Author: Rick Mc

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

Week 5 NCAA top 10


1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. Utah
4. Denver
5. UCLA
6. Minnesota
7. Alabama
8. Michigan
9. LSU
10. Georgia
Full scores.

Florida’s 197.800 in defeating Kentucky marks the second straight week in which Florida has recorded the higher score than Oklahoma …

UCLA dropped two places this week, the result of an utter beamtastrophe that saw the Bruins put up three 9.100s …

Georgia snatched a season-high 197.425 in defeating Auburn at home on Sunday, a fanciful, Alice in Wonderful score-scape I can barely even talk about …

Read Spencer’s commentary on Balance Beam Situation

Annie Beard – unique tumbling combo

Annie trains at Texas Dreams.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Simone’s Yurchenko double pike

Looks like she could compete it tomorrow if she wanted.

All hail the G.O.A.T.

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Jess Daykin: 2 Bars skills, 9/2 twists

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Dominique Dawes Gymnastics Academy

Now 43-years-old, the triple Olympian superstar is opening her own Gym.

Barcelona 1992 (bronze), Atlanta 1996 (gold), and Sydney 2000 (bronze).

You could never forget ‘Awesome Dawesome‘ once you’d seen her perform live.

She’s also the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in Artistic Gymnastics.

Now with 4 children under age-6, Dominique was looking for a program that would care for her own kids much better than she was treated in the bad old days.

Instead, she decided to open her own Gym.

Past Pain Inspires Olympic Champion Dominique Dawes to Open New Gymnastics Academy

“It’s really to create a healthy culture, a culture that’s needed in the sport.”

Free SHIFT Sports Medicine Clinics 2020

FREE to the first 100 registrants at each.

Travel, hotel, and food paid by participants.

Open to gymnastics coaches, gymnastics medical providers, and strength and conditioning coaches working in gymnastics.

University of Utah – Saturday, June 13th, 2020 8:30am – 5:00pm

University of Alabama – Saturday, July 18th, 2020 8:30am – 5:00pm

Details.

Dr. Dave Tilley is the organizer.

Expected topics include:

Building Healthy Training Cultures For Athlete Wellness and High Performance
Training Methods for Skill and Level Development
Gymnastics Strength, Conditioning, and Physical Preparation Methods
Gymnastics Flexibility Methods – Science Meets Practical Applications
Understanding, Preventing, and Managing Gymnastics Injuries
Gymnastics Mental Health, Recovery, and Nutrition
TBD based on participant topic request via survey

 

Aleah Finnegan – Tkachev to Deltchev combo

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Katherine_M_78/status/1223715488083202050