Rick McCharles, website editor & coach

Voluntary simplicity. That's my philosophy in life and web page design.

I named my site i-NEEDtoKnow.com for a reason.

The internet should be up-to-date & accurate. Sites should be intuitive to navigate. You should find the need-to-know information quickly.

Unfortunately, many pages are like bad gymnasts -- attempting too difficult stunts and failing frequently.

I like Kyle's site. It compares favourably with the best gymnast websites I've seen on the net.

Kyle's audience includes large numbers of young gymnasts, so I made it easy to understand.

We get hits from all over the world. Many international visitors have older computers & software, slow internet connections. This site must work on any computer. Pages must be fast loading.

If you like this website, have questions or suggestions, e-mail Rick McCharles. I'd appreciate hearing from you. I could even help design a website for you.

Rick was once-upon-a-time the Men's Head Coach of the Altadore Gymnastics Club in Calgary. He's an FIG judge and is seriously into coach education. After 14 years away, Rick returned to coach at Altadore in the run up to the Athens Olympics.

Rick is interested in applying the Internet and new technology to gymnastics. He is a career coach, a traveler, and (most recently) a web page editor. Since returning from a year backpacking through Asia & India, and another year in New Zealand, Rick is spending long hours at his Mac computer ...