I hear she's in great shape for World's at home. Nice.

Not that it's "easy" to develop and keep healthy a super talented elite gymnast, ... but I'd agree that I admire more a coach who can get many girls of different body types College scholarships. John Geddert jumps to mind as a coach who given the same athlete, the same amount of training time, will get a better result than almost any other coach.

I have many friends at Cirque, too. I've never heard a bad word about the guy. ... How many business owners can you say that about?

WHAT ...

You two girls are fantastic. We should do a profile magazine article on the both of you.

Email me if you are interested, after checking with your sister.
RickMcCharles@gmail.com

... JAO, I OWE you a prize.

If you are right, JAO, that household deserves a full editing studio !!

And you deserve a prize.

Who is your sister, by the way ??

Oops. Will make the fix.

Yup. Me too, Geoffrey.

Absolutely in the learning stages of forward twisting.

... putting it on Floor I only do pike open twist drills with kids that are twisting too early, though.

When I watched Andrei emphasizing the "hollow" take off at training camps with many girls from many clubs ... I found it did not work for most.

In a perfect world, with great kids, this is a super technicque.

In the real world, with real kids, the problem long term with that skill is that kids twist TOO EARLY. All my drills emphasize getting into the arched position as quickly as possible. Twisting as late as possible.

I find that if I do my drills, the skill will eventually end up as discussed in the drill. It's easy to get kids to twist earlier. It's easy to get them to take off in a more hollow position, ... if you train a lot of arched layouts first.

There are many roads to arrive at the same place.

Done and done, Dana. ... Facebook can be really frustrating that way.