Author: Rick Mc

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

Simone’s using #PowerbeatsPro

So they are officially cool.

 

coach Álvaro Montesinos to Chile

Álvaro Montesinos Yago was a 1988 Olympian for Spain. He went on to be Spanish Men’s National Coach.

Montesinos has now accepted a coaching / consulting position with Chile where he’ll be working with both Men’s and Women’s National teams.

Like Liukin, he’s not moved permanently. Instead he’ll commute back and forth to Chile.

Read more on gimnastas.net.

Mitch Mandozzi – connecting out of Liukin

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

(Via Courtyard Tapir)

Baseball’s hitting coaches are geeks

By the numbers: 19 of MLB’s 30 hitting coaches played less than 100 big league games, 13 never played in the majors and four never even played in the minors.

All but four were hired in September 2016 or later, proving just how much fresh blood has entered a once insular community of former batting champions….

Baseball’s hitting coaches go all in on tech and data

New Hampshire’s Gail Goodspeed retired

Thanks for all the good years.

who slayed the Night King?

One of our favourite gymnasts.

Kristina Baskett.

Diab, Nedoroscik to FISU for USA

Both were chosen to represent the USA following their performances at the recent NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Championships. This summer’s Games mark the event’s 30th edition, which has 18 sports. …

Participation in men’s gymnastics at the World University Games is a joint effort between the College Gymnastics Association, USA Gymnastics and the NCAA member institutions.

The World University Games is a multisport event held every two years.

Participants must be born between January 1, 1994, and December 31, 2001; have taken at least one three-credit course towards a degree or diploma within the last year before the games; and the athlete must be “progressing towards a degree.”

USAG

All Japan Champ Asuka Teramoto

1. Asuka Teramoto 111.998
2. Mai Murakami 110.831
3. Hitomi Hatakeda 109.398

Points earned will be combined with next month’s NHK Cup at which teams will be selected for Worlds in Stuttgart, Germany.