There have been some posts regarding mental blocks and thought it would be useful to post this article that I found on a sports psychology website (Link Removed):
It's called:
BREAKING DOWN THE BLOCK! (Athletes)
Getting it, losing it, and getting it back again in gymnastics
by Alison...
How very sad for this girl. I don't know enough about the Canadian system to agree it is flawed, but it does seem crazy to me that the gymnast of "now" would not make it.
Flawed system leaves Vaculik out of Olympic Games
Hi.Does anyone know if there are any games or programs out there (internet or software) that is like any of the tycoon games or sims games but gymnastics??? Or does anyone know when they are coming out with something like that? Thanks!!
1) He has been the top ranked gymnast on the FIG Ranking List for at least 7 years (Horizontal bar).
He is ranked No. 1 on high bar in the FIG World Cup points system; with more than 750 points, he has nearly 300 points more than the next highest gymnast.
2) At the last three World...
Hadn't yet seen a thread on this topic. Just wondering what everyone thought of Brazil's contention that the fans were just excited and didn't mean any harm to the athletes from other countries. Do you think there is a possibility we could see this kind of behaviour in China??
Hey all,
Did you know that the Asian games are on right now (it's like the Olympics but only for Asia). You can watch gymnastics at the Asian games on wcsn.com. It's cool, you should check it out.