tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Technique developed allows gymnasts to stretch fully — for safest possible landings — when the high mats are removed.
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Derrian Gobourne. We’re happy to be back.
I’m feeling rotten for all those athletes having to watch the fun. Some locked out of the Gym.
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Chris is a stuntman and actor living in L.A.
He doubled Tom Holland for Spider-Man Homecoming and Far From Home.
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FIG has been running a virtual Parkour competition.
No need to travel to compete.
Parkour athletes are most expert at falling and landing safely.
Here are some video highlights.
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More videos.
You need YouTube Premium to watch the episodes 3-6.
My favourite episode of the first four.
I love seeing Grace and Jade in the Gym. Best interviews I’ve seen, so far.
Vault is the featured apparatus. They did not hold back on the terrible truth that competition landings on this event are very, very dangerous. Ellie Black and others were interviewed on injuries.
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I don’t understand why FIG has never tried to improve vault landing mats.
“C4-5 fracture-dislocation with quadriplegia,” is how the doctors first described his injury. …
… A month after he had won his medal at the Khelo India games, he had joined the national camp in New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Stadium. …
“I must have done it over a thousand times in my life. Even on the day I got injured, I performed it (Double Back on FX) three times cleanly,” he recalls. The fourth time though, he lost control. “My mind went blank at the top of the jump. …
How one fall turned gymnast Sandeep Kumar Pal’s life upside down
After months of rehab, he’s still regaining movement.
(via Rocker Gymnastics)
Women’s gymnastics, men’s football, and men’s and women’s basketball are NCAA sports with an elevated risk of injury requiring of surgery.
The results from this study can guide the NCAA and providers regarding which sports should be the focus of future research, new injury prevention strategies, and healthcare personnel allocation during events.
The Physician and Sportsmedicine
Surgery rates among 25 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports from 2005-14.
ACL tears most likely to stop return to sport.
We’ve got to do more to protect knees.
