tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
… Expert performance guru Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak condenses three decades of original research …
Former gymnast Jason Shen posted an interview with Ericsson – Beyond the 10,000 Hour Rule: Talking with Anders Ericsson on How People Reach Expert Performance
Note. If YOU train 10,000 hours don’t expect to qualify for the Olympics. It takes more than that. 🙂
Originally published in French – La petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais . New in English just in time for the Olympics.
… Lola Lafon tells the story of Comaneci’s journey from growing up in rural Romania to her eventual defection to the United States in 1989. Adored by young girls in the west and appropriated as a political emblem by the Ceausescu regime, Comaneci’s life was scrutinised wherever she went. Lafon’s novel is a powerful re-imagining of a childhood in the spotlight of history, politics and destiny.
via Gymternet Clan
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.
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