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gymnasts have dense bones
Professor Marta Erlandson:
Research shows elite gymnasts – girls training at least 15 hours a week through childhood and adolescence – have much higher bone strength than other athletes or children who don’t participate in anything, she said. They also tend to maintain a higher bone density after they retire.
However, elite gymnastics isn’t something every child can do, and there’s some suggestion that it’s tied to high injury rates, Erlandson said.
She decided to look at recreational gymnastics, to see if just an hour a week of the activity would have any benefit.
Erlandson followed 160 young gymnasts over four years during her master’s and Ph.D studies. They had higher bone mineral content and higher bone strength than those who did other activities such as swimming, hockey and soccer. …
Marta is volunteering at Western Canadian Championships, head of Medical.
JP Caron steps down
Gymnastics Canada (GCG) is announcing that Jean-Paul Caron will conclude his mandate as President/CEO of the Federation effective April 28th 2014 …
After 14 years of committed leadership with Gymnastics Canada Caron and the GCG Board of Directors have agreed to move forward with a succession plan in the best interest of both parties.
FIG 125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, GALA, and CONGRESS
JP is a true gymnastics expert and one of the hardest working people I know. It’s going to be difficult to replace him.
Western Canadian Championships
Simon Biles’ Sports Psychologist
Full Twist:
In July 2013, Simone competed for the first time as a Senior in the Secret U.S. Classic where she performed poorly. Competing on three apparatus, she placed second to last in the All Around (AA) competition with a score of 41.33. A tough warm up meant that Biles scratched Vault from the competition, already scuppering her chance at a high ranking in the AA. Falls on Bars and Floor and a shakey Beam routine not only brought her score down, but also her confidence.
The 16-year-old’s confidence suffered greatly and her family and coaches decided to turn to sports psychology as a treatment in an effort to help her performance. After a couple of sessions with Robert B. Andrews of the Institute of Sports Psychology in her hometown of Houston, TX, she learned how to manage her nerves and use her excitement to improve her performance. This showed at the 2013 P & G Championships where she was crowned National Champion and thus secured her place on the National Team.
Just two months after the U.S. Classic, she competed at the 2013 World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, and won the All Around title with a score of 60.216 …
Interview: Simon Biles & Sports Psychologist Robert B. Andrews
related – Simone Biles: Gymnastics is a Matter of Perspective
Kim Jacob wins the Honda
Senior Kim Jacob (Raleigh, N.C.) of the University of Alabama was named the Honda Sports Award winner for Gymnastics …
The Honda Sports Award is presented annually by the CWSA to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA- sanctioned sports and signifies “the best of the best in collegiate athletics”. With this honor, Jacob becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious 2014 Honda Cup. Jacob was chosen by a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Finalists included Katherine Grable (Arkansas), Bridget Sloan (Florida) and Emily Wong (Nebraska). …
Here's Kim Jacob 2014 All-Around Champion & now Honda Award Winner for Gymnastics! She's a CHAMPION! Again! CONGRATS pic.twitter.com/Ym0uVsS2bZ
— Sarah Patterson (@UACoachSarah) April 24, 2014
Oklahoma Gymnastics bonus money
Oklahoma women’s gymnastics coach K.J. Kindler and her two assistants each received a total bonus of 40 percent of their base salaries for winning the Big 12 and NCAA titles. For Kindler, who is paid $175,000, those bonuses totaled $70,000.
How much are you paid, coach?
On the other hand, your team didn’t win the NCAA Championships. 🙂
University of Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione received $30,000 in bonuses tied to the postseason success of the women’s gymnastics team …
Castiglione, who is being paid a $905,000 guaranteed salary this year, was unavailable to comment, according to athletics spokesman Pete Moris. An e-mail sent to university President David Boren’s office wasn’t returned.
Castiglione’s contract, obtained through open records laws, includes bonuses of $10,000 for the gymnastics team’s conference title, and $20,000 for the NCAA championship. …
He was named Athletic Director of the Year in 2009 by the Sports Business Journal. Oklahoma’s intercollegiate sports programs turned a $17.5 million profit in the year ended June 30, according to the Department of Education data.
Castiglione this year received $40,000 for the football team’s participation in the Sugar Bowl and $25,000 for the men’s basketball team’s berth in the NCAA tournament. Both those programs made money in fiscal 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Education. …
You get the feeling all this big money being handed out at American Colleges for working with unpaid athletes is not going to last.
It’s a bubble that could easily go bust.
new Gym for Taiso, Saskatoon
One of the top men’s gymnastics clubs in Canada is getting a new facility.
I stopped in last night to check on the progress. Looks great. Scheduled to open July 2014.
They’ll have wall bars. Plenty of wall bars. 🙂
The Hard Way – Lisa Top
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Ebee Price to NCAA
2014 AT&T American Cup champion Elizabeth Price of Coopersburg, Pa./Parkettes Gymnastics, has retired from the U.S. Women’s National Team and will enroll at Stanford University for this fall, where she will compete on the school’s gymnastics squad.
“I have given this a lot of thought,” said Price. “Although the timing means that I might miss the opportunity to compete at the World Championships, I am ready to move on and have decided to enroll at Stanford University this fall. I am proud of what I have accomplished and I will miss my teammates, but I am excited to go to Stanford and compete in collegiate gymnastics.” …
Marta will not be amused.
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