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Age Falsification in Chinese Gymnastics
Dr. Uncle Tim has taken a deep dive into age falsification in women’s gymnastics on his excellent site âž™ Gymnastics-History.com.
Age falsification was quite common back in the bad, old days. Especially in China and Romania.
In fact, we even had cases of falsification in lower levels of Gymnastics competition where I coached.
Check out the important post:
Who Bears the Responsibility for Age Falsification in Chinese Gymnastics?
active flexibility – pike straddle
H Bars do break – metal fatigue
I still recall the day in the 1990s when my boss Keith Russell insisted we recycle the horizontal bar at University of Saskatchewan. Pay for a new one.
He felt they had to be replaced every 10 years in a Gym with many adult male gymnasts.
342 presses in 52 minutes
OK. Stefanie Millinger wins.
No parallettes. My wrists hurt just watching this.
Nobody wants to try to beat Stefanie’s record.
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advanced Gymnastics skills in training
monitoring Growth & Development
Dave Tilley:
… regularly tracking growth from a young age, as well as monitoring other aspects to athletes (resting heart rate / heart rate variability, perceived fatigue, sleep, movement screening, etc), is essential for coaches or healthcare providers involved in youth sports. …
HOW TO TRACK GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN YOUTH ATHLETES
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related – A quick and easy way to anticipate pubertal growth spurt is to ask kids if they’ve recently needed bigger shoes. Distal body parts grow first.
While not foolproof, it’s a useful first tool.
law abiding citizen 😀
benefits of Gymnastics
There are many.
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(via Tony Retrosi)
training Layout Jaeger 1/1 twist
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introducing Planche
ESSENTIAL for MAG.
And important for WAG – Cast Handstand.
Introduce it in conditioning from a young age.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. This is coach Alex McInnis who trained at Island Gymnastics Academy in PEI.
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