Sam Mikulak – H Bar

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Yul wins 2019 Winter Cup AA

1. Yul Moldauer 84.500
2. Sam Mikulak 84.450
3. Allan Bower 82.350
4. Genki Suzuki 82.300
5. Robert Neff 81.800
6. Sean Melton 81.750
full results

More links via USAG.

related – 2019 Winter Cup Day 1 Recap

on Gymnastics pain

A detailed discussion on a topic often brushed over by coaches.

Kids know what pain is, but they can’t always discern sore muscle pain from sharp injury pain or torn muscle pain. …

When you hear kids complain of pain, draw their attention to it. Ask them to describe it and maybe even call it a certain color or give it a pain rating. Differentiate kinds of pains early. The better you genuinely know your kids relationship to body pain, the better you’ll be at knowing when something’s not right. …

tricks & twists

3 levels pain

kids should do competitive sport

Tony Retrosi

10 Reasons to let your child get involved with competitive Gymnastics (or any competitive sport)

importance of the sport parent

One of the biggest weaknesses I see in Gymnastics coaches is poor people skills with parents.

That’s especially true of young coaches who haven’t learned the hard way yet.

Many parents need to be convinced that a young coach knows what they are doing. (Those same parents assume an older coach does have the experience to do the job. Indeed, it’s not fair.)

Are you spending enough time keeping YOUR parents informed and onboard with shared goals?

That’s from Lisa Mitzel’s book FOCUSED and Inspired. Recommended.

handstand drill

This was intended to be a fun challenge. But it would also be a good progression for kids learning weight shift side-to-side for future skills.

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