It’s that time of year again! Summer is coming to a close, we have entered into a new school year, gymnastics season and regional color, but before we twist, turn and tumble our way into the 2021-2022 season there is one more thing we have to do! The 2021 R5 Yahtzee Awards! This is our 6th year of our Annual Yahtzee Awards and this year we are back to our full list of awards after having to take a few out due to COVID in 2020. So without further a do please scroll down and check out the nominees for part 1 of the 2021 R5 Yahtzee Awards presented by A1 Awards.
Most Dynamic Vault
Best Bar Combo
Huge Air
Interesting Beam Mount
Unique Beam Series
Stay tuned for Part II coming up soon…..Winners will be announced live Labor day weekend!
Summer training as come to an end and the fall prep for season has begun. The new skills and combos are still being learned and mastered for routines in the 2022 competition season . As our gymnasts work towards their goals for 2022, we will still be featuring these upgrades every Monday on Making Moves Monday through the month of September.
If you want your upgraded skills to be included in future making your move posts, upload your video to your gymnastics Instagram page or your clubs page (must be public) and tag us @region5gyminsider and #R5MakingMovesMonday.
Jenna Olshefski, Universal Gymnasts (Class of 2023) 2021 Level 10 National Qualifier
In this episode of Coaches Wired, Perfection’s Enrique Trabanino is mic’d during his two Senior E’s bar rotation at the 2021 Level 10 Dev Nationals. Listen in as Enrique gives his normal pre -competition talk that is a mix of technique cues and positive motivational statements to get his athletes in the right state of mind. Both do bar to bar release connections so the theme is Flow with a W. Watch as seniors Laura Soltis and Katya Sander compete in their last nationals.
Region 5 had a successful 2021 DEV Nationals competition. Though our region came into the competition as the defending super team champions from 2019, finishing 3rd overall in 2021 was a huge accomplishment. Many of our gyms didn’t return to full actual in gym training (Covid shutdown) until September or October. We won three individual all around titles and 11 individual event titles with many more top 10 finishes. Here is a breakdown of each age group.
Junior elites Gabby Van Frayen and Izzy Stassi from Gym-Xtreme took us along during USA Championships week to show us the behind the scenes at their first championships. This was the first time Gym-Xtreme had qualified elites to championships. The week begins with a mock style meet at the gym and send off party then off to Texas. We get to see as they take part in training prior to competition beginning and a few surprise guests join the vlog. Both athletes had good competitions with Gabby making it onto the USA Junior National Team and Izzy being invited to attend the National team camps. Check out their Day (Week) in the life at USA Championships.
***Some competition footage courtesy of Flo Gymnastics and USA Gymnastics
