Category: Gymnastics

on proprioception

We often talk about the 5 senses, but proprioception is even more important than those five.

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Sight (vision), hearing (audition), taste (gustation), smell (olfaction), and touch (somatosensation) are the five traditionally recognized senses. The ability to detect other stimuli beyond those governed by these most broadly recognized senses also exists, and these sensory modalities include temperature (thermoception), kinesthetic sense (proprioception), pain (nociception), balance (equilibrioception), vibration (mechanoreception), and various internal stimuli (e.g. the different chemoreceptors for detecting salt and carbon dioxide concentrations in the blood, or sense of hunger and sense of thirst).

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(via Rec Gymnastics)

training at BIG Gymnastics, Illinois

Level 9 and 10s at BIG Gymnastics in Burr Ridge. Co-Owner and Head Coach Kara Kapernekas talks us through an October workout.

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Oleg might have surgeries in January

Coach Gennady Sartynsky:

Oleg will likely have surgeries on his leg and shoulder in January.

He’ll probably miss the whole next season. He definitely won’t be able to train for half a year and then we’ll see how he’s getting back in shape.

He tore a ligament in his leg, this had bothered Oleg even before Rio, but it was tolerable. He’s torn his shoulder already this season and it needs to be repaired.

We’ve just done an MRI and realized that a surgery is inevitable. …

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He wants to finish the Bundesliga season first.

Combs-La-Ville results

Lauren posted the 2017 Tournoi International Results.

Junior
Alessia Federici Italy 51.617
Varvara Zubova Dynamo (Russia) 50.867
Yana Vorona Dynamo (Russia) 50.750
Maria Vittoria Coccolo Italy 50.633
Benedetta Ciammarughi Italy 49.850
Kyra Cato Alberta (Canada) 49.800

Espoir
Angela Andreoli Italy 49.067
Giulia Messali Italy 47.267
Gréta Mayer Budapest (Hungary) 47.200

Alessia Federici

Aly Raisman on the Today Show

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Margzetta Frazier to UCLA

The National Team member is heading to sunny California.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbc24eRhN8q/?taken-by=margzetta
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbXRmerBHCh/?taken-by=margzetta

should male gymnasts train shirtless?

There’s a good thread on this topic on  Gymnastics Coaches Skills & Drills. (Closed Facebook Group. You’d need to apply to join.)

Plenty of pros and cons. Some Gyms discourage training shirtless. Some do not allow it. Most do.

At the end of the day, however, it’s not going to be easy to change the culture. I expect most older male gymnasts will be training shirtless for decades to come.

Marine Boyer – Bars release series

It ain’t easy.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BbWkZiAFe35/
 
related – Marine Boyer shines in Switzerland (French)

(via @thegymterdotnet)

top NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Signees

Gymnasticsville put together a list of their top 25 incoming recruits for next season.

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via Stick it Media