
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Jordan Chiles gets another 10, judging oversight updates, and Jay Clark had a lot of tired old feeling about judging oversight and he's not alone. Headlines Collegiate judges received an email from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) that there will be no judging feedback shared for the first year of the SCORE Board pilot program T…
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Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 5 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 05 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, January 31st, at 2:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:00:29 Roster Bargains 00:00:43 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:17 Roster Bargains - Bars 07:11 Roster Bargains -…
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The GEC Conference refuses to participate in the S.C.O.R.E. board judging accountability system. Wondering what happens now? We have answers from the oversight committee. Romania and the U.S. are both using GymCastic to argue their sides in the Paris bronze medal debacle, Livvy Dunne has thoughts on scoring, plus Corrupt or Correct and all the gymt…
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0:01:25 Headlines Kaliya Lincoln: Olympian, or Not? Correction/Clarification: in the U.S, the USOPC recognizes traveling alternates as Olympians, but the IOC does not. Non-traveling alternates are not officially considered Olympians. West Virginia gymnasts did a photoshoot in a coal mine and now they have a Plunger Stick Crown Rutgers head coach, U…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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Anna Li and Jiani Wu have been suspended after a six year investigation We have an update on Ella Zirbes (Utah) floor incident. Olympic floor medalist, Ana Barbosu (ROM) is headed to Stanford. The Sprouts Meet: Oklahoma vs. LSU and Leanne Wong taking the AA crown. Plus the return of all the elites around the NCAA to competition. Q&A When is it a ba…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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Interview: Luisa Blanco (48:17) NCAA champion for Alabama, Colombian Olympian and Paris all-around finalist talks about her career and what's next. In this week's interview we discuss: Her next chapter in gymnastics Growing up at WOGA What her parents did to afford gymnastics Her most embarrassing fall of all time Learning a Patterson Why she went …
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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WATCH REPLAY for a limited time only! GET MOHINI LIVE SHOW REPLAY NOW! Gymnastics' Dumbest Rules (Best of GymCastic) Recorded in June 2023. We’re calling out the worst, stupidest, most self-defeating and awkward rules and conventions in gymnastics, starting with... Leotard Rules - aka the Olympics of regulating women's bodies Venture with us to a w…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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WATCH REPLAY for a limited time only! MOHINI LIVE SHOW! Headlines Finally: Utah brought in a live piano Jordan Chiles did a genius farewell last ever performance of her bronze medal winning floor routine Kentucky had a proposal at their instrasuqad Rhys McClenaghan on Dancing with the Stars We have a New Skill Alert Interview: Vanessa Zamarripa Stu…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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VIRTUAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW: MOHINI LIVE SHOW Interview: Amelie Morgan It had been 93 years since the British women's gymnastics team had won an Olympic team medal, then Amelie and her teammates took home a historic bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Now entering (and excelling in) her senior season at Utah, Amelie has hit 86 of 87 career routines…
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VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON TICKETS ON SALE NOW: MOHINI LIVE SHOW Interview: Elle Reeve Elle Reeve is an award-winning journalist renowned for her incisive reporting on pivotal moments in recent American history. She gained national acclaim for her Vice News coverage of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, delivering an unflinchin…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW: PORTLAND LIVE SHOW From romanian candles to Mohini's pizza- all your favorite fluff pieces revisited. Originally published on July 15, 2017. It's the commissioned episode you've all been waiting for...the FLUFFCAST! We jump into all the most insane, hilarious, horrifying, sexist, perfect, amazing, diva-tastic, butterfly-gazing,…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW PORTLAND LIVE SHOW Bela's Legacy Bela Karolyi helped usher many gymnasts over decades to the pinnacle of the sport. If medals are the measure of success, few can match his accomplishments. When addressing his legacy, however, it would be irresponsible to ignore the wake of destruction he left behind and the culture he helped cul…
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and …
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PORTLAND LIVE SHOW HALL OF SHAME Update about Monica Phelps and her banned, pedophile husband Sexually inappropriate comments about minors: Nope. Sexually inappropriate comments about adults: Double nope. Infantilizing adults and calling them little girls: Triple nope. Weight Shaming: The Monica Phelps Chapter Being weirdly obsessed with adoption: …
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Director Katie Walsh is back to answer your questions about the making of the Simone Biles Rising documentary and talk about what it was like to be on the floor filming during the Paris Olympic Games. This episode was recorded October 30th in our weekly Behind The Scenes episode where Club Gym Nerd members asked questions live or afterwards on thei…
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This week: Absolutely everything about the final two episodes of the Netflix docuseries, Simone Biles Rising. Plus lots of audio clips of Simone's interview Q&A from the premier in Hollywood that Jessica attended last week (all the details on the premier on Behind The Scenes here). No big deal, but Jessica is in the last two episodes. We also discu…
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This week: we discuss the gymnastics revenge horror short, "Stuck"; Simone's tour blooper; Jessica is going to the Simone Biles Rising documentary Premier this week; journalist Alina Alexoi has been suspended from European Gymnastics and the Romanian Gymnastics Federation (details here); FIG faces mass resignation in Parkour and lots of technical c…
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Mini-Commission on the Karolyi's and why they've never faced consequences When Beyonce met Suni Major NCAA news: no more letters of intent and Florida is getting everybody Vanessa Ferrari retirement Florida racks up the commitments Plus other signings And a Letter Extravaganza! We read through all your letters covering... Simone / Skinner beef Sugg…
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This week: All the gymternet news; Szombathely World Cup of artistry dominance and B dismounts; a mini-commission on the best and worst college for everything but gymnastics rankings; and Jessica watched the first two episodes of "The Money Game," a docuseries on the LSU NIL system and their top athlete earners. Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a …
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All about the legend, Dominique Dawes. How was she treated by the media, what backstories were told, the many barriers she broke though, the skills, the records, the iconic Prince video. Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extende…
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The latest gymternet news; retroactively applying the artistry checklist to historic routines; revisiting the 2008 Olympic Team Final; Aly Raisman the 2010-2011 era. Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and Col…
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Today's exclusive episode is about Simone Biles GOAT tour rehearsals, but then Jordan Chiles' law firm made her bronze medal appeal public along with the video evidence, so we've got to talk all about it. Jessica spoke with experts, attorneys and Cecile Landi about the evidence showing that Simone Biles Olympic FX final inquiry was never processed.…
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Breaking News: emergency episode coming tomorrow, Tuesday Sept 16th, because Jordan Chiles has filed her own appeal against the C.A.S. bronze medal decision and included the evidence. This week we talk about Simone Biles GOAT tour pommel horse injection now featuring Simone; the lost 1982 generation including early gymnast-for-change hero, Alexandr…
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A Mini Commission on Brandy Johnson's time with the Karoyi's and her kidneys A Mini Commission where we break down the reputations of gyms and give you our first thoughts that come to mind when we hear a gymnasts is from a certain gym Gymternet news including: a GiF history of gymnast's first pitch fails The Rutgers situation Rebeca Andrade making …
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The year: 1986 The film: American Anthem The quality: low Spencer and Jessica spend way too long this week on a deep dive into what is perhaps the most significant film in the gymnastics pantheon, teen sports-drama-romance American Anthem. Jessica lovvvveeed this movie as a middle schooler. Spencer hates everything. It's gonna get good. We discuss …
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It wouldn't be a meet recap without deep moral lessons, receipts, robots, prophesies and pantheons. In this episode we discuss: USAG no longer has a senior national team training center (juniors do). FIG President, Watanabe, calls the floor final a tragedy. We'll tell you what that means for the future. How to implement robot judging properly. Roma…
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Everything you need to know about the Paris Floor Final Bronze Medal Debacle featuring Jordan Chiles (USA), Ana Barbosu (ROM) and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROM), Women's Technical Committee President, Donatella Sacchi and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Is this a nationalist fight between Romania and the USA or just poor decision making and …
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We are back from Paris and we are going to discuss the trip and every single insane thing about the Bronze Debacle (so far). We discuss: Coming on Monday's episode: The Definitive Guide To Bronze Debacle What happened in Paris with the floor scores? What should have happened? How did CAS, FIG and IOC respond? What role did Donatella Sacchi play? Th…
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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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Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Spencer is watching, rewatching and judging from home. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. 00:00 We have beam, floor, high bar and p-bars Olympic Champions! Beam, survive and medal. High b…
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Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. For the full episode login to your Club Gym Nerd account to reveal the member podcast. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add all the…
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Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. For the full episode login to your Club Gym Nerd account to reveal the member podcast. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add all the…
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Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. We have the Women's Paris Olympic All-Around Champion We'll discuss every detail of the meet and the latest news Our thoughts on the Suni vs. D'Amato fo…
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Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. We have the first all-around champion of the Paris Games Lots of news from the U.S. women's win last night, including Simone's epic clap back at MyKayla…
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Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica reports on the competition today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. The first women's Olympic Champions have been crowed. We will discuss all the details! What the U.S. team has decided to call themselves, hint F.A…
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Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica reports on the competition today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. The first Olympic Champions have been crowed in the men's team final A major update in the story of the French women's team Get tickets to our Par…
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Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica reports on the competition today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. Who qualified and who did not; surprise, heartbreak and triumph Simone Biles potential injury and what Cecile Landi and Chellsie Memmel had to say…
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Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica reports on competition today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. Who qualified and who did not; surprise, heartbreak and triumph What Carlo Maccini (ITA) said about his high bar fall and the judges starting the remo…
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Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica will talk about what she saw at podium training today and in the training hall yesterday. Spencer will give us all the deep analysis. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. New skills submitted and upgrades from Rebeca Andrade, Nina Derwael and Suni Lee W…
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Full Paris Olympic Games gymnastics preview; teams, all-around, event medal favorites, the unbelievable scandal rocking the Japanese team and fluffy, heartwarming backstories. Plus, in part two of our interview, Dr. Hugues Mercier describes how the judges are selected for the Olympics Games with the F.I.G. Judge Evaluation Program (JEP) and what he…
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