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Title: I Can Do Gymnastics by USA Gymnastics, U S Gymnastics Federation, U S A Gymnastics, United States Gymnastic Federation ISBN: 0-940279-54-1 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent guidebook
Comment: I got this book a couple years ago when I was first starting off gymnastics on level 1. I found the book to be helpful and imformative, with good diagrams and instructions. Now I'm a level 8 gymnast, and I have to say, this is the book that helped me get so far. Every day after I came home from a workout, I would turn to this book to look at the diagram and learn the proper way to perform the skill. I would then practice it at home until I got it down. When I went back to workouts the next day, I would be practically the only one who knew how to do the skill properly and safely. In fact, I still enjoy looking through the book with my gymnastics coach and teammates to find good connecting skills to put in my routines.
This book features gymnastics skills on all of the boys' and girls' apparatus, such as vault, floor, pommel horse, bars, rings, beam, etc. They are divided into chapters; for example, beam will be one chapter, floor excercise will be another, etc. For each skill, there is a sequenced diagram along with instructions to perform the skill properly and in the safest way possible. Each skill builds on one another, for example, you may first be doing a standing back handspring, then cartwheel step-in to a back handspring, then finally, a round-off to a back handspring, etc. The way that USA Gymnastics sequenced the skills will make you feel more prepared and confident for moving on to the next skill. Each chapter had a checklist at the end for marking off the skills you had learned and the date you had learned it.
Since this book was written by USA Gymnastics and many gymnastics clubs are members of it, you'll find that you are learning many of the same moves in your gymnastics classes, which makes this book so effective. Plus, it includes the skills used in routines for levels 1-6 as an added bonus.
Besides from the skills, this book also includes a chapter of more advanced moves in the back that you could learn after learning the other skills. Plus, there was even an entire chapter devoted to landing safely in case you had a fall or a bad landing, etc. I practiced the safety falling procedures, and I found that I got less injuries from using them, and not just in the gym- they work great in school, playgrounds, and other places.
All in all, I highly recommend this book. Maybe Ninjahawk didn't find it helpful because he/she may not have gone to gymnastics classes, since this program is really intended to go with the gymnastics program at your club. This book has helped me move on up to new levels and to do excellently in competitions. I am having a test to move up to level 9 in several weeks and I know that I will be turning to this book for help and guidance. All gymnasts can benefit one way or the other from using this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good guidebook.
Comment: This looks like it will be very helpful for my daughter. She takes gymnastics classes, but with this book she can also work on skills at home, on her mat. (Her MAT, Ninjahawk, not the carpet! Carpeting is not designed for learning front-handsprings, unless you have high hopes of breaking your neck.)
It shows and describes a nice variety of skills. My only complaint is that it covers skills for both girls and boys, so much of the content (rings/pommel horse/paralell bars) is useless. Perhaps they would have done better to have produced separate books for girls and boys gymnastics.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for Learning Basic Gymnastics Skills!!
Comment: This was a terrific book! It explains all the gymnastics moves you have to know before you reach competitive Level 5. It was very useful, and helps improve your gymnastics skills. Each skill is divided into a category, (A for least difficult and C for most difficult) and has a diagram with instructions for the skills under it. There's a check list for when you have learned how to do the skill, too. I particulary liked the advanced section and the chapter about landing safely, which will be of great use to all gymnasts. This is the perfect book to guide you as you climb up the gymnastics ladder of skills!
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Title: Superguides: Gymnastics by Joan Jackman, Shannon Miller ISBN: 0789454300 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: The Gymnastics Book: The Young Performer's Guide to Gymnastics (Young Performer's Guide) by Elfi Schlegel, Claire Ross Dunn ISBN: 1552094162 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: 03 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Gymnastics by Rik Feeney ISBN: 0940279436 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Rookie Coaches Gymnastics Guide by American Coaching Effectiveness Program ISBN: 087322390X Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: July, 1992 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Sport Psychology Library: Gymnastics by Peter VIdmar, Peter Vidmar, Karen Cogan ISBN: 1885693176 Publisher: Fitness Info Tech Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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