#Courtney kupets

[mihaisvacuum]

Saw this coming - Kupets is gone

[bigtreefest]

essie will u explain forms in gymnasticsss? like what's classic form etc?

Brandy! I will gladly do my best to explain this. I know I have a tendency to talk like people understand what I’m saying when it comes to gymnastics. As my sister likes to say “not everyone watched every elite competition since ‘96, Essie. You can’t spill encyclopedic knowledge and expect them to understand.” Oops, she’s right. Anywayyyyy. I’m going to answer this in the context of bars, because I think that’s the event it’s easiest to differentiate on. You know it when you see it.

Form in gymnastics is essentially how you perform skills. It’s technically execution, but it can also be technique. Execution is things like, are your legs straight? Are your toes pointed? Do you finish your pirouette skills in a handstand on top of the bar like you’re supposed to, or in the downswing which causes a deduction?

Technique is the method in which a skill is performed. There are a few different ways you can go about learning and doing a skill so that you actually make it. That might be the position you release the bar in a release skill, how hard you swing into it, how you connect it to others. It’s how the skill looks. It’s your handstand position, is your body hollow (correct) or arched? Is your head tucked in between your arms like it’s supposed to be? The littlest things like that make the biggest difference.

There’s a concept in gymnastics of ‘international lines.’ ‘Lines’ are just the appearance of your body during skills. The way your legs extend and your body is stretched. It’s a bit of an outdated thought process that the sport is stepping away from, but there’s a classic shape that is seen to be particularly successful on bars. It’s a graceful body that has fluid movements, swinging instead of muscle-ing your way through skills. Usually marked by long legs and flexibility instead of body muscles and power.

Kaylia Nemour shows this sort of rare form that I haven’t seen in a long time. (What I mean when I say classic form- reminiscent of an earlier time in gymnastics. A very particular style) Not only is she doing difficult skills, but she’s executing them well. She makes them look good, but not necessarily easy. She’s aggressive, but not forcing the fluid motions. She’s swinging the skills, but not losing control. There’s a certain essence to a routine like that you very rarely see, but it was commonplace before 2012. Some of it might be speed, but it takes a lot of strength and care to your performance to do this well. I think that’s all I’ve got to say, but I’m happy to answer follow-up questions. I’ll leave you with some videos so you can see what I’m talking about.

Kaylia Nemour (2024 gold medalist aka perfection):

Suni Lee (2024 bronze medalist, a representation of what modern bars has come to look like):

Courtney Kupets (2004, and example of what the best technique imo on bars used to look like):

[my-random-fandoms]

Gen X here and I live near Hill's gymnastics so I am a huge Kupets fan. People at my work talked about her during the Athens games and we went crazy when she won an individual medal.

Her years at Georgia overlap with when I became an NCAA gym fan.

So yeah.....big Kupets fan here and am so bummed she doesn't seem to be panning out as a coach.

The real litmus test for the Gen Z vs Millennial divide among gym fans is how you feel about kupets

[my-random-fandoms]

I can't believe it took so long.

[lobaznyuk]

the dominos that fell from courtney kupets being fired is kinda crazy when you think about it

[triple-to-stag]

they really are (allegedly) paying Courtney Kupets $200,000 to have two falls on bars in the month before the post-season

[gymnasticscoaching]

Courtney Kupets is out at Georgia

Courtney Kupets Carter is one of my favourite athletes all time. AMAZING during the era when Georgia was unbeatable. And Georgia was very patient in giving her time to grow into one of the top NCAA Head Coaches. Something didn’t work. “We want to thank Courtney for her leadership of our gymnastics program over the past seven seasons,” Brooks said. “These are always difficult decisions, but…

[freifraufischer]

Courtney Kupets 2004 floor is so mesmerizing.  I can’t not look at it.

[gymfanconfessions]

“Courtney Kupets could do a toe-on Shap (Maloney) with no leg separation on the backswing.”

[twoflipstwotwists]

Sabrina Vega performs Georgia’s iconic moonwalk on beam during their intrasquad (x)

[mo-salto]

The NBC gymnastics fluff aesthetic:

-alternating death stares / “I’m just a normal kid!” smiles

-tungsten lighting

-American flag backdrops

-John Tesh’s sonorous voice

-uplifting strings music

[an-apple-a-day-or2]

So... over / under for a new Georgia walk on named Kourtney Cupets before the end of season? 

[my-random-fandoms]

Dominique Dawes has requested to be removed from all of Hill's media/marketing.

This is in response to this post I made about Dom's name on Hill's website.

This actually makes a lot of sense and thanks for telling me. It's still hilarious that Kelli Hill chose the sloppiest way to take her name off the website. A much easier and less obvious way to do it would have been to say something like

"Hill's has sent multiple gymnasts to Olympics and World Championships from 1992 through the present. These gymnasts include Larissa Fontaine, Elise Ray, Courtney Kupets, Corrie Lothrop and Kayla DiCello."

[historynerd15]

[gymnasticscoaching]

Georgia has turned it around

After a number of disappointing seasons, Courtney Kupets Carter brought in some new coaches. Sam Welbourn, volunteer assistant coach and Kentucky alumna Mollie Korth, and Ryan Roberts. It’s working. The new-look staff joined 11 newcomers—eight freshmen and three transfers—to complete the Gymdogs’ 2023 roster. With only seven returners, the roster is more newcomers than Georgia veterans. … It's…

[gymfanconfessions]

“In my dream world, I want Courtney Kupets and Courtney Mccool (or as I call them, The Courtneys) to coach toghether at UGA or Mccool to be head coach of a SEC team. I love both of them so much and I only wish the best for the Courtneys.”