Abstract

These proceedings from the 2012 SIGARC symposium encompass a broad range of historical, empirical, and scientific articles presented by some of the world's leading practitioners and researchers in the area of gymnastics. This symposium featured presentations about the various gymnastics sports, and with focused research on rhythmic-, men's- and women's-gymnastics from biomechanical, psychological, planning, and methodological perspectives. Die Autoren und ihre Beiträge sind: 1. Russell, Keith: Gymnastics challenges : a view from 50 years of coaching and teaching. 2. Lourenço, Márcia Regina Aversani; Rinaldi, Ieda Parra Barbosa: The group in rhythmic gymnastics. 3. Nunomura, Myrian; Oliveira, Mauricio Santos: Profile, motivations and the challenges of artistic gymnastics coaches in Brazil. 4. Heinen, Thomas; Vinken, Pia Maria; Velentzas, Konstantinos: Contributions of sport psychology to competitive gymnastics. 5. Ávila-Carvalho, Lurdes; Leandro, Catarina; Lebre, Eunice: The content of rhythmic gymnastics competition routines. 6. Bortoleto, Marco Antonio Coelho; Peixoto, César Jose Duarte: Qualitative video analysis as a pedagogical tool in artistic gymnastics. 7. Robin, Jean-François: Gymnasics: a game of rules. 8. Toledo, Eliana de; Antualpa, Kizzy Fernandes: Portraits of high performance rhythmic gymnastics in Brazil : analysis and proposals. 9. Irwin, Gareth; Williams, Geneviève K. R.; Kerwin, David G.: Gymnastics coaching and science : biomechanics perspectives. 10. Ilisástigui Avilés, Mélix; Govea Díaz, Yolaini; Ochoa Borrás, Nelly: Reflections on planning and control of sport training in rhythmic gymnastics. 11. Schiavon, Laurita Marconi: Psychological aspects in the sport preparation of Brazilian women gymnasts participating in the Olympic Games : the gymnasts’ view. Aus dem Vorwort und Inhaltsverzeichnis