Author: Rick Mc

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

Australia – gender equality among elite coaches

For the first time the Commonwealth Games will achieve gender equality in the number of medals awarded at the Gold Coast, so sports officials have now turned their attention to a glaring imbalance between men and women in the coaching ranks …

At the previous Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, just 10 per cent of the Australian coaches were female …

The AIS and Commonwealth Games Australia are collaborating on a program designed to accelerate the development of eight female high-performance coaches, by bringing them to the Games for mentoring and education. …

The Australian

We all need to encourage girls and women to coach all apparatus.

Simone: I am better than I was in Rio

Yikes. All her competitors are suddenly training for the silver AA.

Olympic star Simone Biles better than ever

Click PLAY or watch some training footage on YouTube.

Emyre Cole – Floor

One of the best and classiest routines in the world right now.

Click PLAY or watch it on Tumblr.

https://courtyard-tapir.tumblr.com/post/172692068439/yarotska-emyre-cole-floor-exercise-2018-big

Jordan Bowers – Bars

Jordan was named to the US Pacific Rim team. She trains at Solid Rock in Lincoln, Nebraska with coaches Danelle Catlett and Jessica Black.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Penn State’s Randy Jepson

Penn State coach Randy Jepson has never worked a day in his life — at least that’s that he will tell you.

Of course, winning three National Championships, three Big Ten Championships and being the three-time national coach of the year doesn’t come without a little sweat and hard work. It’s simply the love for the sport that has embodied Jepson’s approach to coaching. …

Collegian

2018 NCAA Nationals

St. Louis, Missouri April 20-21.

Qualifying teams:

1. Oklahoma 198.000
2. Florida 197.725
3. LSU 197.675
4. UCLA 197.650
5. Nebraska 197.525
6. Utah 197.475
7. Alabama 197.225
8. Kentucky 197.050
9. Arkansas 196.775
10. California 196.725
11. Georgia 196.500
12. Washington 196.275

Commonwealth FX Champ Alex Eade


1. Alex Eade (AUS) 13.333
2. Latalia Bevan (WAL) 13.300
3. Shallon Olsen (CAN) 13.266

Nile wins H Bar

1. Nile Wilson (ENG) 14.533
2. Cory Paterson (CAN) 14.000 (diff. 5.6, ex. 8.4)
2. James Hall (ENG) 14.000 (diff. 5.6, ex. 8.4)

This guy had a GREAT meet.

And how about Cory Paterson?

Finishing his NCAA career, some assumed he’d retire. Not so.