Tweet USA Today on Vulnerability to ankle sprains varies with age

GymNiceTic is celebrating it’s First Birthday – Congratulations!

Shannon Miller has started a lifestyle blog. You can join and discuss baby tales, fitness etc.

The Science of Sport Blog have two new posts Barefoot running and shoes – the Q & A Part 1 and Part 2

Since David Beckhams injury there have been numerous blog posts appearing about Achilles Tendon injuries. I like this one I received by email from Sports Injury Clinic.

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I’m not a football fan but I support my country at International Level, I’m more of a rugby girl it has to be said. Yes it requires a lot of natural talent to be a World Class footballer but I always find rugby more impressive. One thing that strikes me is the attitude of rugby players opposed to that of football players. Rugby players get many bad knocks during a game and get on with it, whereas there’s a lot of drama in football with players diving and claiming …

Tweet Treating an Acute Injury by using the PRICE Principle
Irish Gymnastics adopts a  new disciplinary & complaints policy
You can follow UK Sport on Twitter – UK’s high performance sports agency working across all Olympic and Paralympic sports
A few other Twitter Accounts I’m following  GB Team 2012, London 2012, Team GB - none of them have the “verified account” tag unfortunately

Tweet If you haven’t seen it already (or even if you have!) check out this great video of 13 year old Greg Townley

Tweet Do swimmers sweat?
Sports MD on The Role of Balance in Sports
Blog of Sport on how Gymnastics Equipment Creates Balance
Barefoot Running Biomechanics Expert Casey Kerrigan, Hopes to Develop a “Naturally Compliant” Shoe

Tweet FIG have released an update on their website regarding Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun. In the case of Dong Fangxiao, the Executive Committee constituted that there was a violation to the FIG Statutes and Regulations.  The Executive Committee decided that in the case of Yang Yun the concrete and objective evidence available is insufficient to prove that the birth date indicated on the official documents was falsified.

The FIG Executive Committee has ruled in the case involving two Chinese gymnasts suspected of having falsified their dates of birth …

Tweet Char wrote a nice piece on Aerial Skiier Ashley Caldwell
Your chair is your enemy -  a piece from The New York Times
Aileen Gallagher of NY Magazine on Why figure skating is so much better than gymnastics
Blythe has a response to Aileen Gallagher’s article from a gymnastics point of view
Ross Tucker on The mental edge or physiology – what separates champions from contenders?

Tweet Become a fan of British Gymnastics on Facebook
New Shawn Johnson leotards for spring – opinions?
Sports MD has an article on ”Healing after a Traumatic Event”
Blythe is running a poll – Which US gymnast do you want added to the American Cup line up?
The TV Chick has a review of the latest episode of Make It Or Break It – what do you think?

Tweet With 895 days to go until the London 2010 Olympics, a decision has been made to hold the rhythmic gymnastics competition in Wembley Arena, BBC Sport have an update on the decision.
International Olympic Committee website is great! They have a great list of the calender of events in Artistic Gymnastics and also a fantastic database that you can search for all of the medal winners, over all of the sporting categories since 1896!
Following on from my Coping with injuries post, here is a post I came across about Refusing to break: General Gymnasts …

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With the Winter Olympics fast approaching wired.com have compiled a list of all of the American Olympians who are on Twitter. It’s great, over a third of the American team for the Olympics have Twitter accounts! Check it out here

Tweet Irish Gymnastics maintains funding levels for the ‘National Governing Body (NGB) Core Grant’ allocation for 2010 receiving an allocation of €169,545, the same as in 2009. Read more here
British Gymnastics have launched BGTV. Check out videos of their gymnasts. What a great idea!
Gymnastics Article: Mental Blocks, Visualisation, Performance
FIG launches a database to purchase photos online. It features photos from the 2009 FIG World Championships in Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics, the 1st Gym for Life Challenge and the 8th World Games exclusively.
 Download the 2nd edition of the Science of Gymnastics …

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I had heard about this last week on Twitter. A post has just popped up on the Irish Gymnastics website regarding it. I’m not quite sure what this means for IG but hopefully something good will come of it.
Dublin has been chosen as the European Capital of Sport 2010 by the internationally renowned European Capitals of Sport Association (ACES).
 

Dublin City Council invites everybody to celebrate the year & share in the collective pride we all feel in our achievements at local, national and international level in terms of sporting …

Tweet New tactics urged to fight female sports injuries

Salto Gymnastics Club – Irelands top gymnastics venue

Female athletes injured more than male athletes

Reduction in Irish Sports Council funding for Irish Gymnastics

FIG on “cracking down and easing up”

The current WAG World ranking lists

Which MIOBI character are you? I’m Payson “You’re talented and totally focused which makes you Payson. You’re the best of the best, you can afford to relax a little”

Tweet As coaches and gymnasts we all know how important a move the basic handstand is in our sport. I really enjoyed this article by Troy on Handstands. I strongly suggest that you take the time and read it. I’m really enjoying the in depth posts from Troy and Chris – you guys are helping me learn new things and refresh my memory from college

Rick posted a link to this fantastic book Building The Gymnastic Body. I had a quick glance over the contents and bought it immediately. …

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I recently bought “Letters to a young gymnast“, a book  by  Nadia Comaneci. It just arrived today so I’ll be snuggling up in bed to read it tonight. I must be honest and say that I have not read many gymnastics books that aren’t directly about coaching. I have read Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey, I enjoyed the read.It was interesting to find out how gymnasts conducted themselves and the lengths they would go to to achieve their dreams goal, even if compromising their own health.
 I’d be interested to …