Author: Rick Mc

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

Maile O’Keefe – Beam

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Steph Curry vs Sue Bird

Sue Bird is a 4× WNBA champion (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020).

Steph Curry is … also good. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

predicting NCAA Nationals

With all the upsets happening in American College basketball, we can dream of similar excitement in Gymnastics.

College Gym News ran a computer simulation to see who’s most likely to win NCAAs in 2021.

Florida is the heaviest favorite to make it to the final, followed by LSU, Oklahoma, Michigan and Utah.

Cal and Alabama’s chances are not insignificant, and the second qualifier out of the Athens regional (likely either Minnesota or Denver) will probably have around the same chance as well.

Finally, the model picked Florida as the champion in the most number of runs (45%), which is a lower total than in the 2020 simulation, but it is enough to consider the Gators the favorites for the title.

LSU is second at 19%, ahead of Oklahoma (13%) and Michigan (12%). …

College Gym News

Jake Jarman AA

Jake is only age-19 but already one of the best in the world on Floor and Vault.

He posted some highlights from his Olympic trials AA competition so we can see how the apparatus are coming along.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gym Club customer service

In this episode, Nick and his business expert consultant Julie Berry talk about how owners and managers can acquire, communicate with and keep customers.

EP109 Gymnastics Growth Show – Ross Falsetta – Gymnastics Growth Show

Welcome to the Gymnastics Growth Show podcast, brought to you by Nick Ruddock. In this podcast, Nick and his guests share the strategies and tactics used to optimise athlete, coach and club performance from grass roots to gold standard. Tackling all things gymnastics and performance sport, from physical preparation and psychology, to nutrition and lifestyle, this podcast is a must for any gymnastics coach or leader serious about improving results and furthering their expertise. Nick is recognised as a world leading coach educator and consultant within the international gymnastics community, having provided services to 25 international federations such as the national teams of Brazil, Japan, Canada, Australia, Germany and Netherlands. Nick is also a technical expert for European Gymnastics.  Nick's membership programmes, support and digital services currently reach coaches and leaders in over 60 countries. Nick's exposure to a wide range of clubs, coaches and systems across many countries and continents offers him a unique perspective on the sport, allowing him to soften the learning curve for gymnastics coaches and 'change the way they coach forever.' Visit Nick's website https://www.nickruddock.com Watch this episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/nickruddock Take the High Performance Health Check https://nickruddock.com/healthcheck/
  1. EP109 Gymnastics Growth Show – Ross Falsetta
  2. EP108 Gymnastics Growth Show – Barry Collie
  3. EP107 Gymnastics Growth Show – Ross Falsetta, Jack Hedges & Dan Lonsdale
  4. EP106 Gymnastics Growth Show – Luke Sutton
  5. EP105 Gymnastics Growth Show – Reiss Beckford, Jack Hedges & Dan Lonsdale

train saltos UP to high, soft mats

Technique developed allows gymnasts to stretch fully — for safest possible landings — when the high mats are removed.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Heath Thorpe – good FORM

One of the cleaner tumblers. And he has some style.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Mahleea Werline – Floor

Wow.

Mahleea‘s choreography makes most of the Elites of the world look like cartoons.

She trains at Salcianu Academy.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. I believe this was in Level 10.

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1374454381542739974