One of the moderators on Chalk Bucket , bogwoppit, alerted me:
This is a very sad story, one of our lovely young Canadian gymnasts was very badly injured doing a new bar dismount at her club. She trained at Sport Seneca in Toronto , the same club as Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs and Peng-Peng Lee and was a hopeful for the 2012 Olympics.
Taylor Lindsay Noel is a 14 year old only child in a single parent family. She was a talented pianist and a gifted student.
… shocking how life can change so quickly. I know we all have many causes to support, but if you can help I am sure even the money for your morning coffee would benefit this child.
Here are two newspaper articles on Taylor and her Mom’s struggle to deal with the Canadian Gymnastics Federation. The comments are the bottom of the Globe and Mail article are particularly shocking.
TheStar.com | GTA | Paralyzed gymnast waits for miracle
globeandmail.com: Mom fights to have gymnast’s plight recognized - Commen...
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how to tape your handsFrom: gymnasticscoaching.com
Post Date: 2007-05-20 23:03:07
Rifs blog has a good photo tutorial on how to do a fast, basic tape job for rips.
This has proven to be a most effective method of taping hands as a preventative to tears or after one has already torn. I used it for years a gymnast and a gymnastics coach …
Rifs Blog: How to tape your hands.
(via Scott Bird’s excellent Straight to the Bar blog.)
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more gymnastics competition facility set-upFrom: gymnasticscoaching.com
Post Date: 2007-05-20 22:33:46
Is there any sport that takes more time, money and effort than gymnastics? We’ve been at it for two days preparing for the Canadian Gymnastics Championships .
Gym looks good. Our biggest problem was laying out the Rhythmic floors. They need a flat, smooth base below the carpet. But not concrete. We tried a number of different base layers before deciding on an interlocking plastic grid material.
Keith Russell had a brilliant idea. Instead of using concrete blocks for anchor we...
more preventing dumb injuriesFrom: gymnasticscoaching.com
Post Date: 2007-05-19 23:03:02
I know this sounds like heresy — but are minor injuries part of the learning process of children?
If we keep kids completely cocooned in protective bubbles, will they appreciate greater potential risk?
Do we need to shut down playgrounds?
Consider the athletes you know. Some have had “dumb injuries”. Some have never had a major injury.
Why?
What are the least injured athletes doing right?
Leave a comment if you have an opinion on this.
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more video - superb acrobatic stuntsFrom: gymnasticscoaching.com
Post Date: 2007-05-18 23:30:09
I especially like how they use a car as a gymnastics apparatus.
Many of the free running / Parkour videos you see are dangerous. YouTube is the “Olympics” for reckless kids.
But check this video featuring some of the best acrobats in the world including Cyril Raffaelli and David Belle .
These guys are as physically prepared and technically trained as any gymnast.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube .
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