Author: Rick Mc

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

learning Khorkina on Bars

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A variation with legs together may be even easier. (As the Monckton is easier than Shushunova.)

“win the workout”

Wayne Goldsmith overstates as always. But he’s correct on this point:

… a workout which engages the heart and mind of every athlete so that all activities are performed with passion, precision and perfection is a great workout. …

Engagement can be defined as the ability of a coach to create a performance environment where every athlete wants to give more than can reasonably be expected.

Motivation is the desire: the fire that drives an athlete towards a goal or achievement.

So, the key to great coaching is not sports science and it’s not actually coaching per se: it’s providing athletes with the environment and opportunity to express their engagement and motivation through their training: through the way they complete their workouts. …

It’s not the workout that wins…you have to win the workout.

Contests, games and short term objectives can make training more motivating.

Kelsey Arnold

Paul Stoklos retires after 33 years

Stoklos, who has led the gymnastics program since its founding, leaves University of Alaska Anchorage after 33 seasons, completing the longest tenure of any coach in Seawolf history.

The Wisconsin native coached more than 130 letterwinners from 1985 through 2017, while guiding the Seawolf program from the NCAA Div. II independent ranks to NCAA Div. I status …

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famous athletes – Simone & Aly

Who are the most famous athletes on the planet?

Ben Alamar, ESPN’s director of analytics, devised a formula that combines endorsements with social media following and internet search popularity to create the ESPN World Fame 100 rankings. …

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Simone

Aly

No MLB or NHL player made the list.

Georgia-Mae Fenton Bars combo

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Chinese compulsory Beam routine

Coach Kelsey Arnold had her youngest girls train this routine the other day. The kids really enjoyed the challenge.

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Robert Ladanyi to Utah

… a 12-year veteran of NCAA women’s gymnastics coaching and former coach of the Romanian Junior National Team, has accepted a position as assistant coach of the Utah gymnastics team.

Ladanyi, an assistant coach at Florida from 2006-15, has spent the last two years as a Denver assistant. He replaces Meredith Paulicivic, who was hired as the head coach at Ohio State. …

Utes

55,000 fans say goodbye to Fabian Hambüchen

Including Angela Merkel.

Eberhard Gienger entered the arena as a parachute jumper.

The 29-year-old won 40 international medals including Gold on H Bar in Rio.

Jessie Graff – ‘American Ninja Warrior’

Wow.

Jessie is a Goddess of upper body strength.

Jessie Graff has made American Ninja Warrior history as the first woman to defeat Stage Two of the USA vs. the World Competition. And that’s after she already made history as the first woman to ever compete in the competition period. Representing team USA, Jessie completely crushes …

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