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New book by By Karen Louise Hollis.
This is a memoir of a young gymnast growing up in England in the 1980s and falling in love with the sport of gymnastics after watching the 1980 Olympics. It tells the story of the sport between 1980 and 1984 and includes exclusive interviews with top gymnasts from that era including Ecaterina Szabo (Romania), Kathy Johnson (USA), Tracee Talavera (USA) and Cheryl Weatherstone (GB).
A Golden Era of Gymnastics 1980-84 ($33.73)
Karen Louise Hollis has one coming. 🙂
A new exposé from Romania. In Romanian.
Olaru is opening up about her life, her struggle at home, the suicide of the father, her mother’s struggle with alcohol and the hard training sessions which at times involved beatings. …
New book from photographer Eileen Langsley.
From Inside Gymnastics.
February 24, 2016 by Ellen Aim (Author)
Growing up in Romania, Nadia Comaneci was just a five-year-old kid who performed cartwheels for fun. Nine years later, she tumbled her way into the history books when she became the first gymnast to earn a 10.0 at the Olympics. …
via Gymnastics – A Golden Era
A young adult novel. The Flipside.
via Gymternet Clan
details – Ebook, Apple iPad format £5.99
Eileen shows some sample pages on her website.
An archive of newsletter articles by Dr. Gerald George can be found here.
A sample — “The Mechanics of Impact“:
… The effectiveness of the take-off sets the uppermost limits of what the gymnast can hope to obtain during the airborne phase of any skill. During this moment, the path (trajectory) followed by the performer’s center of gravity, as well as the quantity of rotary motion (angular momentum) available for skill execution, are irrevocably established. …
Once the gun has been fired, there is no turning back…for the trajectory and momentum of its bullet are irrevocably established! …
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