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Category: pits
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broken neck in a Trampoline Park
An 18-year-old injured landing from Tramp into a pit. Surgery is scheduled.
Sherwood Park teen breaks his neck at trampoline park: family
I’m surprised Rec Trampoline Parks are legal. Needless to say, everyone should practice Trampoline at a club with experienced, certified coaches.
Thanks John.
rebuilding the Bermuda pit
3.5 hours to empty, clean, rebuild the base deck and fill. Merry Christmas. 🙂
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Rec pit – Phoenix Gymnastics
It’s great when recreation kids can have their own pit. This one is perfect for one Rec group at a time.
related – RecGymnastics.com
Victor Yeo – Pegan
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Gymnastics club in Equador destroyed
The facility in Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer was at least 70% destroyed by fire.
Seems a spark from a welder started the fire in a foam pit. 😦
No fire retardant in that foam, I’m assuming.
pit foam can be dangerous for gymnasts
Courtney Carignan from Harvard sends a link to an update on the research.
… a new study published online in the journal Environment International, co-authored by School of Public Health researchers, reports that popular gymnastics training equipment contains mixtures of flame-retardant chemicals that have been linked to increased risks of ADHD, cancer, and brain development delays.
The study found higher levels of those chemicals in gymnasts’ urine, indicating that gymnastics-training—specifically, pit cubes found in foam pits—are a source of exposure to toxic flame retardants. …
While prior studies have found high levels of such retardants in the air and dust of gyms, the new study, which analyzed foam pits in 11 US gyms, found that 89 percent of pit cubes sampled contained flame-retardants. …
Managers of the gyms reported that they had been required by local fire marshals to purchase equipment containing flame retardants. …
In the short term, one way that gymnasts can reduce their exposure is by washing their hands with soap and water after practice, rather than just with hand-sanitizer, Carignan said. …
For more information gymnastcollaborative.org
Taylor Lindsay-Noel audiocast
Canadian gymnast Taylor Lindsay-Noel was paralyzed in 2008 training a toe-on double front dismount from Bars. No pit. No spot.
She’s very eloquent. Very active online.
And now she’s launched a podcast called Tea Time with Tay.
In her first podcast Taylor details the day of her life-changing accident.
Here’s her website.
hard landing mats in the pit
We see it EVERY competition. Gymnasts competing skills on to hard mats that they’ve obviously rarely done on to competition mats.
It’s dangerous.
Coaches should do a better job of simulating the competition landing in training.
The best I’ve ever seen was T&T coach Tammy Stephenson. She trained landings on to very high, very soft surfaces for most of the year. Prior to a competition she alternated layers of matting stiffened with sheets of plywood.
