High Performance Gymnastics (eBook)

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 PhD 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.

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