Author: Rick Mc

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

Riley’s Bars dismount

Excellent speed.

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YOG Dakar delayed to 2026

SENEGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) HAVE MUTUALLY AGREED TO POSTPONE THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) DAKAR 2022 TO 2026.

The IOC and Senegal understand that this news will be disappointing for many young athletes. …

Khorkina / Russia in denial

My best guess is that of all nations in the world the gymnasts who suffered most were from the Soviet Union / Russia.

Most of what Khorkina says should be studiously ignored.

Prominent figures in the sport like Nellie Kim, Liubou Charkashyna, Liudmila Tourishcheva, Andrei Rodionenko, and Ksenia Semenova claimed in separate interviews that gymnasts are coming forward because they want attention or money and this is likely to discourage victims of abuse from coming forward. …

KHORKINA ON GYMNASTS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ABUSE: THE JUST WANT FAME

stabilizing a Pommel Mushroom

Coach Dermot McGrath had a good idea. He stuffed 4 full water bottles inside a Pommel Mushroom.

They fit tightly. That both weighted and stabilized.

what’s a “false grip” on Rings?

One reason Eleftherios Petrounias deservedly won the Rings gold medal in Rio is that he does not “cheat” his strength holds with false grip.

Opening the hand makes it even clearer to the judges that no false grip is used.

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’84 Olympian Pam Bileck

Pamela Jean Bileck-Flat (born December 1, 1968 in Pittsburgh) … competed for the United States … at the 1984 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team competition.  …

A fan posted a impressive tribute. Check it out.

The Making of “Pam Bileck:

A Creative Study”

introducing pirouettes

Here’s an excellent drill for beginners as they learn to move their centre of mass over the support arm (base of support) before starting to learn pirouettes and reverse pirouettes.

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