Author: Rick Mc

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

mental blocks in Gymnastics

A big frustration for coaches. Even bigger for the gymnast afflicted.

Mental blocks are far more common for female athletes than male. They are most often on backwards skills. And somewhat more frequent during stressful times of the competitive season.

Every coach tries to prevent mental blocks from developing. Be particularly cautious when training backwards skills. (More matting, more progressions, more repetition.)

Some coaches have fewer mental blocks than others.

We’re learning. I believe there are fewer mental blocks in 2017 than in the past.

Rebecca Smith posted some tips.

HELP! My gymnast is afraid of going backward

Why Gymnasts Get Mental Blocks

NCAA Regional qualifiers from Div II & III

We should be cheering these ladies. Congratulations!

Brianna Comport Bridgeport BB, FX Morgantown
Ariana Harger Seattle Pacific VT, FX Seattle
Schyler Jones Texas Woman’s VT Fayetteville
Maya Reimers Bridgeport FX Morgantown
Kierstin Sokolowski Lindenwood VT, BB Fayetteville
Kim Stewart Bridgeport VT Morgantown
Majesta Valentine West Chester AA Morgantown
Ashley White Centenary AA Champaign

The NCAA D2 and D3 Conference Championships Recap

Ashley White

British Jr Championships

British Gymnewstics has a report with apparatus finals results.

Amelie Morgan, Taeja James, Jolie Ruckley, Laura Beasley, Phoebe Jacubczy, Zoe Simmons
1 Taeja James Birmingham 13.850 13.100 13.250 13.750 53.950
2 Amelie Morgan Slough 13.900 12.750 12.700 13.700 53.050
3 Jolie Ruckley Cardiff Olympic 13.100 12.150 12.750 12.950 50.950
4 Laura Beasley Park Wrekin 13.700 11.650 13.050 11.750 50.150
5 Phoebe Jakubczyk The Academy 12.300 11.850 11.650 13.200 49.000
6 Zoe Simmons The Academy 13.750 9.800 11.750 13.450 48.750

full results – bonus system

Doha World Cup Final day 1

Vault
1-Oksana Chusovitina UZB – 14.166
2-Emily Little AUS – 14.099
3-Teja Belak SLO – 14.08

Bars
1-Luo Huan CHN – 14.433
2-Sofia Kovacs HUN – 13.066
3-Georgia-Rose Brown AUS – 13.033

Click PLAY or watch Luo Huan on YouTube.

Floor
1-Tang Chia-Hung TPE – 14.366
2-Milad Karimi KAZ – 14.266
3-Marian Dragulescu ROU – 14.100

Click PLAY or watch 17yr-old Milad Karimi on YouTube.

Pommels
1-Krisztian Berki HUN – 14.933
2-Xiao Ruoteng CHN – 14.800
3-Artur Davtyan ARM – 14.066

Rings
1-Artur Tovmasyan ARM – 15.133
2-Igor Radivilov UKR – 15.066
3-Zou Jingyuan CHN – 15.033
full results

Surprises on the Podium in First Doha Finals

USAG 2017 Hall of Fame Class

The Final Five
Miles Avery
Mihai Brestyan
Gabby Douglas
Shawn Johnson (East)

USAG

Doha Qualifications day 2

Beam
1 Liu Tingting China 6.0 7.933 13.933
2 Catalina Ponor Romania 5.7 8.066 13.766
3 Emily Little Australia 5.2 8.033 13.233
4 Luo Huan China 5.6 7.733 -0.1 13.233
5 Emma Nedov Australia 5.5 7.733 13.233

Floor
1 Liu Tingting China 5.1 8.466 13.566
2 Emily Little Australia 5.1 7.866 -0.1 12.866
3 Göksu Üctas Sanli Turkey 4.6 8.066 -0.1 12.566
4 Ana Derek Croatia 5.1 7.466 12.566

Vault
1 Le Thanh Tung Vietnam 14.750
2 Artur Davtyan Armenia 14.716
3 Christopher Remkes Australia 14.416

P Bars
1 Zou Jingyuan China 6.8 9.366 16.166
2 Pablo Brägger Switzerland 6.3 8.733 15.033
3 Ferhat Arican Turkey 6.3 8.633 14.933

H Bar
1 Xiao Ruoteng China 6.4 8.033 14.433
2 Mitchell Morgans Australia 5.8 8.300 14.100
3 Tin Srbic Croatia 5.9 8.200 14.100
full results

Anna Corbett – Vault

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Canadian sport funding increased

I admire the USA for NOT relying on tax dollars for funding.

In most nations National Teams rely on the inconsistent whims of federal governments. Canada’s high performance athletes will get 18% more in direct financial support.

In his 2017 budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the government would increase funding allocated to the Athlete Assistance Program (AAP) by $5 million dollars a year, the first increase in 13 years. …

Olympic.ca

Brittany gunning for Worlds

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via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics