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Author: Karen M. Goeller
Publisher: Fitness and Gymnastics Books
Published: 2011-09-01
Total Pages: 87
ISBN-13: 9781411605794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrills and exercises for training gymnasts in the vault, tumbling, bars, and dance exercises.
Author: Shawn Johnson
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2012-06-05
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1414374372
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt age 20, American gymnast Shawn Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national- and world-champion athlete. Already a popular role model to all ages, in 2009 she captured the national spotlight again when she won the widely popular Dancing with the Stars. Yet Shawn is no stranger to hard work and adversity. Her loss of the major gymnastics prize everyone expected her to win in Beijing, the all-around Olympic gold medal, was the loss of a dream she’d worked for since childhood. And later, she suffered a staggering injury in a skiing accident that forced her life to a halt and made her rethink what was really important. She wasn’t sure who she was anymore. She wasn’t sure what her goals were. And she wasn’t sure she was satisfied with where she was with her faith and God. Could she find the right kind of success in life—the kind that doesn’t involve medals or trophies, but peace, love, and lasting joy? This is the amazing true journey of how the young woman who won an Olympic gold medal on the balance beam became even more balanced.
Author: Andrew Solway
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 1432970836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooks at how exercise abilities and the types of exercise that the body needs most and can take best advantage of change during each stage of life, from birth to old age.
Author: Jeff Savage
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1464604223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the heat of competition, the slightest misstep in your floor exercise or a fall off the balance beam could cost you a trophy or your team a championship. Gymnastics is all about precision and technique. Would your readers like to perform like an Olympic gold medalist? Author Jeff Savage gives step-by-step instructions to many of the basic techniques in gymnastics, and provides readers with some fun tips from Olympic champions.
Author: Joseph L Massimo
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 1600379486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGymnastics Psychology takes a comprehensive look at the factors that are necessary for training champions while emphasizing concern for the athlete’s psychological status, regardless of the level of achievement. The easy-to-follow articles cover the interpersonal relationships of coaches and athletes, psychological issues pertaining to motivation and fear management, meet preparation and goal setting, as well as vital family, school and peer relationships. The authors provide definitive insight in the areas of psychological development and competitive behaviors that are critical to success.
Author: Richard Witt
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2012-05-10
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1408179571
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'I hope the Romanian doesn't get through, because I can't pronounce her bloody name.' Allegedly from David Coleman, British radio and TV commentator, at one of his many Olympic coverages, when he thought he was off air. A Lifetime of Training for Just 10 Seconds is a collection of quotations from Olympic athletes, eyewitnesses and commentators through the ages, whether written, broadcast, overheard or misreported. They are inspiring, devastating - often hilarious - and a fascinating insight into the Games, the people who watch and compete in them, and those labouring and slithering behind the scenes. The notes following the quotes give a potted history of the Games and its cast of characters. 'These are the Olympics; you die before you quit.' The great American discus thrower, Al Oerter, winner of four successive gold medals (1956-1968). For the third of these in Tokyo, he competed despite excruciating pain from a torn rib cartilage, strapped up and iced.
Author: Jeff Savage
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780766038684
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Examines gymnastics skills, including techniques for the floor exercise, vault, bars, rings, balance beam, and pommel horse, and provides tips and tricks for young, aspiring gymnasts"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Shannon Miller
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2015-04-21
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1466850841
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's Not About Perfect is inspirational memoir of the most decorated gymnast in American history, her recovery from cancer, and her miracle pregnancy. "When the odds were against me, I was always at my best." When she retired at age 19, Shannon Miller did so as one of the most recognizable gymnasts in the country. The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history, Shannon tells a story of surviving and thriving. A shy, rambunctious girl raised in Oklahoma, Shannon fell in love with gymnastics at a young age and fought her way to the top. In 1992 she won five Olympic medals after breaking her elbow in a training accident just months prior to the Games. Then, in 1996, a doctor advised her to retire immediately or face dire consequences if she chose to compete on her injured wrist. Undeterred, Shannon endured the pain and led her team, the "Magnificent Seven," to the first Olympic team gold medal for the United States in gymnastics. She followed up as the first American to win gold on the balance beam. Equally intense, heroic and gratifying is the story of her brutal but successful battle with ovarian cancer, a disease from which fewer than fifty percent survive. Relying on her faith and hard-learned perseverance, Shannon battled through surgery and major chemotherapy to emerge on the other side with a miracle baby girl. Her story of trial, triumph and life after cancer reminds us all that its life's bumps and bruises that reveal our character. From early on in her career, Shannon knew that life wasn't about perfection. In this incredible and inspirational tale, Shannon speaks out so as to be seen and heard by thousands as a beacon of hope.
Author: Claudia Ann Miller
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780806131108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the hardships and challenges Shannon Miller overcame to become an Olympic gold medalist
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.
