Author: Rick Mc

Josette Plank:

As a sports parent, I will remember that the No. 1 goal of youth sports is to have fun.

I will tell my child to “have fun” without adding any ifs, ands or buts. I will not say to my child, “Have fun … but if you don’t score a goal, find your own ride home.”

As a sports parent, I will support my child in positive ways. …

Through youth sports, my child will learn commitment to a team. I will make sure my child is on time to practices and games. If my child cannot make a game or practice due to family obligations or illness, we will let the coach know as soon as possible. …

I may not be at every practice, and that is OK. I will see more improvement over time if I’m not scrutinizing every drill and workout. …

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The Buckeye Camp director for the past 18 years has been Dave Adlard. And for 18 years Dave has been telling me about Camp.

I finally got there this summer as a Tumbl Trak Ambassador.

We set up an Air Floor Pro and one of the new T-trainer vault horse / mini-tramps.

Buckeye is huge operation. About 3000 kids / week in two gyms. WAG team about 200 girls.

I’ve never seen a larger Camp based out of a club. It runs in 3 shifts. All day long. One day guest coach Cliff Parks was there from 8am – 9pm. (His daughter was training in a shift when he wasn’t coaching.)

Rotations include = Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor, Sprint training, Dance, Zumba and Sports Psych.

Aside from the regular Buckeye Staff, guest coaches included choreographer Dominic Zito, Luke Wasson from Precision and Sandy Sabo from Youngstown.

It was a treat to watch the Elite group (including Gabby Douglas & Nia Dennis) training.

Dave Adlard continues on to WOGA where he’s a guest coach every summer. Dave’s working the home Camps for the clubs of the 2012, 2008 and 2004 Olympic champions back-to-back. A busy guy at all times, Dave’s never been so busy as he is this Summer.

My advice to Dave Adlard: Bite off more than you can chew. Then chew like Hell! 🙂

Thanks to owner Dave Holcomb and Head Coach Kittia Carpenter for inviting in Tumbl Trak.

Leader from the prelim round at European Games.

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Marian Dragulescu, age-34, is fired up about his most recent comeback.

Click PLAY or watch his namesake vault plus half twist on YouTube.

Dutch gymnast of Icelandic descent. Fan favourite.

The Hard Way To Success – Episode 19

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The famed Burlington BGs are looking for a National/High Performance MAG Coach.

Minimum 5 years experience at a high competitive level.

That’s a great facility. A great opportunity.

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Lovely. 🙂

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The Dutch did not finish 8th as a team in London. (These announcers make many errors.)

Netherlands did not qualify a full team to London.

One of the more stylish of the top Floor competitors in the world is through to the Final at European Games.

If he can stick those landings, he’s a contender.

Click PLAY or watch him on YouTube.

A Mustafina RUS 58.865
G Steingruber SUI 56.565
S Scheder GER 56.432
L Wevers NED 55.099
T Ugrin ITA 54.765
V Pikul FRA 54.566
D Boczogo HUN 53.764
K Simm GBR 53.299
G Mys BEL 53.066
A Iridon ROU 52.999
G Janik POL 52.365
T Yilmaz TUR 51.532
V Millousi GRE 51.466
A Carmona Urbano ESP 51.332
M Nekrasova AZE 50.532
A Kysla UKR 50.432
T Feldon ISR 50.299
B Mokosova SVK 50.032

 
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O Verniaiev UKR 91.532 … with a fall on Pommels
N Ignatyev RUS 89.065
O Stepko AZE 88.231
F Hambuechen GER 87.432
D Barkalau BLR 87.365
B Bevan GBR 86.264
F Arican TUR 85.830
V Cotuna ROU 85.365
A Augis FRA 85.198
N Abad ESP 85.198
A Shatilov ISR 83.965
K Behan IRL 83.831
C Schmidt NED 83.565
S Skjerhaug NOR 83.299
T De Vecchis ITA 82.231
R Guscinas LTU 82.299
T Serhani SUI 81.864
J Verbaeys BEL 81.797

Could Oleg Verniaiev dethrone Uchimura at Worlds?

Many think it’s possible. He’s only age-21. Still improving.

Click PLAY or watch his weakest apparatus on YouTube.

Full Twist – Baku 2015: Team Results & Day 2 Qualification Results

Leader from the prelim round at European Games.

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