The book ‘High Performance Gymnastics’ is a state-of-the-art documentation of sport science research in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, coming from a collaboration between Brazil and Germany, and referring to the III. SIGARC congress, hosted 2012 in Sao Paulo (Brazil). International renowned authors provide in-detail discussions in the fields of artistic and rhythmic gymnastics. Psychological topics, such as the role of the coach in gymnastics or athletes’ perceptions towards gymnastics are discussed, as well as topics from biomechanics, training science, or history. The edited book ‘High Performance Gymnastics’ may be an important source for all people who are engaged in gymnastics (i.e., researchers, coaches, judges, gymnasts).
Table of Content
Foreword by Ivan Cˇ uk i
Foreword by Hardy Fink iv
Preface vii
1 Gymnastics challenges – a view from 50 years of coaching and teaching
– Keith Russell 1
2 The group in rhythmic gymnastics – M´arcia Regina Aversani Lourenc¸o
& Ieda Parra Barbosa Rinaldi 19
3 Profile, motivations, and the challenges of artistic gymnastics coaches
in Brazil – Myrian Nunomura & Mauricio Santos Oliveira 41
4 Contributions of sport psychology to competitive gymnastics – Thomas
Heinen, Pia M. Vinken & Konstantinos Velentzas 65
5 The content of rhythmic gymnastics routines
Lurdes A´vila-Carvalho, Catarina Leandro & Eunice Lebre 81
6 Qualitative video analysis as a pedagogical tool in artistic gymnastics
– Marco Antonio Coelho Bortoleto & C´esar Jose Duarte Peixoto 99
7 Gymnastics: a game of rules – Jean-Franc¸ois Robin 117
8 Portraits of high performance rhythmic gymnastics in Brazil –
analysis and proposals – Eliana de Toledo & Kizzy Fernandes Antualpa 137
9 Gymnastics coaching and science: biomechanics perspectives – Gareth
Irwin, Genevi`eve K. R. Williams & David G. Kerwin 163
10 Reflections on planning and control of sport training in rhythmic
gymnastics. – M´elix I. Avil´es, Yolaini Govea D´ıaz & Nelly Ochoa Borr´as 177
11 Psychological aspects in the sport preparation of brazilian female
gymnasts participating in the Olympic Games: the gymnasts’ view
– Laurita Marconi Schiavon 195
Author’s biographies (in alphabetical order) 225
About the author
Laurita is an assistant professor at the Physical
Education Department of the S˜ao Paulo State University (UNESP, Rio Claro,
S˜ao Paulo, Brazil). She graduated, received a master’s degree, and her Ph D in physical
education from the University of Campinas (S˜ao Paulo, Brazil). She acts as an
international women’s artistic gymnastics judge. Her research interests are: sport
pedagogy and gymnastics pedagogy. She is a coordinator of the gymnastics research
group at UNESP.
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