SCIENCE OF GYMNASTICS JOURNAL
Vol. 5 Issue 1 2013
EDITORIAL
Dear friends,
Wish New Year started well for all of you, so did for us, as new seven articles are in front of you. Last year we started to use ScholarOne; we have new experiences, so do authors, and as we are all beginners in this field please be patient as we are all "exercising in new gym hall". For those of you who would like to quote the Journal - its abbreviation in Web of Knowledge is SCI GYMNASTICS J.
Last year FIG voted president and prof. Bruno Grandi was reelected, for what we congratulate him. Also new committees were elected and we hope we can cooperate with them as we did in past. After all we do share passion for gymnastics and we want gymnastics to improve.
The first article in this issue is from Brazil by Myrian Nunomura, Mauricio Santos Oliveira. They researched how parents support influence child sport achievements. They have found that parental support enabled and greatly influenced the child's entering into sports, their access to the practice of a sport, their level of participation, their degree of involvement, and their physical and emotional wellbeing. Moreover, the parental support is crucial to the commitment and dedication of the young gymnast. However, when this support is perceived in a negative way it can result in stress, conflicts between parents and children, burnout and may provoke dropout.
The second article is from Germany. Thomas Heinen, Stefanie Mandry, Pia M. Vinken and Marc Nicolaus contributed from motor learning area. Final conclusion is that when a learner acquires a motor skill in gymnastics, this changes the way the learner perceives that skill. Important outcome for P.E. University courses where practice is regarded as less important than theory.
The third article comes from Slovenia. Bojan Leskošek, Ivan Čuk and Maja Bučar Pajek analyzed how open ended Code of Points at example of European Championships between 2005 and 2011 works. Difficulty rises, execution falls, importance of execution is dropping. Is this really what we want?
For the first time we have contribution from Mexico. Authors Antonio Pineda-Espejel, Jeanette LopezWalle, José Tristan Rodriguez, Mireya Medina Villanueva and Oswaldo Ceballos Gurrola during Pan American Games investigated how are related self confidence and prestart anxiety. Worth to read results in article.
The fifth article is from Slovenian Karmen Šibanc, she was interested how P.E. students evaluate gymnastics as a sport and how they compare it with other sports. Female students rank gymnastics higher than male students, however despite huge results of Slovenia gymnasts, gymnastics is still less interesting as other team sports.
The sixth article comes from Greece; authors Mavrovouniotis Fotios, Proios Miltiadis, Argiriadou Eirini and Soidou Andromahi were comparing rhythmic gymnastics and Greek folk dance program influence on dynamic balance ability. Interesting both has significant improvement on dynamic balance.
The last article comes from Brazil. Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are getting closer, and Kizzy Fernandes Antualpa and Roberto Rodrigues Paes made analyze what they have and what need to be improved in their rhythmic training centers if they want to have good results at home Olympic Games.
I wish you pleasant reading and a lot of inspiration for new research projects and articles,
Ivan Čuk Editor-in-Chief
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