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Body Awareness: Improving Postural Control In Gymnastics
Body awareness is a key aspect in gymnastics training. Body awareness in turn, can be helpful for postural control in young kids. Young gymnasts were found to have better control when asked to stay upright on a force platform for thirty seconds with eyes either opened or closed versus non-gymnasts. “These results suggest that gymnastics training promotes improvements in postural control of younger children only, which results from their use of visual information when available” (Garcia, 2011). Postural control is a hallmark for balance, and the better balance a child has the less likely the child is to be injured falling. Having better postural control can help gymnasts more safely maneuver through their environment even if their eyes are closed
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