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You know that kid?
A motor genius?
They can quickly understand a movement challenge and accomplish it quickly.
HOW that works is little understood by coaches.
Yuka Sugiura consults with gymnasts & coaches, explaining the vestibular system. And uses a few quick, easy drills to improve the brain body connection.
To learn more, listen to the podcast. Google: “EP077 Gymnastics Growth Show – Nick Ruddock and Yuka Sugiura“
Review by Gymnastics Coaching editor Rick McCharles
Pacific & Court Publishing sent me a review copy of a new book by Julia Konner — Perfect Balance.
Published August 2024.
It’s very good. I recommend it for coaches, parents, and serious older gymnasts.
It’s science based, but easy enough to read for every teenager.
Coaches can read this book to remind of important principles for being successful in Gymnastics and Life.
Gymnasts can treat it as a fill-in-the-blank workbook, if they prefer.
Honest and up-to-date. I found nothing with which I could disagree. 😀
I liked the section titled Handling the Hardships of Gymnastics.
The chapter on Quitting, best of all. This should be recommended to any older gymnast contemplating hanging up the grips.
Gymnastics is a master teacher of how to fail. More important, it is a master teacher of how to overcome failure. As a gymnast, you deal with so much failure that after a while it doesn’t seem so scary. Many people avoid challenges because they are so afraid to fail—but not you. You know that when you fail you are one step closer to success. You also know that failure is a normal (and helpful) part of life.
Julia Konner, MPH, CHES, is a former collegiate Division 1 student-athlete and coach with over 16 years of competing as an artistic gymnast. Through her many years as a club athlete, collegiate athlete, and team captain, she has faced her own adversities through injuries, body image issues, and impact that training 30+ hours/week has had on her social life.
Over the years she has helped countless young and college-aged athletes navigate the ups and downs of the complicated, arduous, and time-consuming sport of gymnastics.
Through her personal experience and intricate knowledge of the sport, Konner provides evidence-based advice for young gymnasts at every level. She holds a master’s in public health (MPH) from the University of California, Davis.
During and after finishing her graduate work, she worked in research and program management related to prevention and mitigation of chronic diseases through healthier lifestyle habits.
She remains active as a competitive CrossFit athlete, focused on both the physical side of strength as well as the mental. She currently lives in Washington, DC, and works in public health.
Rebeca, Simone, Ellie would all be competitive in 2028.
With insufficient time to do a full concussion check after a Bars fall, Flavia went straight back to compete.
Another great video from Nick Ruddock.
He recommends competing at around 80% of ability for consistency and injury reduction.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Vault landing mats in competition is the biggest RISK for major injury. The FIG really needs to improve that landing surface. Something like what is used in Double-Min would be safer.
One awkward landing on the vault …
Jones is one of three women who saw their hopes of reaching the Olympics end with injuries this week. Skye Blakely, who finished a strong second to Biles at the U.S. Championships last month, tore the Achilles tendon in her right leg during training on Wednesday.
Kayla DiCello, a 2020 Olympic alternate, ruptured her left Achilles tendon on vault on Friday.
What a shame.
The fan favourite was looking so good in training.
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Documentary from the medical point of view.
Studying Yul, in this case.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency did not — I believe — follow their own procedures correctly.
In April 2024, the Doping Investigations Unit of German broadcaster ARD released a documentary revealing the details of 28 positive tests for the banned heart-booster returned by 23 Chinese swimmers.[52].
All were declared “no fault” cases after Chinada reported to WADA that a mass contamination event had accounted for the adverse findings. …
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Jessica Gadirova is already a bronze Olympic medalist in the team event at Tokyo.
But tore her ACL at the the World Championships 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium,
IF not recovered in time for Paris, Jess plans to train through the 2028 L.A. Olympics. At least.
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