2016 State Gymnastics Competition. Level 8. Steamboat Springs.
The videos are a little rough (cellphone) (you’ll have to full-screen them to be able to see him), but his routines are getting smoother; lots of consecutive moves strung together.
There is a release move (already) early on in the high bar routine; both hands off the bar at the same time. That’s a difficult dismount off the parallel bars, and the double back off the high bar is big. That’s the closest he’s come to landing it. The coaches are pushing him past his comfort zone, even adding moves to his routine in the middle of the season. That doesn’t usually happen.
He placed 12th overall. We don’t yet know if that will be good enough for him to go to Regionals at the Colorado Olympics Training Center in Colorado Springs in a few weeks. He seems to be gaining momentum right now, so maybe…
We’ll report back.
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