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by William A Sands, PHD, FACSM
Letter to the Membership
Dear Colleagues,
As the D.O. season finishes up the TOPs, HOPES and Elite season ramps up. It is a good time to remind you that both YOU and the athletes need to have some programed in down time. In the Iditarod mushers are required to take 3 mandatory rests during the race. The first one is a 24 hour stop. The next 2 are 8 hour rests. These rests are for the health of the dogs as well as the mushers.
Although we certainly are not sprinting across the frozen wilderness in a dog race- It is a LONG season. If you are taking some gymnasts from the D.O. system into the elite program it is even longer. If you and the gymnasts don’t have some programed rests you increase the chance of injury.
During the past few months I have been working with Kevin White and Kathy Krebbs on updating the bylaws and mission of the USA Gymnastics Advisory Council. We will have a meeting at National Congress in August. I will be sending out a survey that I will need everyone’s opinion on. Representing the coaching community at these meetings is one of my most important jobs.
Train hard, Train safe
Tony Retrosi
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