Dave Tilley presented to both WAG NCAA College coaches and judges before the 2022 season.
The goal is for judges to evaluate landings consistently โ and promote the safest possible landings.
The biggest reason is due to the massive number of serious knee and ankle injuries that gymnasts deal with, particularly in the NCAA. When you look at research studies, leg injuries account for up to 54.1% โ 70.2% of all injuries.
Based on a study looking at injuries in NCAA Womenโs gymnastics from 2009-2014, leg injuries accounted for 50% of all injuries with the knee and ankle being the most common (19). In some studies, up to 52% of all gymnastics injuries occur during landings, with some researchers calling it the โriskiest exercise phase in gymnastics.โ …
I’d concur that the very BEST drill for landing facing forward is jumping down from a height to punch forward salto. It’s also my favourite drill for take-offs facing forward.
For strong gymnasts I’d include 10 drops to punch front โย OR 5 sticks, whichever comes first. ๐
Dave Tilley’s excellent book, more than 450 pages.
Something for every coach: sports medicine, injury prevention, conditioning, ethics, …
Dave was partly inspired to put his ideas together by the Nassar crimes. He sensed “outdated training methods and a toxic culture can foster abusive practices” in Gym … making it possible for a pedophile to go undetected for decades.
Coaches spent inordinate amounts of time with young children and parents place complete trust in them. Young athletes are taught that their dreams may depend on the approval of a famous trainer or coach. They are also programmed to believe that obeying orders given, without question, is the only path to achieve their dreams.
Together, these truths about certain areas of our sport, while not necessarily inherently malicious in nature, certainly open to the door to abuse and mistreatment of young athletes. …
I certainly recommend you download and check it out for yourself.
Executive Committee (EC)ย decided at their 16-17 May meeting to lift all restrictions applicable to Russian and Belarusian athletes since February 2022, with immediate effect.
Personally, I would have voted against. Putin’s war has killed officially over 400,000 โย but likely over a million.
Yes, you could argue other nations should be banned, as well. I’d like vote for those bans.
NOW โ what about Russia’s top downillegal use of performance enhancing drugs?
World Gymnastics has lifted all restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes, effective immediately.
The decision was announced in the Executive Committee's May 2026 bulletin on Monday. pic.twitter.com/57Tt9j3AI9
At MINIMUM your gymnasts age 10-17 should have a place in the Gym where they pencil in their standing height on some regular basis. They should know when they are growing. There are implications for training load.
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The Japanese gymnastics training system emphasizes injury prevention through extensive warm-up routines, active mobility, and specific strength development. Techniques focus on enhancing flexibility and precision, optimizing performance in key events while strategically managing strength.
I๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎโ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ. But to everyone else theyโll be a consistent friend. Theyโll never lack meaning.
๐๐๐๐ฎโ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐. Theyโll take up space and theyโll like what they like. ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐๐.
My girls will be feared by weak men. ๐๐๐๐ฎโ๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฉ. They will always know love, and never feel they have to earn it.
Theyโll know their value is inherent, has nothing to do with their looks. ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ. Theyโll be mothers one day if they so choose. But their value wonโt be defined by the use of their wombs.
They will be whatever lives in their hearts. ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ.
My girls will know poetry and song. They know I will listen when something feels wrong. They will learn that โwomen are too emotionalโ is an original lie. And they will not grow up with a father who refuses to cry.
So yeah, My girls will make some weak men shake in their knees. ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ.
Last month, USA Gymnastics terminated GAGEโs membership effective immediately due to allegations that coaches were not complying with the terms of their suspensions tied to claims of abuse. The decision prevented its athletes from participating in meets sanctioned by the governing body, which of course includes every major elite competition in the country.
Because of this, gymnasts who trained at GAGE have started finding refuge in other programs, including first-year seniorย Lavi Crainย and her younger sister Vivi to World Champions Centre, Winter Cup competitors Annalisa Milton to Missouri Elite and Kaylee Sath to WOGA, and junior national team member Aulya Daniels to Liberty Gymnastics.
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