| Description |
xiii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1. Gymnastics panorama Gymnastics fever / Anita Verschoth -- Highlights of men's Olympic gymnastics / Josef Goehler -- Highlights of women's Olympic gymnastics / Josef Goehler -- The ancient beginnings / Sho Fukishima -- Modern rhythmic gymnastics / Helena Greathouse -- Gymnastics and the art of living / Daniel Millman -- Part 2. Starting out On the way up : notes of an Olympian / Leslie Wolfsberger -- Get that program going! / Janice & William Freeman -- The Oregan experience / Judy Niesslein -- Part 3. Physical training Warming up / Valerie Braithwaite -- A flexible plan / Linda Carpenter -- Weight training for gymanstics / Jack Einheber -- The dynamic yoga / Daniel Millman -- Diet : practical nutrition for the gymnast / Hardy Fink -- |
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Part 4. Psychological training Conquering the fear / Joe Massimo -- Satying on the beam / Joe Massimo -- Psychology of training for the meet / John H. Salmela -- Part 5. Special education Learning ballet steps / Sandra Hammond -- Dance warm-up / Maria Bakos -- Movement for the arms / Sandra Hammond -- Ballet for floor exercises and balance beam / Maria Bakos -- Music for floor exercise / Ernestine Russell Weaver -- Part 6. Coaching gymnasitics Notes for beginning coaches / Sandy Thielz -- Motivation, dedication, and determination / Linda Metheny -- Hints on coaching techniques / Don Tonry -- Specificity of stress and training / James R. Brown -- Some thoughts on spotting / Hardy Fink -- |
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Part 7. Safety Gymnastics equipment / Charles Pond -- Personal protective equipment / Walter Zwickel -- First Aid equipment / Holly Wilson -- Leg and foot injury prevention / Holly Wilson -- Injury care / Holly Wilson -- Part 8. The meet The active spectator / Dick Criley -- Judging men's gymnastics / William Roetzheim -- Judging women's gymnastics : new FIG code of points changes / Jackie Fie -- Dance and gymnastics : notes from an official / Norreen Connell -- The problems of judging / Josef Goehler -- The dangers of subjectivity / Hardy Fink -- Part 9. The champions Ludmilla Tourischeva : looking inside a champion / David Reed -- Nicolai Andrianov : from bad boy to world champion / Lyn Moran -- Cathy Rigby : the American whirlwind / Marilou Sturges -- Peter Kormann : an interview / Dick Criley -- Olga! / Lyn Moran -- Nadia Comaneci : perfection at Montreal / Bob Wischnia -- Kurt Thomas / Cathy Henkel -- Part 10. The future Olympic and international problems / Gene Wettstone -- Gymnastics art and soul / Hal Straus -- Visions of tomorrow / Daniel Millman |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 375 |
| Subject |
Gymnastics -- Biography.
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Gymnastics -- Coaching.
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Gymnastics.
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| Author |
Straus, Hal.
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| LC no. |
78055790 |
| ISBN |
0890371393 |
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