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Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1496597028
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Eighth-grader Suzy has joined the high school gymnastics team, but faces pressures from her team, her coach, and her mother when an injury sidelines her."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1496599187
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Eighth-grader Suzy has joined the high school gymnastics team, but faces pressures from her team, her coach, and her mother when an injury sidelines her."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Jennifer Sey
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2008-04-22
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0061351466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe true story of the 1986 U.S. National Gymnastics champion whose lifelong dream was to compete in the Olympics, until anorexia, injuries, and coaching abuses nearly destroyed her Fanciful dreams of gold medals and Nadia Comaneci led Jennifer Sey to become a gymnast at the age of six. She was a natural at the sport, and her early success propelled her family to sacrifice everything to help her become, by age eleven, one of America’s elite,competing at prestigious events worldwide alongside such future gymnastics’ luminaries as Mary Lou Retton. But as she set her sights higher and higher—the senior national team, the World Championships, the 1988 Olympics—Sey began to change, putting her needs, her health, and her well-being aside in the name of winning. And the adults in her life refused to notice her downward spiral. In Chalked Up Sey reveals the tarnish behind her gold medals. A powerful portrait of intensity and drive, eating disorders and stage parents, abusive coaches and manipulative businessmen, denial and the seduction of success, it is the story of a young girl whose dreams would become eclipsed by the adults around her. As she recounts her experiences, Sey sheds light on the destructiveness of our winning-is-everything culture where underage and underweight girls are celebrated and on the need for balance in children’s lives.
Author: Dvora Meyers
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-07-11
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1501101595
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn exciting and insightful account of the controversial world of gymnastics, the recent changes of the scoring system, and why those changes will drive American gymnasts to the top of the sport in the twenty-first century.
Author: Joan Ryan
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2013-04-03
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0307828557
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sports reporter investigates the training of girls as professional gymnasts and figure skaters, arguing that the pressure to succeed and to look beautiful results in mental and physical harm, from eating disorders to psychological trauma.
Author: Georgia Cervin
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2021-06-15
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0252052676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow the Cold War era changed the trajectory of women's gymnastics Electrifying athletes like Olga Korbut and Nadia Comăneci helped make women’s artistic gymnastics one of the most popular events in the Olympic Games. But the transition of gymnastics from a women’s sport to a girl’s sport in the 1970s also laid the foundation for a system of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of gymnasts around the world. Georgia Cervin offers a unique history of women's gymnastics, examining how the high-stakes diplomatic rivalry of the Cold War created a breeding ground for exploitation. Yet, a surprising spirit of international collaboration arose to decide the social values and image of femininity demonstrated by the sport. Cervin also charts the changes in style, equipment, training, and participants that transformed the sport, as explosive athleticism replaced balletic grace and gymnastics dominance shifted from East to West. Sweeping and revelatory, Degrees of Difficulty tells a story of international friction, unexpected cooperation, and the legacy of abuse and betrayal created by the win-at-all-cost attitudes of the Cold War.
Author: Jim O'Connor
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780679826668
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllus. with photographs. Kids will be inspired by the stories of pitcher Catfish Hunter, cyclist Greg LeMond, gymnast Bart Conner, and sprinter Wilma Rudolph--all of whom refused to let injury stand in the way of athletic success.
Author: Laurie Hernandez
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-05-05
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 0063018926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA New York Times bestseller! From gold-medal-winning Olympic gymnast and bestselling author Laurie Hernandez comes a picture book about chasing your dreams and never giving up. Even Olympians have to start somewhere. And in this charming illustrated book, Laurie Hernandez tells the story of Zoe, a little girl who dreams of flying—and becoming a gymnast. When Zoe sees a gymnast on TV, she realizes that gymnastics is just like flying. But when she first goes to class and falls off the balance beam, she discovers that following her dreams is harder and scarier than she thought. Through this heartwarming and inspirational story, featuring vibrant art from #1 New York Times bestselling and Geisel Honor-winning artist Nina Mata, Laurie imparts important lessons she learned on her way to Olympic glory: You always have to get back up and try again, and you always have to believe in yourself.
Author: Janie Scheffer
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Published: 2024-01-01
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt many men's and women's gymnastics competitions, teams work together to overcome obstacles and win gold. Take a look at some of the best gymnastics teams in history and learn about the accomplishments they made.
