Nick Ruddock goes over how new skills in the Gym — eventually are ready to put into the routine in competition.
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Rhys training alone in silence
Ellie Black leads Canadian Nationals
Day 1
Shallon Olsen leads Vault.
Olympic team selection is competitive.
IF you ASSuME that Ellie and Aurélie will go for the AA, there are many different combinations that could results in the highest potential team score.
Félix Dolci interview
Felix Dolci played it safe on day 1 of Canadian Nationals. He’ll consider adding difficulty heading into Paris.
He’s happy to have stayed on Pommels. Being consistent. And staying healthy.
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Quast + 1/1 twist
Quast is a surprisingly difficult skill on H Bar.
To add another twist is cray cray. 😀
introducing the Nabieva
Canadian Men’s National – day 1
- Félix Dolci 84.516
- René Cournoyer 82.932
- William Emard 80.848
- Sam Zakutney 80.348
- Ioannis Chronopoulos 79.949
- Zach Clay 79.283
Of the specialists:
- Jayson Rampersad 3rd on Pommels 13.033
- Benjamin Astorga 3rd on Pommels 13.033
Full results.
We ASSuME that Félix, René, and William are locks for Paris.
Strategy will be to put together the MAXIMUM possible scoring team for Paris. Along with an alternate who could fill in on any apparatus.
Coach Jen Llewellyn to Iowa
Jen Llewellyn has been selected as the next head coach of the University of Iowa gymnastics program …
Llewellyn comes to the Hawkeyes after three years as head coach at the University of Washington …
Prior to Washington, Llewelyn was at Lindenwood University …
Behind the Scenes: Ellie Black
Nick Ruddock has been consulting with Ellie’s club team in Halifax as well as with the National Team.
She’s one of the gymnasts in the world who coaches should study. Near the top of the game since 2016, coming up to her 4th Olympics. Ellie is age-28.
Super consistent under pressure in big meets.
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Tate Costa is SMART
IF the rules require a specific Difficulty score ➙ it would be smart to increase your difficulty to hit that number. Even if it makes you have (safe) falls.
Tate added 18 skills over 6 apparatus day one. Made the D-score.
Went back to his normal routines on Day two. And it worked.
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