Category: safety

Alyssa Baumann withdraws from trials

Alyssa Baumann Injured, Withdraws from Olympic Trials

Terrible timing.

Alyssa is one of those inspiring future generations of gymnasts around the world.

Jazzy Foberg, Bailie Key and Norah Flately will not be competing. Gymnastics is a dangerous sport. At any one time a high percentage of gymnasts are injured. 😦

(via FloGymnastics)

“pulling in” on Flyaway

I’m at a coaching course right now. As always we spent disproportionate time on this skill

Dr. Bill Sands posted an article on the Biomechanics of Flyaway dismount on Bars. A good read for every coach.

I want to do EVERYTHING I can to prevent my gymnasts from hitting their feet on the rail. Or – worse – their head. 😦

Most dangerous, in my opinion, are tucked and double tucked flyaways. While changing position from the stretched long swing to the tucked position, there’s a chance the gymnast will “pull in” to the Bar. That is to say, redirect the path of the Centre of Mass towards the Bar.

That’s in addition to the normal problem – releasing too late.

What we WANT is a “pitch out” of the Centre of Mass. A redirection out and away just before release.

Dr. Bill Sands
Dr. Bill Sands

For me layout and double layout flyaways are safest. Then piked.

See it on The Advanced Study of Gymnastics – How Does a Flyaway Work? (link is now correct)

disaster for Dunedin Gymnastics, NZ

It’s not clear whether or not insurance will cover this kind of loss. 😦

Dunedin Gymnastics Academy will have to write off more than $100,000 worth of equipment after health and safety tests last week revealed traces of asbestos on the rafters and window sills.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Give A Little fund-raiser

Sorry to hear the bad news, Imogen.

coach Eric Harrison to prison

French / American Gymnastics coach Eric Harrison was sentenced to 2 years in prison with 1 year suspended.

Amongst his other crimes, he had a video camera in the locker room in Guise, France. It looks like a pen.

pen video camera

Harrison edited the website Gymnet.org, now gone from the internet. We’ve deleted all links to Gymnet.org from this site, as well.

I want to thank a member of the former Gymnet forum for alerting us to this criminal.

sand flipping’

Don’t try this at home. … Never mind, you don’t have giant sand dunes at home.

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(via Greg Roe)

Kenzo – Yurchenko 3 1/2

I wouldn’t want to be Kenzo’s knees.

via Gymternet Clan