To be published October 2013.
UPDATE – Available for preorder now $59.95 in the USA.
The Handbook of Sports Medicine is an ongoing series of specialist reference volumes sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and designed specifically for the use of professionals working directly with competitive athletes.
The target groups for whom this handbook is written includes (1) interested medical doctors who have little or no training in sports medicine, as well as sports medicine professionals; (2) physiotherapists and other health-related professionals; (3) team coaches who have academic preparation in the basic sciences; and (4) knowledgeable gymnasts.
The purpose of this volume is to present a comprehensive, state-of-the-art description of the medical and scientific aspects of Olympic gymnastics sports.
Dennis Caine, Professor and Interim Dean College of Education and Human Development, University of North Dakota
Keith Russell, President Scientific Commission (FIG)
Liesbeth Lim, Former National Sports Physician of the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation, 1997–2012
Bossaball clubs exist in various countries including Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Kuwait, Ecuador and Saudi Arabia.
Beautiful Gymnastics continues a series analyzing the top teams vis-a-vis Worlds 2013.
The U.S. of America is toughest.
The team is so deep that at least a dozen different gymnasts have a chance for selection. It will probably come down to which are healthy and consistent at the right time.
Beautiful G assumes two all-arounders will be sent. The other two selected based on best chance for medals on apparatus:
Simone Biles– AA, VT, FX, UB and BB attempts (wildcard for both) Kyla Ross– AA, UB, BB