I havent seen when a coach sits on a gymnast while she does a split, but i saw a video that a little girl was making a plit and the coach touched her neck and pushed her back and she was bouncing...

I think Flor is referring to when the coach actually sits on the gymnast, and then maybe some of them bounce like that - not good! I don't think that stretching practice of the coach sitting on the gymnast is good at all, for lots of reasons. Other ways are better and good, like stretching from leg kicks and then pulling one leg up, stretching splits from the gymnast kneeling and one leg pulled[ Read More... ]

What, they bounce them up and down? Ouch! Rhythmic or Artistic gymnastics?

but i definitely dont bouncy my splits.I saw a montage about Russian gym training and thats what they do to little children.

Actually, Chellsie is also endorsing GK too lol. She's on the cover of the purple GK catalog. Her official website is http://www.chellsiememmel.net . All the links on her website don't work though.

more Tyson American Cup video links here: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=317

USA Gymnatics photos links: Behind the scene on March 1: http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2007/tac/photos2.html Men & Women Training on March 1: http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2007/tac/photos1.html ...and guys getting massage lol Media Day - March 1: http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2007/tac/photos3.html U.S. team & Marta Karolyi Lunchtime:[ Read More... ]

Quick hits for qualifiers: http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2007/tac/1quick.html

One reason more guys go to college and don't think that they have to put aside their elite career and that it's over is that the average age and the peak age for men is higher than it is for women in competitive gymnastics. Also, men practices are more geared towards quality than quantity while women's is so much about quantity - maybe they should train differently, like how a lot of the[ Read More... ]

That's really cool!

Ya, most club elite gymnasts have practice like it's a full time job - like 40 hours a week, club gymnasts have practice like a part-time job usually - like around 20 hours a week, college gymnasts I think only can do 3 hours of practice like 5 days a week - something like that. Maybe that amount of practice is enough for during the NCAA season, and then she can have more practice after the[ Read More... ]

I posted it in the college section at http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=186 . Check it out!

Alicia Sacramone has decided to go to Brown and compete college gymnastics there while also still training for the Beijing Olympics. They compare it kind of to Amy Chow, but she was retired at Stanford and then did a comeback to make the US team in 2000 - she took a year off though. And I don't think she competed for the Stanford team, right? Here's the article: "Balancing act Winchester's[ Read More... ]

For the women, first is the Team Selection Camp at Martha & Bela Karolyi's on September 30th - October 5th. The team will be announced October 5th. The 12 women invited to the camp are: Jana Bieger - Coconut Creek, Fla./Boca Twisters Kayla Hoffman - Union, N.J./Rebound Jacquelyn Johnson - Westchester, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics Natasha Kelley - Katy, Texas/Stars Houston Nastia Liukin -[ Read More... ]

Anyone know when the USA will announce Worlds team?

Ya, bouncing your splits is bad, apparently 'vibrating' your splits is good, and is the Russian technique.

Up until last year, our coach said it would be good, like it would be "active" flexibility / warming up, and then later he told us not to do it...must have heard that it was bad at Congress or something!

OOOO, great post teri! Lots of girls at my gym do it! I'll tell them about it. Thanks!

Hopefully this coach isn't like this teacher in a school that makes her student workout for an hour in the heat outside and won't let them get a drink! http://life.familyeducation.com/safety/parents-and-school/42239.html That really would be counterproductive.

Hey, I already had guessed before that bouncing up in down when in the splits is not good, I had a school p.e. project and came across this: From: http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/Webpages/Health/stretchwarm.html - Health & Fitness - Stretching - Warming Up "Do not bounce! — Bouncing can cause microtrauma in the muscle, which must heal itself with scar tissue. The scar tissue tightens[ Read More... ]

ya it was interesting at the nationals. one score for the difficulty and one for how u do it. makes one point difference in the standings different than before!