| Sunday, January 17 |
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Utah and Oklahoma is probably the only non-conference ooooooh meet we’re going to get this season, though we will get various conference things later on like Florida-LSU and (hopefully?) Utah-UCLA. Just not as many this season.
Initial lineups have Anastasia Webb, Maile O’Keefe, and Cristal Isa in the AA, so no surprises there.
Maryland and Penn State have the misfortune of going at the same time and probably won’t get a ton of eyes as a result, but that should be a solidly interesting matchup as well.
Ragan Smith into the AA now as well, vaulting this week instead of Audrey Lynn. No Carly Woodard this week, with Schoepfer in on beam and Thomas in on floor.
Utah and OU starting now.
Rotation 1
Davis – VT – OU – strong amplitude on her full, good position in the air, step back. 9.825
Paulson – UB – Utah – good first hs – maloney to pak, small legs apart – good cast hs on high – giant full to double tuck, stuck. Strong. 9.825
Smith – VT – OU – pretty large bounce back on her full, some piking, will want to drop that one. 9.725
Over in Penn State, broadcast says Lauren Bridgens is out for the season for PSU. Not Great, Bob.
Sabado – UB – Utah – hits a jaeger, short cast hs after it on high, small leg break on bail – will get docked for these casts – DLO, secure landing. 9.800 a little high for me.
Stern – VT – OU – lands short on her Y1.5, lunge back and it almost looked like her legs started to give out and she had to take another step to ensure she didn’t sit down. Will be lower than they want. 9.675. Oof.
Burch – UB – Utah – hop grip change to solid jaeger, legs together on bail, nice vertical – casts look pretty solid – DLO, slide back. Solid, normal. 9.825
LeVasseur – VT – OU – thats more like it – great distance and form on her Y1.5 – small hop forward. Strong. Pretty vault, very Degouveia. 9.875
O’Keefe – UB – Utah – maloney to pak, good legs together – just slightly short on 1/2 turn on low – shortish cast hs on high – double arabian, big stick this week. One of her best dismounts. 9.875
Webb – VT – OU – strong 1.5 from her as well – big height, not as much distance as Levasseur but higher – medium hop to the side. 9.925
LeBlanc – Ub – Utah – shorter first hs – high jaeger to overshoot, good form – shortish cast hs on high – DLO, nearly sells the stick, leans, has to take a little hop. 9.875
Schoepfer – VT – OU – tucked Y1.5 – fine – pace forward and another small step to meet it. Will be a usable score, but not quite an Oklahoma vault rotation here. 9.800
Isa – Ub – Utah – Ray, a bit of elbows this week – clean bail, nice toes – DLO, not as high as she wanted but finds the stick, holds it with a lean. 9.875
After 1: Utah 49.275, Oklahoma 49.150
The story so far is an uncharacteristic Oklahoma vault rotation in which a 9.725 had to count and the team went just 49.150 with no sticks. Not what we’re used to seeing, and Utah has developed a lead so far. After Levasseur’s 9.875 I was going to say scoring was tight, but the rest of the rotations for both teams were fairly loose.
Over at Maryland/Penn State we’re in the late/middle of the first rotation.
Bonsall – VT – PSU – hits a full, medium bounce back, a little bit of piking at the end. 9.825
Silverman – UB – Maryland – hits a gienger, bail, some looseness but gets to vertical – one short hs on high – stick on the DLO. Nice one.
Rushlow – VT – PSU – Yfull – good amplitude and direction – bounce back, small pike at the end, similar to bonsall
Rotation 2 from Ou and Utah
O’Keefe – VT – Utah – big full, one of her best college vaults, gets the distance and sticks it – a step up for her. 9.850
Thomas – Ub – OU – good first hs – toe 1/2 to jaeger, hit – small arch on bail but holds it well – DLO, stuck, good one. 9.825
Isa – VT – Utah – struggles on her full, lands short on her full with a pretty large bounce forward. 9.700
LeVasseur – UB – OU – maloney is hit – good vertical on bail position – borderline final cast hs – DLO, finds the stick, chest a little forward but again holds it. 9.875
Rucker – VT – Utah – huge full but a larger bounce back. 9.825
Draper – UB – OU – blind to a piked jaeger, solid, some feet – high pak, small leg break – double front dismount, small step
Hall – VT – Utah – can’t control the landing on her Y1.5 today, large lunge forward. 9.800
Smith – UB – OU – Ray to Pak, missed one hand on the Pak and has to step off – resumes with a DLO, some whip but controlled landing. Tough day for Ragan on the first two. 9.175
Burch – VT – Utah – sits down her Y1.5. Landed well short. 9.125
This meet as been…not awesome so far.
Large judging delay on bars. Probably whether to give the Pak as a completed element resulting in range. Smith down to a 9.075 after judge conference.
Webb – UB – OU – high Pak, makes Bart give a Kathy moan – good van leeuwen – nailed handstand on high bar – double front 1/2 out, leans to the side to hold the stick
Stanhope – VT – Utah – anchoring today – does a full, bounce back, not super large. Wonder if they held back because there was a fall beforehand.
Davis – Ub – OU – good hs on high – great height on piked jaeger, handstands are very precise, pak, pretty – L grip giant into double front, pace forward. Lovely work.
9.900 for Davis leads OU’s rotation and gives thema perfectly fine 49.300 on bars, dropping the fall. Utah goes 49.000 flat on vault.
After 2: Oklahoma 98.450, Utah 98.275
Both teams well under 197 pace through the first two events, which I would not necessarily have called. Potential for big numbers coming in the last two rotations, which I would expect, but no overwhelming gymnastics thus far from either team.
Cross – UB – Penn State – PSU had a fall on the first bars routine from Maddie Johnston, got lost in her initial handstand and had to hop off- blind to jaeger, nice toe point and height – saves an arched handstand on high – hits bail – some hip angle positions – double tuck, deep with a step-salute forward. 9.750
Gilbert – VT – Maryland – lunge forward on her Y1/2
Verdeflor – UB – Penn St – good first hs – blind to jaeger and falls. Well crap. Jaeger was too pretty to live.
Rotation 3 – OU and Utah
Thomas – BB – OU – side somi, solidly done – bhs loso series, small arm adjustment – switch to switch to straddle 1/4, leg-up wobble on her straddle 1/4 – side aerial to full, holds the stick. 9.725
Isa – FX – Utah – double tuck, comfortable, keeps front foot down – double pike, pretty clear bounce back there, but keeps it in bounds – back 1.5 to layout, controlled lunge out of it. Solid start. 9.775
Schoepfer – BB – OU – bhs loso, very secure landing – quick full turn, flourish of the leg, could call it a hesitation – side aerial landed on one foot directly through to switch and split – 1.5, small hop. 9.750. Already will have to count.
Gilstrap – FX – Utah – solid double tuck, chest up, very smooth – front lay to rudi, good lift into that rudi – leaps are no trouble for her, where she excels – front lay to front full, stuck landing. yes, that routine will work. 9.850
Dunn – BB – OU – love the punch the beam at the beginning – that’s the fury we’re looking for – bhs bhs loso, right on – split to straddle 1/2, solid – gainer full, stuck. very confident routine. 9.900
Paulson – FX – Utah – front lay to front full to stag, solid – single wolf turn to intentional Paseka – 2.5, struggles on the landing, large lunge forward, just stays in bounds, looks like she lost her finishing position – good 180s – 1.5 to layout, solid. 9.825
Davis – BB – OU – pretty flexibility opening – bhs loso series, secure – onodi, perfection – beat to ring jump, steps forward to manage the check – 2/1 dismount, step back. 9.775. Kind of surprised at a couple of these 9.7s. Thought they would be 9.8s.
Rucker – FX – Utah – FTDT, great open position, lands a tad short with a step – switch half to split full to wolf full, good extension – front full with a lunge forward. 9.850
Smith – BB – OU – bhs loso, comfortable – aerial to straddle jump, very crisp – beat to straddle 1/4 to korbut, just slightly off line in the swingdown – great elements – gainer full, stuck. Well that was stellar. 9.900
O’Keefe – FX – Utah – double pike, keeps front foot down on step – front lay to front full, went straight up there – lunge forward – strong leap positions – 1.5 to layout, landed comfortably as well. 9.875
Webb – BB – OU – bhs loso eries, very secure – aerial, works into beat jump without betraying a check even though she seemed a bit off line – switch to switch, has improved over the years on that position – side aerial to full, stuck. Very good. 9.900
Soloski – FX – Utah – high DLO, – switch 1/2 and split leap full, rises further into split leap full, which is nice – front lay to front full, a little bouncy – 1.5 to layout, strong height again
9.900 for Soloski, so Utah goes 49.300 on floor to Oklahoma’s 49.225 on beam to eat into OU’s lead.
After 3: Oklahoma 147.675, Utah 147.575
Oklahoma ended up with a solid beam score but had to count two 9.7s, so won’t be pleased with it at all, keeping Utah in contention.
Over at Penn State, PSU is working against two falls in the first two beam routines. Johnston up now – bhs loso series, secure, some knee position – hits split jump to sheep – side aerial, small lean – 1.5, nearly sells the stick, step-salute. 9.825
Rotation 4 OU and Oklahoma
LeBlanc – BB – Utah – switch to split 1/4, solid – bhs loso series and falls. Well now. Aerial to split, hit – Another check on full turn, struggling today – dismounts 1.5, well off to the side and has to step off the mats entirely. 9.125
Draper – FX – OU – starts with a double pike, chest a bit forward but hops to present without betraying a lack of control – front full to front full, small bounce – switch 1/2 to popa, good lift into popa and 180 positions, some feet in switch 1/2 – half to rudi, again small bounce. 9.875
Burch – Bb – Utah – bhs loso series, controlled landing – split to stag ring, steadies herself – cat leap to aerial – gainer full, stuck. A couple moments of hesitations, did not give away checks. 9.800
Schoepfer – FX – OU – double tuck, comfortably drops into landing, good – 1.5 to front layout – switch ring to wolf hop full – double pike, tiny bounce back – 9.850
Isa – BB – Utah – candle mount, drops quickly but hit the position – kickover quite deep, lean correction – bhs loso loso, very solid – split and straddle 1/4, good – gainer full, bounce back. I think Kelly may just have said, “Coach Dumbledore.” 9.625
La Pinta – FX – OU – hits her 3/1, small crossover back step – front full to layout, good rise into layout – split leap full to split jump full, some feet – double tuck, bounce back. 9.900, scores hadn’t been going too crazy until now
Randall – BB – Utah – bhs loso, whips hands down quickly to avoid a check – not bad position on her sheep – rulfova, hits pretty well, slightly off line, probably can’t tell from the side – 1.5, stuck landing. That was better. 9.875
Webb – FX – OU – good lift in front 2/1, keeps foot down – 1.5 to front full, no trouble at all – split leap 1.5 was weird, strange stumble on landing, maybe also a little under the 1.5 – rudi is quite clean. Gets 9.850
O’Keefe – BB – Utah – side aerial to loso, very strong – switch to split leap, lovely positions – side aerial to full, stuck landing. her usual, very good. 9.950
Smith – FX – OU – double tuck, solid – 1.5 to layout, combfortably landed as well – switch side to wolf jump full, high, no trouble hitting positions, a little bouncy on landing – double pike, bounce back. 9.875
Paulson – BB – Utah – side aerial to loso is trouble today, larger bend at the side to save it – switch to split, a little off line again with a check – cat leap to side aerial to full, stuck. 9.725
Deniz – FX – OU – back 2.5 first pass – large bounce forward and OOB, means this one probably won’t count – some on the floor pommel horse hand placements before her final pass – rudi, a bit short with a hop. 9.750
Utah had a shot at this one but did not perform the usual type of beam for this team, going just 48.975 after a tentative rotation. They’ll finish on 196.550. Would have needed a huge beam score to catch OU anyway, but it would have been possible with one of Utah’s best beam days.
Oklahoma won’t use that score from Deniz so it will be a 197.025 for them. Of course it’s not a bad score, but it’s not a score Oklahoma will be super happy with, showing uncharacteristic mistakes in a number of places.
Meanwhile, Penn State and Maryland have both started with misses in the final rotation., though Maryland is still in contention for a 195 if the remaining five beam routines are hits.
Bladon – FX – Penn St – double pike, chest down, some steps – back leg on split – 1.5 to layout, pulls layout around – double tuck, can’t pull it around, ahnds down, so Penn State will be counting a fall on floor in addition to bars and beam.
Rouse – BB – Maryland – standing loso to straddle jump – bhs loso series, arm wave correction – switch to straddle jump 1/4 – close enough in these combos but opening the door for nitpicking the rhythm – 1.5, hop forward. 9.700
Rushlow – FX – Penn St – double tuck, chest up, bounce back – 1.5 to layout, loses shape in the layout as she pulls it around – rudi to split jump, a little crooked on the split jump but through with a hit. 9.825
Silberman – BB – Maryland – switch to loso, huge break but stays on the beam, multiple arm swims – bhs loso series, hits it, back leg – switch to straddle 1/4, small lean – 1.5, good stick. 9.700
Bonsall – FX – Penn St – double tuck, chest up, a hair slidy – 1/2 to front full, just does keep her lunge from going OOB – double pike, some msall adjustment steps again but comfortable passes. 9.825
McClure – BB – Maryland – aerial to bhs, slow in combination but kept her arms moving – switch to straddle 1/4, loses her back foot some – kickover, nice and high – small lean after split jump – strong rudi stick and war cry. 9.925
Allen – FX – Penn St – DLO, does well to control it, sell the landing despite coming in a little chest forward – switch side to popa, precise landing position – front tuck through to double tuck, little slide there. Good work, best of the lineup so far. 9.850
Barber – BB – Maryland – aerial to bhs loso, off line on the loso and falls – so Maryland will have to count that beam fall.
Astarita – FX – Penn St – open double tuck, nails the landing, very nice – 1.5 to layout, also secure on the landing – switch side to popa – double pike, also comfortable, good finish.
FINAL: Maryland 194.875, Penn St 193.875
Viva Gymnastics!! Can only get the meet with the Spanish Feed 🙂
Same here. It’s sort of fun 🙂
Oklahoma still in the Fruit Stripes Gum phase of leotard design.
… but it is far from their worst
Was it Evy S. that kept running up congratulating people during that vault rotation with no mask on?!
Can someone please post the link here for the viva gymnastics feed? Thank you!
What’s with OU’s red, white, and blue ribbons? Have they said?
I believe they wear red and white for OU and blue to honor their trainer’s husband who died of cancer
Thanks! I didn’t make the connection. (It doesn’t seem impossible for them to be them them to be pro-insurrectionist “patriot” support.
Counterpoints:
1. Wearing the colors of the flag doesn’t actually suggest that you support people who attack the constitutional order.
2. Yes, it is impossible to imagine that a college team would openly support insurrectionists. Opportunistic politicians want you to think of your fellow citizens as enemies, don’t play into their game.
The blue is in honour of their trainers husband who died from colon cancer in 2019. They have worn it every meet since.
Still “doing it for Dave”, love it!!
If they will yell ” SSSSSTTTTIIIIIIICCCCCKKKKK!!!” like they do for “GOAL” in soccer games I am all for it!
Ragan having a rough start to this meet.
Agreed, but she is so talented, just a couple bad breaks, it happens. Love the energy she displays at the end of her routines.
It would be ideal if this comment section could be about gymnastics and not about mask
Wearing – we get it, none of it is as good as it could be (except for the favored view the gymternet value signals as preferred) – it just gets tiresome though.
In good news, OK-UT seems fairly reasonably scored. Some uncharacteristic mistakes for both teams early.
They should really all wear masks.
Their mask awareness is lacking.
How can we get them to wear more masks?
Why don’t they mask-up more? They need more masks.
No good reason why they’re not all wearing masks.
I mean I wear my mask when running and I’m almost 5 months pregnant, so it shouldn’t be too hard to put masks on quickly and wear them correctly…
Original anonymous here about not discussing mask wearing –
I too wear a mask and agree it’s not that hard. It’s just tiresome for half the comments to be about mask wearing. Like if I could make a separate thread so that everyone who continues to complain about something we have literally no control over and isn’t related to the gymnastics, I would (yes, I understand many of you think It shouldn’t happen in a pandemic, but again, can’t control that and for the last six months that that’s all anyone has talked about). But that is just my opinion.
They need to wear more masks.
@’original Anonymous’–Sweetie pie, what is really tedious is that the country is in the grip of a deadly pandemic, nowhere near even getting to a point of controlling its spread, dealing with the last crazed days of BunkerBITCH and his sociopathic thugs trying to overthrow our government, and a shallow little CUNT like you is finding it tiresome that any comments at all on a public website have to do with any of this. FOAD, dear!
Covid is not more deadly than the flu, hoax
@Anonymous January 18, 2021@10:40 AM Bitch, you are too stupid to live. dRUMPf will be out of office in 36 hours and you’re SCREWED. LMAO!
MASKS MASKS MASKS MASKS MASKS MASKS.
Did I mention MASKS, ‘original Anonymous?’
I really think we need to talk about masks.
Masks really need to be worn.
OU: I do not understand the 9.7 marks. Audrey Davis had a great bars and beam but was scored in the 9.7s, I just don’t see that, I see much higher.
Bart and Kelly’s simultaneous Kathy-gasms during Audrey Davis’ piked header tho 🤣
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Audrey Davis has beautiful bars. Just think if Georgia could actually have kept her. It is frustrating to watch Kiya and Audrey that we’re committed to UGA and CKC could not keep them. Superstars on their teams.
UGA will lose that battle unitl they are top 4 again. They literally haven’t been that high since 2009. I think they finally looked like they have a viable number of gymnasts with complimentary strengths. So we’ll see if they can move up bit by bit.
Victoria Nguyen will help them, but Kiya and Audrey were really needed
Why couldn’t UGA keep them? Was it just a change of mind by Audrey and Kiya?
Just read Kiya changed mind when coach Durante was fired by UGA.
To Emma regarding Victoria Nguyen… unfortunately she is on crutches now. Also, Marissa Oakley is fabulous but has had some bad breaks in some routines but when Marissa is on, she’s money 🙂
Karrie Thomas’s focus face is a 10/10 I am obsessed
Anyone else appreciating that the OU roster photos are done in bisexual lighting?
what the hell is bisexual lighting
Wikipedia – the simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting to represent bisexual characters. It has been used in nightclubs as well as in studio lighting for film and television.
Who cares if it is considered bisexual, it’s a different great touch; some photos are done in only black and white by some teams so does that mean it’s discriminatory? Let’s talk gymnastics and not world issues as there’s enough of that going on already.
Jaylene Gilstrap’s floor was literal perfection. She is going to be MONEY for Utah.
I am really loving Utah on floor. I would kill to see these Utahl Floor routines judged in the SEC- they would be into the 9.9s compared to what I saw Friday.
They’ve consistently had some of my favorite choreography in recent years
Or even compared to Oklahoma floor scores today.
True!!! Must be judge-preference. Judges are not supposed to show emotions/facial expressions before/during/after routines; also are not supposed to show scoring favoritism but they do! Sad and unfair, should judge routines fair and square.
Too bad the score didn’t reflect the perfection. Utah got a bit hammered on Floor.
Audrey Davis’s beam being only 0.025 more than Evy’s beam routine is a SIN
Agreed! Cant see how those routines could even be comparable!
Perhaps judges kept scoring close for both teams to make the meet a “thriller”. It was already a thriller since both teams are excellent AND haven’t met during regular season in what 29 yrs.??
OU Schoepfer vault 9.8: deservingly so as her bent knee entrance and bent knee height then down to landing, not best form…was it supposed to be a tucked throughout vault???
to anonymouns re: Evy’s vault. Did you listen to the broadcast? It is a tucked 1.5 and she competed it all last season.
Agree! They definitely took off for the step after her jump and the step at the dismount. But should have been at least a 9.8.
And her landing after leap, a bit sideways off balance.
I actually thought the judges did well to drop Evy less than 9.8 based mostly on built-in deductions. Audrey had more easily visible errors.
Does anyone know the deduction for Audrey Davis bars dismount? She landed with a step forward them took that step backwards to salute…does that count as two steps? Also, forgot which OU gymnast vaulted first, but she was sooo close to a perfect stick: decent stick at first but the littlest hop forward yet scored under 9.0,. – score seemed way too low. Judging scores throughout were underscored for OU.
Agreed!
OU Kat was the gymnast I was trying to remember: scored 8.75:on a vault that was clear perfection except for the tiniest bit of a forward hop (not even a hop), but she should have received a 9.something, perfect form, not so perfect score. Robbed!!
Difficulty perhaps??
God I love Anastasia Webb! Hope she takes the AA National title this year!
I feel like she is the cilantro of ncaa gym.
This might be the best description of her I’ve ever heard.
😆😆😆
she might be the best AAer in NCAA but I can’t stand her gymnastics, they taste like soap to me.
Good one! Certainly cream of the crop. Will be a battle between Webb and Thomas. GO WEBB!!!
Agreed! Just may be close between Webb and Thomas, hopefully Webb takes it all!
Don’t forget Haleigh Bryant…but as for Webb, cilantro is right on. Her balance beam looks so choppy to me – she is surely a great gymnast, it my preferred style.
Anyone know what other routine with Abby Paulson’s music I’m trying to think of?
Huh. The floor judges at OU are really stuck in the 9.85 rut. These routines are not worth 0.05 of each other.
If LaPinta’s uncontrolled triple twist routine scores a 9.85+ again I will eat my mask
It wasn’t that messy but I’m not sure how Garrison calls that a great landing…
Then again, she also thought the opening OU routines had personality.
*eats mask*
Omg thank you! That was not the best floor routine of the meet at all.
How did that mask taste? Also, HOW does that score better than O’Keefe?
Agreed! Also tired of seeing teams floor exercise passes ending in back lunge, for safety reasons I assume, but used to seeing complete stick in elite, hence Aly Raisman floor passes stuck.
Why does Lapinta always get a 9.9 – that triple twist landing was a mess, despite what Kelly Garrison says?
I have no skin in this game, but no idea how that’s scored higher than O’Keefe.
Difficulty perhaps
These 9.900 floor scores for Emma LaPinta are just insane
Any of these routines would have won a medal at the recent European Championships.
Any of these universities has more funding for their gym program than the NTs of the countries that competed at the recent European Championships.
Is Vanessa Deniz’s floor music from Euphoria?
Not the best meet for OU or Utah but most of the scores seem real unlike SEC scoring!
Scores were overall in a reasonable range, but the judges failed miserly to properly rank routines.
Judging fail today, imo
Yep! Way too many scores in 9.7s. Underscored for sure.
Likely unpopular opinion- 2/3s of OUs floor choreo is no better than Bama’s. Scoring was slightly generous as well.
Um, no.
OU choreo much better than Bama.
LaPinta takes the floor for the Sooners and performs three cartwheels, score: 9.90
Did Isa have a start value issue on beam or was her punch front really that bad?
agree, i would have gone 9.7 plus
Not sure but her mounts against KY and Best of Utah meets were candlestick.
I know OU is without Olivia Trautman who is crucial for them on several events, but I am not impressed with them as #2 tea. Florida is far better. LSU and Utah are right there with them. IMO, Utah should have won the meet but OU was over scored multiple times. Courtney McCool is doing wonders for them on FX. Michigan is outstanding. Also, Arkansas is going to be the sleeper team of the year. Kennedy Hambrick is underrated and Maggie O’Hara adds confident leadership on two events. They are one more strong athlete away from being top 4 in the country. They will probably surprise come post season. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Oklahoma not make Four on the Floor. Anastacia Webb can’t do it alone.
Insightful. Sleeper though: could be any team, but MN, Denver and BYU have climbed the standings silently creeping. It’s an exciting season so far but let us pray the entire season occurs. One week at a time 🙂
I mean climbed up in recent years.
Let’s see how UCLA ranks in the standings after their first meet of this season! Also, new team LIU (Long Island University) could be a sleeper or not. We shall see, because as a new team in the NCAA they could pull off the biggest ranking upset ever. It’s just a matter of time.
Agreed about Webb can’t do it alone: love Olivia!! Injured: Olivia, Carly, and Audrey Lynn…what a combo to lose, and I think this is the most OU ever had on an injured list… usually it is UGA having an extensive list. I just hope all gymnasts recover well!
Considering all of OUs injuries, thank God Kindler signed numerous freshman as she had to make last minute lineup changes because of the injuries….smart thinking coach Kindler!!!
If she was really that “smart thinking” she wouldn’t have all these injuries. LMAO.
Give me a break, do you really think she caused the injuries? Injuries can and do happen, that’s a given. So she wasn’t supposed to sign gymnasts because they can become injured? If so, then there would not be teams at all, in any sports in fact. All athletes are not immune to Injuries. No coach knows if and when injuries will occur; it just happens when it happens. Who can plan that?? No coach signs a gymnast hoping they become injured. No coach knows if an injury will even occur to a gymnast. Don’t be silly! Laughing at you!