Morgan‘s always been tiny. Even now at the age of 15, she’s only 4-foot-5 maybe 4-6 with shoes on. …
… committed to wearing her glasses even while she was training or competing in meets. “I tried contacts,” she explained, “but they made my eyeballs dry, and when I got stuff in my eyes, I had to take them out and put them back in.” Rather than waste a couple minutes of practice time fiddling with contacts, Morgan chose to attach her glasses to the back of her head with a neoprene strap and move on.
This sort of hyper-efficiency carried over to every aspect of her life. …
One of the keys to Morgan’s rapid advancement is that her coaches not only know when to push her but also when not to push her. They’ve been very patient with Morgan, working on her form and execution instead of pressing her to perform every difficult skill in her repertoire at competitions as soon as she can do them in practice. …
Category: Gymnastics
Kalyxta Gamiao – Counter Kim
Kalyxta competes for Hawaiian Island Twisters.
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(via FloGymnastics)
Bars – introducing swing
Beam “leg tightening” complex
Zhu Xiaofang – Beam
The exaggerated landings are off-putting for me. The rest excellent.
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via BBS – CHINESE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017
2017 Australian Gymnastics Championships
Matthew Davis new Springfield College coach
A former All-American gymnast at Springfield College, Davis returns to his alma mater and will serve in a teacher coach capacity for one of only 16 intercollegiate men’s gymnastics programs that compete within the NCAA. …
Du Siyu – Bars
inspirational Blaine Wilson
Blaine Wilson was one tough competitor. Five time National Champion.
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And yes, Blaine Wilson did compete Athens.
top NCAA coach Elise Ray
This past April, Ray closed the books on her first season as head coach of UW Gymnastics, leading the GymDawgs to a program-record eighth-ranked finish nationally, ten spots ahead of the team’s preseason ranking.
Having coached the team to a 196.5625 score at NCAA Championships—its highest tally in history—Ray says she’s now taking some time to reflect on and cherish the experience, even as she sets summer training plans in motion in advance of her sophomore campaign. …
I’d say Elise would be on the short list for pretty much every College coaching position.
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