Week 6 of NCAA Gymnastics was jam-packed with impressive performances from gymnasts across the country, but it seems like everyone is talking about one thing:
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Category: Down the Rabbit Hole
Judge’s Inquiry: Explaining Why Some Routines Don’t Start From a 10
What you ever wondered why a routine’s score seems lower than it should and you realize it didn’t start from a 10? Did you wonder
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down January’s Perfect 10s
Each month, I’m going to take a look at all the 10.0 routines in NCAA Women’s Gymnastics. To be clear, each and every one of
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Judge’s Inquiry: Comparing Yurchenko Fulls Across the Country
Longtime gymnastics fans will remember a time when elite gymnasts had to compete both compulsory and optional routines. In the compulsory routines, each athlete had
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down a Week 3 Routine on Each Event
With over 30 competitions packed full of flips, twists, leaps, and stuck landings, it was difficult to pick just one routine from Week 3. So
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down LSU’s Entire Bar Lineup From the Oklahoma Dual
LSU’s home meet against Oklahoma was an exciting display of beautiful gymnastics and had many fans wondering how LSU would fare following the loss of
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down Denver’s Jessica Hutchinson’s 9.850 Vault
Last weekend we watched the season-opener for most NCAA gymnastics teams, witnessing beautiful gymnastics from the time-tested veterans to the breakout stars in this year’s
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Judge’s Inquiry: Illustrating the Differences Between Level 10 and NCAA Judging
Navigating the unspoken differences between level 10 and college judging is one of the most challenging aspects of being a new college judge and why we tend to see the same judges at the same big meets: They have this understood yet unspoken code down pat.
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10 Past Recruiting Commitment Changes That May Surprise You
Commitment changes are one of the most exciting parts of following NCAA recruiting. High-profile switches, such as Morgan Price exchanging Arkansas for her HBCU dream
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Judge’s Inquiry: Artistry, the Dance Pass and the Perfect-Enough Floor Routine
The last article of this series is dedicated to judging NCAA floor, which is often the most crowd-pleasing and attention-grabbing event of the competition. This
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