tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
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Not a zero vault, in my opinion. Judges gave her 8.066 execution score. Final = 15.066.
FIG WTC should be more severe on dangerous landings than that.
An excellent YDT scores about 15.0
Dipa’s podium training double front was better.
The most severe, the most stupid Gymnastics training was in the 1980s. Here’s a case study. Other coaches tried to emulate.
Retton has undergone 19 surgeries, including having both hips replaced, partially because of all the pounding as a gymnast. She needs back and shoulder surgery, which won’t be scheduled until after the Rio Games.
“When I say we did 60 to 70 vaults a day, we did — and that was landing on that hard surface,” Retton said. …
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Mary Lou Retton: Ignore your critics, do what you love
(via GymCastic)
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.
Back from injury at World Championships 2015.
Click PLAY or watch The Hard Way profile on YouTube. (21min)
She also talks about her 2014 mental block on twisting. Giulia went back and relearned twisting from the beginning.
Robert Cowan linked to two extreme videos. I’m not sure which is more dangerous. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch a chainsaw skater on Facebook.
Click PLAY or watch an electric surfboard on Facebook.
I hope FIG WTC listens to their Olympic Champion. She’s right.
Rules should be set with respect to the health and safety of competitors.
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The FIG Medical Commission should have more input to WTC. 😦
(via Inside Gymnastics)
They are more common than we realize. 😦
GymCastic interviewed former gymnast Caroline Just, a Neurology resident, on best practices for coaches, parents and teammates:
ANY head injury during practice or a meet should be investigated with a concussion checklist, because if you keep going without it, the second concussion could make things much worse. Print out a checklist and put it on the wall of the gym or download the Heads Up App
Take Tylenol not aspirin, Ibuprofen, Advil, Motrin, Naproxen or Aleve.
Most concussions resolve within two weeks, but if you don’t go through the appropriate steps, waiting to be symptom-free for 24 hours before you advance stages, you risk not healing properly, which increases risk of long-term neurocognitive symptoms
Go see a doctor if you are worried! It’s pretty unlikely that the doctor will tell you to quit, or to take a long break.
Doctors are required, in most states and provinces, to inform authorities if the welfare of a child is in danger, including by coaches. If you think a coach is negligent – don’t be silent. Get parents involved, get head coaches involved, get athletic directors involved. The right people will take this very seriously.
Gymnasts are tough. They are used to focusing on the goal and working through the pain. However, sometimes the toughest thing is to do what is right for your health, or your friend’s health. It’s better to miss the meet than miss the season, or miss out on your life.
Caroline Just recommended we download a free app – Heads Up. I’ll be checking it out.
Humble beginnings in a sport that has little financial backing in India mean her gymnastic achievements, the first Indian to medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games, are all the more remarkable. …
2016 marks the 10th year under the current Code of Points, which tried to repair an ineffective judging system from 2004 by creating — and adding — two separate scores: “Difficulty” and “Execution.” …
It is debatable whether this rather one-dimensional Code, which continues to get tweaked as problems arise, has actually improved the sport or its evaluation. …
Dwight much preferred the perfect 10 Codes of Points, as do I.
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics weighs in. And agrees. IG – The State of the Sport
FIG Technical Committees have not done a good job of tweaking the open ended Codes, in my opinion. They are today at least as problematic as the 2004 perfect 10 Codes.
If you are interested in this topic, you’ll need to buy Dvora Meyers’ upcoming book July 5, 2016.
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