– By Coach Ray The human body is not symmetrical, our muscles, respiratory, and circulatory systems are not the same from side to side. It’s still reasonably well balanced though, for example our torsos are balanced with the liver on the right, and the heart on...
This is my final blog in a series of four to celebrate the countdown to the Rio Olympic Games… ONE MONTH TO GO!!! As well as being quite a cathartic process to reflect on the past to understand some of the present, I also hope my blogs have provided some insight into...
INJURIES Firstly, I am extremely fortunate to be fit and healthy today and in general, have the freedom to choose the activities that I want to. There wouldn’t be many elite sports-persons who would get through their career injury free and / or without some lasting...
THE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE My previous blog captured some bits and pieces on my life as an elite gymnast. This blog focuses on my experiences competing as part of the Australian Artistic Gymnastics Team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. I dug out a few old travel journals to...
A quick disclaimer before I kick off my series of Blog posts leading up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. My personal accounts are exactly that – personal opinions, thoughts and experiences, therefore shouldn’t be generalised to all past, present or future elite gymnasts...
