One again, dumb people are planning a multi-sport games with no restrictions on performance enhancing substances.
Gymnastics included.
Here’s what happened last time this idea came up. 😀
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Category: sport medicine
should FIG require a proper “landing”?
Male FIG gymnasts must show control on landing. I’d say right now there is TOO MUCH emphasis on STICK in MAG FIG.
Obviously, FIG women have never been required to show control. Absolutely no control often results in a very small deduction for WAG.
I’m of mixed feelings on this question:
should FIG require a proper “landing”?
On the one hand, it would force coaches to include dismounts that are more fully mastered. A good thing. AND it would help separate the best of the best routines.
On the other hand, I fear more injuries on landing might result. Stepping or hopping out of a high impact landing is an excellent way to dissipate forces. Gymnasts trying to “SAVE” a competition landing could suffer more injuries.
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Giarnni Regini-Moran documentary
Giarnni’s quest for Paris.
The comeback from posterior cruciate ligament injury.
Inspiring.
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FIG Para-Gymnastics webinar
Gymnastics and acrobatic sports are difficult to modify for the Paralympics.
However, 12 nations have Para-Gymnastics programs running already.
Special Olympics Gymnastics is much more available.
The inclusion of gymnastics in the programme of the Paralympic Games has always been part of FIG President Morinari Watanabe’s vision. In this sense, the FIG has created the Paralympics and Special Olympics Working Group that is actively working towards the inclusion of the discipline in the programme of the Paralympic Games. To help achieve this goal, a roadmap has been developed.
We are happy to invite you to watch the first para-gymnastics webinar on the FIG Education YouTube channel.
via email
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FIG WTC Antwerp Worlds Report
2023 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp, BEL
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee Report
WaPo investigation into NCAA abuse
For many, many gymnasts the opportunity for a College scholarship to gain their education is a fantastic experience. Indeed, the vast majority of gymnasts I’ve spoken with are happy with their decision to compete after Club.
BUT it doesn’t work for all. I’m particularly concerned about risk of serious injury competing so many times each season in NCAA.
Recently, Molly Hensley-Clancy and Emily Giambalvo did a deep dive into female college gymnasts complaints for the Washington Post:
Beneath NCAA gymnastics’ glow, a familiar ‘toxic’ culture
Female gymnasts say college was supposed to offer a reprieve from intense club programs. Then they arrived on campus and found more of the same.
I believe that story is not behind the paywall.
Schools identified in the article:
- University of North Carolina
- LSU
- Utah
- Penn State
- Clemson
- Utah State
Eating disorders are common for many young women, especially college athletes. But studies consistently find female gymnasts are at a staggeringly high risk, with a 2004 study finding 42 percent of gymnasts and other elite “aesthetic sport” athletes, such as figure skaters, had disordered eating habits, compared with 16 percent in sports like soccer or basketball.
Certainly I believe the complainants.
I also believe that many of their teammates had positive experiences with the same coaches. Both can be simultaneously true.
Are things getting better in the NCAA?
Rebeca on training after knee injuries
Rebeca Andrade has had 3 ACL tears: 2015, 2017, and 2019.
Yet she came back to be competing the all-around right beside the greatest gymnast all time, Simone.
It’s possible.
Since her three major knee injuries, Andrade has picked her spots to compete extremely carefully.
After her 2022 World all-around win, she didn’t compete on the floor exercise again until this year’s Worlds in Antwerp.
“I have complete freedom to talk to Chico [Francisco Porath], who is my coach, and he knows that when I’m in pain, I tell him that, ‘Today, it is very difficult. Is it okay for us to hold off on that workout, to do a lighter workout?’ because he knows that the next day I’m going to arrive at the gym and I’m going to do my best,” explained Andrade of her approach.
“This is very important to me. This exchange that we have, this trust that we have in each other – and also, the physical part, the physical trainer, the multidisciplinary part also with physiotherapy, massage therapy, psychologist [is important].
Olympics.com
injured 2022 European Champions
It’s a dangerous sport.
Jessica Gadirova ACL injury
Awful news.
Can she recover in time for the Paris Olympics?
It is possible.
Injuries before Worlds 2023
There are injuries before every major competition.
But Worlds 2023 — the Olympic qualifier — is the very worst time for contenders to be hurt.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 