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Training Thursday: Mastering the Mountain Climber Needle Kick to Improve Beam Acro

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Stacy Moore (Queen City) talks about the board drill she used during Dream Team Camp beam rotations to improve the Mountain Climber and Needle Kick on Arco skills on beam. She broke down what she was focusing on during her beam rotations. She introduced using a foam brick to get the gymnast to understand where her arms need to be during and in the finish of the skill. This was part of our Coaches Round Table discussions.

2026 R5 Yahtzee Awards Winners…….

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And the winners of the 11th annual Yahtzee Awards are………….

Most Dynamic Vault
Madison Stewart, Legacy Elite

 

Best Bar Combo
Anna Reed, Gym ETC

 

Huge Air
Mallory Simon,AA Flames

 

Most Interesting Beam Mount
Evelyn Jehl, PGC

 

Most Unique Beam Series
Ellie Mayer, Legacy Elite

 

Most Entertaining Routine
Karalyn Key, Midwest Elite

Best Music
Madison Stewart, Legacy Elite
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Best Choreography
Michela Cuppari, Olympia & Natalie Garcia, Premier West

Fun & Fancy Floor
Abby Rehor, Flying High

Best Presentation
Marian Guerrero, CGA
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Best Form
Addisyn Kelley, Olympia

Best Stick
Lexi Simon, AA Flames

 

Best Post Routine Celebration
Audra Butler, Vortex

 

Favorite Invitational
Gymnastics on the Grand

Heart of Region 5
Nicole Artz, Vortex

Congratulations to all of our 2026 Yahtzee Award Winners! 

2026 Region 5 Dream Team Camp (Gallery)

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2026 Yahtzee Awards (Part III)

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Voting for the third and final part of the 2026 R5 Yahtzee Awards is now open!

Polls will only be open for 24 hours for voting, so please plan accordingly. 

So without further a do scroll down and check out Part II of the 2026 Region 5 Yahtzee Awards.

Best Form

Best Stick-Click Here for Nominees

Best Post Routine Celebration- Click Here for Nominees

 

Favorite Invitational

Heart of Region 5

 

 

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote in the 11th annual Region 5 Yahtzee Awards! Stay tuned for our winners!! 

2026 Dream Team Training Camp- Region 5

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Livestream from our 2026 Dream Team Training Camp hosted by Cincinnati Gymnastics.

**** You must be at least a training camp streaming YouTube member to watch but with the All Access Membership you get our All Access Gym Workout content as well as the Region 5 Championships livestreams.

There will be two streams- Bars/Tumbling Stream and Beam/Vault Stream

Schedule:

Sunday- Morning Session (10:30am-1:10pm) Afternoon (1:50pm-3:50pm)

Bars/Tumbling Stream– Sunday Afternoon Session

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Beam and Vault Stream– Sunday Afternoon Session

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