The Gymnastics Book: The Young Performer's Guide to Gymnastics

The Gymnastics Book: The Young Performer's Guide to Gymnastics
ISBN-10
177085133X
ISBN-13
9781770851337
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Language
English
Published
2012
Authors
Elfi Schlegel, Claire Ross Dunn

Description

This indispensable guide is simply the best book for beginners to the sport of artistic gymnastics. Illustrated with stunning full-colour photographs of gymnasts balancing, tumbling and jumping, The Gymnastics Book features skilled guidance from a medal-winning, record-breaking gymnast who is now a noted instructor. The topics covered in detail include: *Finding a good gymnastics club *Qualities to look for in a coach *Warm-up and cool-down exercises *Entering competitive gymnastics *Managing victories and losses *The importance of family and friends *Nutrition and apparel *Financial aspects *A typical day of training for competition. The book is also filled with anecdotes and advice from Olympic stars, taking beginners behind the scenes and offering a no-holds-barred account of life as a competitive gymnast. New gymnasts featured include: *Shallon Olsen: At just 11 years old she ranked first overall in her age category. She now has the 2016 Olympics games in her sights. *Kyle Shewfelt: To date, Kyle is the only Olympic Gold Medalist (2004, Athens) from Canada. *Emily Boycott: A Special Olympics athlete and 27 years old, her team took home five gold medals from the 2007 Beijing Olympics. AUTHOR: Elfi Schlegel was a member of the Canadian National Team from 1976 to 1985, won two gold medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and in 1979 won a team gold and individual bronze medal at the Pan Am Games. Elfi won Canada's only World Cup gymnastics medal, a bronze in the vault, in 1980. As a scholarship athlete at the University of Florida, she was a six-time All-American. Claire Ross Dunn is a journalist and writer for television. Colour photographs

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