Author: Rick Mc

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

BEST routines of 2018 – Zou Jingyuan

Over and over again Zou Jingyuan has the highest difficulty and execution on P Bars.

On this set he was awarded 9.4 execution.

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College MENTAL prep for meets

Caroline Caponi | JR | William & Mary:

… focus on having fun and rely on my training to take care of the rest.

I talk and joke around with my teammates and always listen to the same pump-up playlist. Before I compete each event, I do one mental set in my head and take a big, deep breath that helps me calm my meet nerves. …

Skyler Memmel | SR | Central Michigan University:

“The night before a meet, I always do mental imagery of my routines and imagine myself in the arena I’ll be competing in.

The day of the meet, I love getting hyped up to music and doing makeup and hair with all my teammates and setting the positive energy.

Before warm-ups I go to the beam and listen to the same songs while I do a mental set/dance-through next to the beam.

… I always at least do one beam routine on the floor before I go and a mental set right before I go.”

Click through for more – Division I Gymnasts Share Their Secret To Mental Preparation Before Meets

Fastfluff™VaultTrainer

I’ve posted this cool product once before, but this is a better video on how it works.

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details – $2350 plus S&H

Thanks Mary.

90-year-old John Carter

New Years inspiration.

I often link to extreme sport videos by devinsupertramp.

This time they flew out to Trail B.C. to follow John Carter.

He challenges any other person his age to match his feats.

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John’s not planning to slow down until at least age-100. 🙂

Kohei at age-30

Happy Birthday.

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Thanks Blythe.

Gymnasts injured before arriving College

We have a very dangerous sport.

Thanks Greg.

stats on College female gymnasts

As summarized by Greg Marsden.

Click See Greg Marsden’s other Tweets to see the rest.

GBR Men’s Sr team named

(new additions in bold)

  • Frank Baines
  • Brinn Bevan
  • Hamish Carter
  • Joe Cemlyn-Jones
  • Dominick Cunningham
  • Joe Fraser
  • James Hall
  • Jake Jarman
  • Pavel Karnejenko
  • Jamie Lewis
  • Joshua Nathan
  • Sam Oldham
  • Donell Osbourne
  • Daniel Purvis
  • Giarnni Regini-Moran
  • Adam Tobin
  • Courtney Tulloch
  • Max Whitlock
  • Nile Wilson

Click over to MAGnastics for commentary. And to see the Jr team.