This advanced mental rotation performance in athletes was investigated in detail inseveral other studies concentrating on specific sport practice. In one study it wasshown that two groups of athletes, namely (a) gymnasts who used mental and physicalrotations in their practice and (b) athletes whose activities required very littlerotation, showed a better mental rotation performance than non-athletes (Ozel, Larue, & Molinaro, 2002).Furthermore, a study revealed that elite athletes who completed daily practice of acombat sport (fencing, judo, and wrestling) showed a higher mental rotationperformance than elite runners (Moreau,Mansay-Dannay, Clerc, & Guerrien, 2011). Recently, Jansen, Lehmann,and Van Doren (2012) showed that soccerplayers demonstrated an improved mental rotation performance (in this case shorterRTs) compared to non-athletes in a chronometric mental rotation task, but only withembodied figures and not with cube figures. This effect was only found for embodiedfigures and might be explained by the fact that soccer players are trained torecognize the manipulation of bodies in space (the field). Since rotation speed didnot differ between soccer-players and non-athletes, the better mental rotationperformance might be attributable to more advanced encoding of the stimuli and notto the rotation process itself. Soccer players were chosen to be investigated basedon the idea that they are trained by perceiving space and objects from anon-egocentric point of view and thus should be better at object-basedtransformations. However, this study was limited by the fact that only male soccerplayers participated and not athletes from other sports or female athletes. Soccerplayers are trained to perceive objects and to analyze spatial relationships from anon-centered point of view, whereas for example gymnasts are mostly trained in theirown body transformation around all three axes (Steggemann, Engbert, & Weigelt, 2011).
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The American Cup, formerly known as the AT&T American Cup through a sponsorship arrangement that ended in 2018,[1] was an elite senior level international gymnastics competition that had been held in the United States from 1976 to 2020. It was usually held in February or March of each year. In 2011, it became part of the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series. With the exception of 2005 (when the competition was also part of the FIG World Cup series), it has been exclusively an all-around competition.[2] Past champions include Olympic all-around champions Nadia Comăneci, Mary Lou Retton, Vitaly Scherbo, Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson, Nastia Liukin, Gabby Douglas, and Simone Biles. The final American Cup took place on March 7, 2020, in Milwaukee.[3]
The amount of training necessary to develop elite-level sports skills has long been debated. Ericsson et al defined the necessary components for expert skill acquisition in musicians, and these concepts have been extrapolated to sports.16 To achieve expertise, musicians must practice 10 000 hours over 10 years. This intense practice is more likely to be successful if begun during the early years of development. Lesser practice and a delayed start resulted in less expertise. In contrast, others believe that fewer hours are needed to achieve elite-level skills and that intense specialized training is more effective during later stages of development.42
For the next 34 years, from 1979 through the end of the original Big East structure in 2013, UConn would grow from a regional athletics program with regional success to a broad-based nationally-elite athletics department boasting multiple national championships in four different sports.
Prior to Coach Calhoun's arrival at UConn, Connecticut was a successful New England program but had only earned four NCAA Tournament wins in its history. During Jim Calhoun's 26 years as head coach (1986-2012), UConn became an elite national-level program, claiming three NCAA National Championships (1999, 2004, 2011), adding an NIT Championships (1988), and winning 48 NCAA Tournament games, along with 17 Big East Conference regular season (10) and tournament titles (7).
Corine Olsen, Linda Lutz and Janine Bell were all gymnasts together at AOG, from 1982-84. "We were all class I gymnasts. I, Corine, began gymnastics at age 8, at the Bellevue Boys and Girls Club. My coach also worked at AOG and asked me to participate in the team tryouts. I ended up being chosen. At this time, AOG was still located next to Carpet World on Northrup Way in Bellevue.
Dale moved the gym to a location that is close to Lowes today. Obviously, Lowes was not in existence at that time. As time went on I became a talented gymnast. In ninth grade, I was labeled as an elite and competed at NAAG as an elite. Either my coaches or myself (honestly I can't remember who), decided I was not ready for that caliber of gymnastics and I decided to drop back to Class I. I competed as a Class I from 1981-1986. In 1985, I took 2nd place in the senior division at Class 1 state. I went on to compete at Regionals, hosted by NWA at Issaquah High School. I won vault for my age division, placed 3rd on floor and took 7th All Around. I fell off beam twice, so I did not make the National Team and settled for Westerns. I ended up missing Nationals by .2, because back in the 80's, only 6 gymnasts go on to Nationals from Regionals and Westerns. Another difference is there were only 3 age groups: child: 8-11, juniors 12-14, and Seniors 15-18." (To add information about this club - please fill out online form.)
The Bremerton YMCA was an early program on the peninsula. The coach was Frank Perrone, who later had a program at the old Bremerton Armory. It was known as the Kitsap County Tucks. Thor Erickson was director at Bremerton YMCA and gymnastics coach 1931-32.
Frank Royal Perrone, June 29, 1951 - Feb. 25, 2013 (Kitsap Sun Obit: Frank grew up in Bremerton, where he was an active athlete from childhood through college. He graduated from West High School in 1969 where he lettered in wrestling and gymnastics. He went on to attend Central Washington University and earned a BA in education. While at CWU he qualified for the NAIA Championships. He was CWU's first national gymnastics champion. At the competition, he was a four event All American in two days, earning the title of Outstanding Gymnast of the tournament. He went on to coach girls gymnastics through Kitsap County YMCA Tucks. Over a several-year period he successfully held Class One and Class Two level meets which opened doors for several gymnasts to compete at national competitions. After coaching gymnastics, he moved to Arizona and worked in construction for many years. Frank inspired the athletes he coached to strive for perfection. He developed friendships in the same way that he coached and will be missed by all."
John Smith recalls: "Perrone, who ran Kitsap County Tucks for years and held the Whaling Days outdoor gymnastics competition for a number of years downtown on the waterfront, in conjunction with city celebration of Whaling days. We first attended the meet in 1983 and had a ball. Frank produced a number of regional competitors at Class 2 and Class 1 and he hosted the optional state meet at his gym in Silverdale in the mid 1980's. He had a green plastic cover for his floor exercise mat and it was pretty strange but we made it work. Frank married one of his gymnasts and they had some kids together and he was an engine mechanic and lived in Bremerton." (To add information about this club - please fill out online form.)
Cascade Elite Gymnastics, Mount Lake Terrace Frank Lee: Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee grew up in Seattle and attended Cascade High School in Everett. UW Husky men's gymnastics team. Graduated from UW in 1989 with undergraduate degree in zoology. UW assistant women's coach 1999 to 2005. Co-Owner of Cascade Elite Gymnastics in Mountlake Terrace. Olympic coach for Ghardi Gelenhuys in 2000 in Australia. Ghardi was representing her home nation of Namibia. Five of his club gymnasts have been members of US National Teams including Mylan Dodd. Retired from coaching in 2005 to become a Firefighter/E.M.T.
Dynamic Gymnastics Academy, Spokane Adana Harris owner: "Being over active as a child Adana's mother placed her in dance and gymnastics at the age of five. No one knew how much she would love it, or that these activities which were meant to keep her busy would ultimately become the center of her life. Adana has been involved in competitive gymnastics since the age of 9. She has competed and won in gymnastics meets all over the Northwest and was 1984 All-Around State Champion. Adana was a member of the Lewis and Clark high school gymnastics team for four years, and assistant instructor at Eastern Washington University (EWU). Throughout her gymnastics career she continued to dance and eventually put that knowledge to use. As a member of the Lewis and Clark Drill team she performed for many audiences and was fortunate to be a part of the highest-ranking team in the area. After graduation she became a part time Jazz lll performing group at EWU, in which she performed, directed and choreographed. Adana began her career with the Dance Emporium in 1991." (From their website, 2009) (To add information about this club - please fill out online form.)
Green Lake Fieldhouse, Seattle George Lewis took gymnastics classes here as a child. (To add information about this club - please fill out online form.)
Gymagine, Mukilteo Owner and head coach, Kelly Donyes, has been teaching gymnastics to children of all ages since 1976. Kelly holds a Physical Education degree from Seattle Pacific University. He was a National Safety Instructor for USA Gymnastics and is on the board for GYMCERT as a safety and education contributor. Susan Riley - Head gymnastics coach, Levels 3-8 from 2006-2013 and head XCEL and 3-7 coach 2012-present. Susan was a SPU grad in Psychology and wasa WSGCA Coach of the Year in 2002 and King 5 "Coach That Makes a Difference" 2004. (Also was assistant coach at Shorewood HS 1990-1995 and head coach fro 1998 - present. (To add information about this club - please fill out online form.) 2ff7e9595c
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