The Science of Gymnastics The Complete High-Performance Guide

Part 1: Physiology For Gymnastics

1. Energetics of Gymnastics

Monèm Jemni

2. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems of the Gymnasts

Monèm Jemni

3. Monitoring Gymnasts for Talent Identification, Health, Wellness, and Injury Prevention

Elizabeth J. Bradshaw, Rhiannon A. Campbell, And Mark Calton

4. Diet, Nutrition, and Supplementation in Male and Female Gymnasts - Evidence-Based Strategies for Optimal Performance and Health-Related Issues

Monèm Jemni

Part 2: Applied Coaching Sciences in Gymnastics

5. Fitness Model of High-level Gymnasts

 William A Sands and Monèm Jemni

6. Training Principles in Gymnastics

Monèm Jemni and William A Sands

7. Specific Physical and Physiological Assessments of Gymnasts

Monèm Jemni

8. Jumping Skills: Importance, Assessment and Training

Michel Marina

9. Managing Training Load

Elizabeth J. Bradshaw, Mark Calton, Eric J. Drinkwater, and Rhiannon A. Campbell

Part 3: Biomechanics for Gymnastics

10. Linear Kinematics

William A Sands

11. Angular Kinematics

William A Sands

12. Linear Kinetics

William A Sands

Part 4: Psychology for Gymnastics

13. Angular Kinetics

William A Sands

14. Use of Body Inverse Dynamics to Evaluate Reaction Force during Vault and Floor Somersaults in Artistic Gymnastics

Bessem Mkaouer

15. Biomechanics Applications to Support Gymnasts' Learning and Coaching – Example of the Vault

16. AI-Powered Markerless Motion Capture System in Artistic Gymnastics

Monèm Jemni

17. Task Demands and Career Transitions in Gymnastics: From Novices to Experts and the Stages of Learning across the Career

John H. Salmela re-edited by Monèm Jemni

18. Coaching and Parenting

John H. Salmela re-edited by Monèm Jemni

19. Mental Skill Development and Variation in Gymnasts

John H. Salmela re-edited by Monèm Jemni

20. Omsat-3 Mental Skills Assessment

John H. Salmela re-edited by Monèm Jemni

21. Closing the Circle of Mental Skills Training: Providing Mental Skills Feedback to Gymnasts

John H. Salmela re-edited by Monèm Jemni

22. Perception of Complex Movements

Alexandra Pizzera

23. Integrative Conclusion about the Psychology for Gymnastics

Monèm Jemni

Part 5: Integrative Sport Sciences in Gymnastics Performance

24. Physiological Perspective and Applications in Gymnastics

 Monèm Jemni

25. Biomechanical Perspective Applied in Gymnastics

Monèm Jemni

26. The Psychological Perspective from Readiness to Resilience

Monèm Jemni

27. Integrated Performance Model: Bringing the Sciences Together

Monèm Jemni

28. The Role of Technology, AI, and Monitoring

Monèm Jemni

Part 6: Motor Learning in Gymnastics

29. Foundations of Motor Learning

William A Sands

30. Applied Motor Learning Case Studies 1 - The Running Approach in Vaulting

Elizabeth J. Bradshaw

31. Applied Motor Learning Case Studies 2 - Rotations and Twisting in Gymnastics, Is There a Universal Rotational Scheme?

Flavio Bessi

32. Applied Motor Learning Case Studies 3: The Impact of Elastic Technologies on Artistic Gymnastics in Brazil

Marco Antonio Coelho Bortoleto

Part 7: Injuries in Gymnastics

33. Applied Motor Learning Case Studies 4 - Visualization in Gymnastics Movement Teaching: Approaching the Practical Application of Body Language and Stick Figure Drawing

 Jonas Rohleder and Tobias Vogt

34. Undderstanding Injuries in Gymnastics

William A. Sands and Monèm Jemni

35. Injury Mechanisms and Locations

William A Sands and Monèm Jemni

36. Injury Prevention and Countermeasures

 Willam A Sands and Monèm Jemni

37. Clinical Injury Cases in Artistic Gymnastics, The Big and the Small Ones

Brooke Lemmen

38. Specific Injuries Case Studies - Management and Return to Play

Jason Laird and Jonathan Bucke

39. Monitoring Gymnasts for Injury Prevention

Elizabeth J. Bradshaw, Mark Calton, Eric J. Drinkwater, and Rhiannon A. Campbel

Part 8: Safeguarding in Gymnastics

40. Psychosocial Factors Influencing the Injury Experience in Gymnastics

Francesca Cavallerio and Jade Salim

41. Safeguarding Procedure

Monèm Jemni

Biography

Monèm Jemni is one of the leading figures within the gymnastics world, he was himself a gymnast and practiced this sport for 18 years. He naturally and progressively continued his career to become a high-level coach in parallel to his academic career. He coached in Paris and participated in shaping up the French males national squad as a scientist at the National Institute of Sport (INSEP, Paris) alongside the national coaches. He contributed in the making off of an Olympic Games medalist in Beijing 2008 and became one of the FIG academy tutors for high-level coaches. He also passed by the USA Olympic Training Centre in Colorado Springs for a PostDoc before moving to the UK where he occupied academic positions at Leeds Beckett, Anglia Ruskin, Greenwich and Cambridge University. He provided support consultancies and services to different teams and individuals. Professor Jemni occupied key positions in Qatar, in the UK and more recently in the US where he continued his teaching and research activities as an exercise physiologist for clinical health and performance.