ERIC Number: ED129726
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Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 271
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The Advanced Study of Gymnastics.
Salmela, John H., Ed.
The sport of artistic gymnastics is viewed from a multidisciplinary point of view. The training, performance, and judgment of the sport undergo specialized study of interest to sport scientists, teachers, coaches, and athletes. Organized into five major sections, the book presents such themes as the psychological, physiological, biomechanical, aesthetic, and judgmental aspects of gymnastics. Each section contains practical problems that have been encountered by a group of internationally qualified gymnasts, coaches, and judges. Discussed are important issues in gymnastics such as chronic medical problems, sources of energy expenditure, development of enriched psychological environments, biomechanical misconceptions, persistent problems in skill learning, development of strength and flexibility, aesthetic laws of gymnastics, and evaluation of gymnastic judging. Explanations in several of these areas are punctuated with tables, figures, photographs, and graphs. (Author/JMF)
Descriptors: Athletics, Biomechanics, Energy, Exercise (Physiology), Fatigue (Biology), Gymnastics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Medical Evaluation, Medical Services, Muscular Strength, Physical Characteristics, Physical Development, Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Physiology, Psychological Needs, Psychology, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Analysis
Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Illinois ($19.75)
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