Welcome to Behind The Scenes!
Spencer and Jessica answered your questions live at noon Pacific (view it right here, on the page, login to your Club Gym Nerd account to reveal the member podcast).
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- Start lists for Trials, Eythora’s injury, NZ Olympic drama, LA2028 Gymnastics venue change
- What constitutes an appeal process
- Claire wrote a Congressional transcript about NCAA judging which we act out
- A return to the Devil Horns / Evil Eye vs Il Cornicello discussion
- Answer your questions about:
- Examples of gymnasts who performed better at Trials than Olympics
- Extra mats allowed in one touch warmups in elite
- If an emotional support teammate for Simone might be part of the selection procedure
- Panther City, Pride at Trials, Ariake Gymnastics Center in Tokyo, and why gymnastics fans are using the c word to describe their favorite gymnasts
- When Simone does her twists on a triple double
- Swimming Olympic Trials, being in ads for medication you don’t use, Trials proposals and our current TV shows House of the Dragon, Bodkin and D.I. Ray
- Olympic Trials Details
- Live Show starts about 40 minutes after the team is announced
- Everyone with a ticket will have a seat
- Swinging Rings!
- When: Tuesday, June 25 | 10:45-11:45 a.m.
Where: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
What: Turnverein Ziefen, Swiss Swinging Rings
- When: Tuesday, June 25 | 10:45-11:45 a.m.
- Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store
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MEMBER VERSION
Behind The Scenes is a weekly Q&A live podcast. It’s all part of the bonus content for our Club Members who supporting our work year around.
LINKS
- Highest scoring team machine from Emily Giambalvo at the Washington Post
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- U.S. Championships Recap
- Day Two U.S. Championships 2024
- Day One U.S. Championships 2024
- Podium Training U. S. Championships 2024
- 2024 U.S. Classic Recap Podcast with Denis Vachon
- U.S. Classic Post-Meet Immediate Reactions
- Behind The Scenes: Podium Training 2024 U.S. Classic
- Olympic Champion Triple Header: 2024 Classic Preview
- Behind The Scenes: Catchup with Scott Bregman
- By The Power of Manila Esposito: European Championships
- American Gabby Douglas Classic
- NCAA Championships and Olympic Qualification Update
- NCAA Finals Live from Ft. Worth
- Behind The Scenes: Gabby USAG WTF
- Hana Ricna
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RESOURCES & CITATIONS
- GymCastic Fantasy YouTube Show
- Spencer’s Clickable Code of Points
- Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
- Follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
- The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet
- Men’s Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions
MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE
Will the live show be available to watch after the fact?
Yes. Virtual ticket holders will have up to two weeks after the show to view the replay.
Hilarious!
I would say that Produnova would be metal!
David Tennant is the best and has great politics
This was priceless. I am giggling at the two of you laughing at the script. Omg.