Arabian Punch Front posted a terrific interview:
Nick Ruddock is a former gymnast that has worked his way from recreational coach to Great Britain’s Women’s Junior National Coach. During his time as head coach, Great Britain won their first junior European medal when they placed 2nd at the 2014 European Championships. Since then, Ruddock has stepped down from that role and is now Head of Performance at South Durham gymnastics, coaching recently crowned British Champion Amy Tinkler and many other elite hopefuls. …
What are the most rewarding and most difficult parts of being a coach?
Sometimes it’s the smallest things that are the most rewarding when coaching. It could be the gymnast overcoming a personal challenge, meeting targets, achieving new skills or hitting a new routine for the first time. The rewarding part isn’t always the big scores and medals, but of course they are great to have on the way too. …
On that historic Jr European’s Silver, the first team medal ever for GBR, he singled out Teal Grindle’s beam routine in qualification/team final as a highlight.
Click PLAY or watch that Beam routine on YouTube. Watch it through to the dismount. Anchoring the team, she would not be denied the HIT. 🙂
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