Author: Rick Mc

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

Wolfgang Hambüchen interview

Like everyone, I was a huge fan of Olympic Champion Fabian Hambüchen.

Three Olympics. Three medals on H Bar.

Father / Coach Wolfgang tells that his son was VERY inflexible in the hips when he started. But loved our sport.

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197.950 Oklahoma – LSU 197.650

This competition was close. But OU really HIT Bars.

Judges scoring higher … already in week 2.

Oklahoma 197.950
LSU 197.650
Cal 197.275
Utah 196.800

Spencer’s LIVE blog.

Anna Li and Jiani Wu suspended by SafeSport

Legacy Elite is a gymnastics club in Aurora. Head Coach Anna Li and her mother, Jiani Wu, have been suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport after a nearly six-year investigation.

SafeSport’s disciplinary database lists the misconduct as “physical and emotional.” …

ABC 7 Chicago

Attorneys for the suspended co-owner and coach told the I-Team the allegations are, “categorically false,” and said they do plan to appeal. The attorneys also said their clients were, “under this type of cloud for years without an opportunity to fully resolve the matter. This is yet another case that clearly illustrates the Center is wholly incapable of reasonable investigations .”

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6 new seniors to watch in 2025

6 – Hwang Seohyun (KOR)
5 – Yulia Svistunova (RUS)
4 – Li Rongjinyi (CHN)
3 – Claire Pease (USA)
2 – Elena Colas (FRA)
1 – Giulia Perotti (ITA)

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MAG Freeway Beam challenge

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R.I.P. Dr. Gerald S. George

The man who personally defined Gymnastics technique for me has died. Dr. Gerald S. George.

Rest in peace.

When his 1979 text book was published — Biomechanics of Women’s Gymnastics — I bought 10 copies and handed them out to our competitive staff.

He updated it 2010 in an edition called Championship Gymnastics.

BEST of all are the illustrations by James H. Stephenson.

Neither book was focused on biomechanics. Most groundbreaking was his taxonomy of how to define good technique. Any future computerized analysis should use these principles.

 Movement-Refining Principles

1. Amplitude Principle

A. External Amplitude
B. Internal Amplitude

2. Segmentation Principle
3. Closure Principle
4. Peaking Principle
5. Diversification Principle