Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

how Payton Richards thinks on Beam

Stick to your plan. Count on your training.

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Payton, a two time J.O. Beam champion, will compete for Florida.

compete in Bermuda March 15-19th, 2019

Put it on your calendar now.

  • USAIGC Invitational
  • USAG Boys J.O. Invitational
  • USAG Girls J.O. and Xcel Invitational

Most likely an FIG Age Group WAG and MAG competition / camp will be hosted, as well.

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Bermuda would love to have more boys attend.

details from 2018

igcBermuda (a) gmail.com for more information.

Laney Madsen to compete for Bulgaria

Laney was born in Germany where her American father was stationed with the U.S. Military. Her mother is Bulgarian.

After living in Germany for eight years, the family moved to California. Laney trained Cheer until 2014 then switched to Artistic training at Gym-Max.

Sounds like she’s got permission to compete internationally for Bulgaria.

eccentric strength training

An eccentric contraction is the motion of an active muscle while it is lengthening under load.  …

An eccentric contraction is one of the three distinct phases in the movement of muscles and tendons, the other two are an isometric contraction (no movement), and a concentric contraction (contracting). …

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That first drill is ideal for those cannot yet do chin-ups on their own.

Dave Tilley posted more on why he likes eccentric strength training.

USA at Jr Pan Ams

UPDATE – One USAG tweet seems to indicate that they MIGHT be considering sending a WAG competitor to YOGs for the first time.

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June 13-15th, Buenos Aires.

A qualifier for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in Buenos Aires in October.

Fans can follow the Junior Pan American Championships several different ways: Facebook; YouTube; and Instagram.  The organizers are planning to provide live coverage of the event on its YouTube page.

Brandon Briones
Taylor Burkhart
JR Chou
Isaiah Drake

Coaches
Tom Meadows, Cypress Academy
Pavel Sargsyan, Gymnastics Olympica
Travis Rainer, North Valley Gymnastics, chaperone

Jordan Bowers
JaFree Scott
Tori Tatum
Leanne Wong

Coaches
Danelle Catlett, Solid Rock Gymnastics
Al Fong and Armine Barutyan, GAGE
Sarah Jantzi, Twin City Twisters

via USAG

Jade Carey – training

Our World’s Floor and Vault Silver medalist is looking a legit elite AA to me.

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Simone – evolution of first tumbling pass

Never able to stick, Simone certainly improved her landings over the years.

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