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Knee Injuries In Gymnastics
Dave Tilley and Joe Myhren posted a detailed article on how professionals can assess risk of serious knee injury. The post opens with some alarming statistics:
Traumatic knee injuries such as ACL tears are 4-6 times higher in female athletes compared to males for jumping and landing sports, with some study models suggesting even a 10 times greater risk at baseline
This risk may be increased 10 fold for the young female athlete of high school age, meaning some models would place certain high school aged gymnasts to be 14 – 20x more likely to suffer an injury at baseline
The estimated cost of medical management following traumatic knee injuries is between $17,000 – $25,000 per injury.These numbers can further increase with more complex injuries that require extensive medical interventions and rehabilitation.
Some traumatic knee injuries have been associated with potential long term loss of sports participation, lowered academic performance, long term disability, major functional deficits, and a significant risk of future meniscal injuries/ knee osteoarthritis.
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Best practice is to avoid serious knee injury. Teach great technique from a young age to lower risk later in life.
The article includes many graphics. A couple of examples:
If interested, click through.
explaining Beam to Africans
African Gymnastic Championships is putting together a series of video spots in advance of the competition Mar 26-30th in South Africa.
Click PLAY or watch the Beam info clip on YouTube.
David Kenwright to Aussie
The Canadian coach of Kate Richardson, Brittany Rogers and dozens of others is heading Down Under. Congratulations.
@GymAustralia in partnership with @VicInstSport & @Gym_VIC are delighted to announce the appointment of David Kenwright as Program Manager!
— Gymnastics Australia (@GymAustralia) February 10, 2014
Mykayla Skinner – Cheng
2014 Fiesta Bowl Invitational
February 8th, 2014
Note that one hand barely touches the horse. She should lower the preflight.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
via GymFever
Kenzo – TTY
Shallon Olsen – Floor
Wayne Wright on racial discrimination
To San Jose State University women’s gymnastics head coach Wayne Wright, recent issues of racial discrimination on San Jose State’s campus hit close to home.
One of only two African American women’s gymnastics head coaches in the NCAA, Wright’s teams over his 13-year tenure have featured gymnasts of all races and from all walks of life. So when University administration called for volunteers to form the Special Task Force on Racial Discrimination, Wright answered the call. …
Personally, what are you hoping to learn from participating with this committee?
I’ve been here for quite some time and I think San Jose is very diverse. I’ve never seen any type of “ism”, whether it’s racism or sexism
read more – Gymnastics Coach Wright Serves On Special Task Force on Racial Discrimination
Alexander Alexandrov interview
DWIGHT NORMILE:
The current issue of International Gymnast includes an in-depth interview with Alexander Alexandrov, whose coaching genius has been well documented but often overlooked. …
The photo-collage here comprises a handful of his champions: Dimitry Bilozerchev and Valentin Mogilny in 1983; the 1989 world champion Soviet women’s team; 1994 U.S. junior champion Dominique Moceanu; and, of course, 2010 world all-around champion Aliya Mustafina, who won the most women’s medals (4) at the 2012 Olympics, including the uneven bars gold.
Under Alexandrov, the 2012 Russian women’s Olympic team won six medals in London, more than any other country. But somehow this led to Alexandrov’s dismissal as head coach and eventual move to Brazil.
Following are notes and excerpts from the interview with the 64-year-old Alexandrov, who candidly answered our questions …
read more – Rebuilding Brazil: Alexandrov’s Latest Challenge
anti-bullying TV spot
Smart.
“A day at work doesn’t look like this. What about a day at school?”
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
