Jade Carey interview

Inside Gymnastics:

Jade: I chose to pursue an individual route because I felt it was my best way to achieve my goal of going to the Olympics. I wanted to leave every avenue open to reach my goal.

Jade: Some reasons I chose Oregon State are the coaches and the beautiful campus. The coaches are amazing and so helpful, and I can’t wait to have them help me grow in college.

Jade: The plan is to start in the fall of 2020.

Inside: What is it like to compete alongside Russian Olympian Maria Paseka in vault finals?

Jade: It’s definitely challenging and competitive. She’s a really good vaulter, so it definitely adds the pressure, but I just focus on what I need to do to [perform] my best vaults.

JADE CAREY ON 2020, OSU, AND THE WORLD CUP SERIES

Future of the U.S. Olympic Movement

Reimagining Goals Beyond Medals

Date – Wed May 22, 2019
Washington, DC

Some argue that heightened focus on medals laid the groundwork for the sexual abuses that emerged in USA Gymnastics, which has caused deep soul-searching at the USOC and the sport-specific national governing bodies (NGBs) it oversees.

What’s next for the U.S. Olympic movement, as reforms are introduced?

What if the USOC focused first and foremost on the safety and well-being of athletes while also growing opportunities for all, not just those with medal potential? …

Aspen Institute

Shannon Miller will be one of the speakers.

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

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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