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Science of Gymnastics Journal

November 8th, 2012 | biomechanics, Gymnastics, sport science

Most recent edition has just been posted.

Here are a couple of studies that may be of interest.

… sample consisted of 27 female gymnasts and 15 controls. …

… Sedentary adolescents show a higher prevalence of overweight, hypertension, osteopenia and final height prediction. In this particular group of athletes, competitive gymnastics influences body composition but does not appear to compromise nutritional status, normal progression of puberty, bone mass and genetically defined final height. …

GYMNASTICS AND THE FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD: REALITY OR MYTH? (PDF)

Another compared take-off’s kinetic and kinematic variables of elite male gymnasts doing different kinds of standing backward saltos.

KINEMATIC AND KINETIC ANALYSIS OF COUNTER MOVEMENT JUMP VERSUS TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF STANDING BACK SOMERSAULT (PDF)

7 comments ↓

#1 TrampGuy on 11.08.12 at 6:14 pm

Hi Rick, *slightly off topic* but I’ve been wondering for a long while now if there are any good books, sites or whatever resource that explores the biomechanics and science of trampolining?

I couldn’t come up with anything extensive or especially good – all comparing to journals like this or books like championship gymnastics for example.

#2 coach Rick on 11.08.12 at 8:15 pm

Good question.

The answer is no.

Best resources I’ve seen myself are the Canadian Trampoline manuals and videos. Right now they are being totally revamped. A drastic change, they tell me.

Sorry about that. Perhaps Russia, Germany, Japan or one of the other strong nations have manuals in their language.

#3 TrampGuy on 11.09.12 at 6:09 am

Thanks, are any of these manuals accessible for the public?

#4 coach Rick on 11.09.12 at 1:45 pm

The have sometimes sold them in the past, but I see the “store” is still offline. It has been for months.

http://www.gymcanboutique.com

So … you’d need to contact someone in Canada to check. Do you have any Canadian Trampoline coaching contacts. Otherwise try to Google “Gymnastics Canada Staff” and contact one of those email addresses.

#5 TrampGuy on 11.09.12 at 1:58 pm

thanks

#6 Craig on 11.12.12 at 3:31 am

Might be worth getting in touch with professor Fred Yeadon at Loughborough University, he has written many papers on biomechanics of gymnastics and comes from a Trampolining background.

M.R.Yeadon@lboro.ac.uk

#7 hadi on 11.29.12 at 6:15 am

Dear Ivan ?uk
First of all I would like appreciate to you and your group for your Journal. I’d like to know just is it ISI? whether it has IF?
regards,
Hadi

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