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I am a neuroscientist who researches concussion, and I am currently studying the effects of concussion on collegiate-level athletes. - for reasons that science still does not understand, recovery from concussion often takes longer for women than men. Four months is not very long to recover from...

Awesome job Canada! Would the outcome have been much better if Peng Peng Lee had been out there today?

I believe that the 2012 Olympics has some grand scheme of how the theme colones are distributed across types of sports.

Talking of cuts, the leg hole on Ponor's leotard extending half-way to her armpit!

Given the lack of context for this post, I am not sure where you are coming from Jsfofec... Are you trying to start a debate about poor parenting and/or lack of moral fiber in todays gymnasts?I would be very cautious about jumping to conclusions re. ".. so rather than talk to her daughter, they...

Checked the OGF website pretty thoroughly and couldn't find anything relevant, other than a nomination form to a working committee which was to look at the issue. One of the things the working group was to examine is what changes are needed to be made to the JO system to make it work in Ontario...

Bog - do you know why Ontario is moving to the USAG system? I guess that it makes cross-border competition easier e.g. Tour. However, is that the only (sufficient?) motivation to adopt someone else's system? New Ontario parent who is curious why the change is occuring...

SheCanFly - No-one disagrees with you that there is some relationship between mass and success in flight elements - the relationship between success at flight elements and body mass just isn't as straightforward as you suggest. While we are being honest, I haven't seen many 50 pound gymnasts at...

"Personally, I don't find the larger college gymnasts aesthetically pleasing and I do wonder how/if their skills would increase if they lost their excess body fat." Good luck finding excess body fat on an NCAA college gymnast! :rolleyes: I take it that you haven't been one... SheCanFly - No...

SheCanFly - I think that you are assuming girls with a lot of adipose tissue (fat) and excluding those with a lot of muscle. It is hard to successfully complete most gymnastics skills without muscle, hence conditioning. The suggestion that all Elite gymnasts are all itty bitty and skinny is...

Usually I use an iPad. I do own a laptop, but since I received my iPad for Xmas I cant be bothered waiting for it to start up. My iPad and I are inseparable now :-)

I was interested to read the replies to this question too, so thank you for posting it. We are in a similar position - I have a 6 Yr old dd training 3 hrs. 3 nights a week, takes a ballet class and a skating class on two other school evenings and likes to ski all day on Saturday. We made her...

I am with BriBri, you say that you have just realized how serious you are about coaching - perhaps you should look for a coaching position with a competitive team... The important issue is why the girls are signed up with your group! It is about them and they are not just an outlet/means for...

My 6 yr old DD trains for 9 hours a week.

Yippeeeeeeeeee!

Isn't there something To be said for participation, rather than winning? Sport-specific world championships are all about going out there and winning. It would be sad if the Olympics COMPLETELY abandoned the ideals of promoting friendship and peace across the globe through inclusion in sport. I...

So disappointed for the men, but waking up to the news that the women had done so well partially made up for it. Sounds like Moors had an awesome Senior debut!

Thanks for posting that document. It was very helpful to understand some of the levels etc. I wondered what Tyro etc. meant as I had only come across numerical levels on our gyms team excel spreadsheet thingy and now I understand the relationship - I think :-)

Whow! From the very earliest competitive level, kids are training 20 hours? Kids in grade 1 and 2 do those hours? The max. In our gym is 25 hours and those kids are competing internationally. Gymnastics Canada has a document on their site about appropriate hours for different ages...

Good for him! My DH had the week before christmas off and decided he would be 'me' minus my 20 hr. a week job. He lasted until thurs. lunchtime, and then resigned as it was too much and that I was obviously used to it. Men! He hadn't washed a single leotard or walked the dog either. :-) His...