Rene Cook on Preparing Her Gym'Backs for the Beam Lineup
Apr 20, 2009
At the NCAA Championships, the Arkansas Gym'Backs proved just how tough they are on beam by finishing on the dreaded event in the team prelims with one of the best beam sets of their season to easily qualify to the Super Six finals for the first time in program history. They also had 2 girls qualify for Balance Beam finals and Gym'Back junior Sarah Nagashima placed 3rd in the NCAA on the event.
Rene Cook is the primary beam coach for the University of Arkansas and does a lot of mental work with them to keep the girls consistent under pressure and focusing on the right things. She talks about the strategies she uses with her girls on beam.
