Comments on: gymnastics – a sport for deaf kids

By: deaf gymnast Brianna Marie Cline — Gymnastics Coaching.com

deaf gymnast Brianna Marie Cline — Gymnastics Coaching.com — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:04:51 +0000

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By: coach Rick

coach Rick — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:13:34 +0000

Excellent point, Brianna. Thanks.

By: Brianna

Brianna — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:58:00 +0000

I’m a Deaf gymnast who went through L 10 and JO Nationals. I’m completely Deaf and use ASL. I live in a small town and was lucky to have a great coach willing to learn ASL. Deaf gymnasts can excel! I’m not sure about the doctor trying to “fix” Diego, he’s just fine the way he is! Deafness is not like paralysis or another physical disability. It doesn’t need to be fixed (unless the person wants).

By: TripleTwistPunchFront

TripleTwistPunchFront — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:58:50 +0000

Aimee Lee-Walker is a great example of that. I believe she is deaf is one ear? Or is that deaf in both and blind in one eye? Yeah, the details are eluding me but it would be easy enough to find out.

By: Taryn

Taryn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:15:22 +0000

A few years back a little girl joined our trampoline class, and she was just impossible to deal with. We’d ask her to make a correction and she would just ignore us or nod her head and fail to make any change. We were getting exasperated with her, we thought perhaps she might have some sort of learning disability because she never would absorb anything we asked of her. A few months later during a regular doctor’s appointment her mother discovered that she was nearly deaf. She was 7 years old and had been lip reading the whole time, with her little sister repeating things for her at home. No wonder she couldn’t hear our corrections that we would yell at her while she was on the tramp! We felt so bad haha, but from then on we always made sure she was looking at our faces when we asked things of her, and she EXCELLED! the improvement was amazing!! I beleive she even placed in a few provincial competitions.

By: Jim from Seattle

Jim from Seattle — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:48:36 +0000

there is a “senior” deaf gymnast in the USA who accomplished some pretty amazing things….
Kevin Perkins was a gymnast at the U.Washington who at the 2006 USA Championships finished 5th on Rings and 8th on Vault. Kevin is believed to be the only deaf gymnast ever to compete at the national level or USA Championships.

By: shergymrag

shergymrag — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:43:07 +0000

Something has impaired that boy’s splits.