Author: Rick Mc

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

Sam Mikulak added Liukin

Already one of the best H Bar men in the world, Sam’s now added layout Tkachev 1/1 for a 6.3 start.

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Miyachi is the Kovacs king

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FISU apparatus finals

Vault
1. Marina Nekrasova AZE 14.000
2. Liliia Akhaimova RUS 13.975
3. Tatiana Nabieva RUS 13.925

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Bars
1. Hitomi Hatakeda JPN 14.000
2. Tatiana Nabieva RUS 13.900
3. Asuka Teramoto JPN 13.800

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Beam
1. Hitomi Hatakeda JPN 13.000
2. Lara Mori ITA 12.850
3. Uliana Perebinosova RUS 12.800

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Floor
1. Carlotta Ferlito ITA 13.200
2. Aiko Sugihara JPN 13.000
3. Uliana Perebinosova RUS 12.700

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#EqualPay for the #USWMNT

The women’s team is engaged in a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation because the organization pays male players far more than female players.  …

Crowd in stadium chants ‘equal pay’ after U.S. women’s soccer World Cup victory

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reducing ACL injuries

Dave Tilley interviews one of his medical colleagues on the topic.

Lenny Macrina on reducing ACL injuries. Lenny is a Physical Therapist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and a highly acclaimed researcher.

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Some highlights posted on the Masters of Sport Facebook group:

  • The weak point in the chain is the growth plate.
  • We must do better time management with how many hours we are asking adolescent athletes to train.
  • We need periodization more than ever! Athletes need the time to rest, athletes need the time to recover.
  • How much is too much?
  • Base line data helps reduce the risk of injury
  • Teaching proper jump and landing techniques can reduce the rate of injury …
  • … safe landing asks for the feet to be should width apart
  • Use all muscle groups to help land
  • The Code of Points is aesthetically based, not medically based.

U.S. Men’s National Qualifier

  1. Kanji Oyama
  2. Cameron Bock
  3. Riley Loos

Full results.

In addition to Oyama, the men advancing to the U.S. Championships are listed in rank order: Riley Loos of El Dorado Hills, Calif./Technique Gymnastics; Matt Wenske of Houston, Texas/University of Oklahoma; Timothy Wang of Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center; Adrian de Los Angeles of Long Beach, Calif./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center; Gage Dyer of Norman, Okla./University of Oklahoma; Evan Davis of Houston, Texas/University of Iowa; Kiwan Watts of N. Chesterfield, Va./Sun Devil Gymnastics; Paul Juda of Deerfield, Ill./Buffalo Grove Gymnastics; Jacob Moore of W. Bloomfield, Mich./University of Michigan; Donnell Whittenburg of Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center; and Mike Fletcher of Nashua, N.H./University of Illinois.

#WomenInSport

Congratulations USA.

Like Artistic Gymnastics, soccer is a sport in America where the female athletes are higher profile than the male. Role models.

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