Category: ethics

GAGE gymnasts to new Clubs

Lauren:

Last month, USA Gymnastics terminated GAGE’s membership effective immediately due to allegations that coaches were not complying with the terms of their suspensions tied to claims of abuse. The decision prevented its athletes from participating in meets sanctioned by the governing body, which of course includes every major elite competition in the country.

Because of this, gymnasts who trained at GAGE have started finding refuge in other programs, including first-year senior Lavi Crain and her younger sister Vivi to World Champions Centre, Winter Cup competitors Annalisa Milton to Missouri Elite and Kaylee Sath to WOGA, and junior national team member Aulya Daniels to Liberty Gymnastics.

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Lavi & Vivi Crain to World Champions Centre

As GAGE is no longer a USAG club, the Crain sisters needed to go to new coaches to continue with National Team.

I spoke with Mom, Chloe Crain, at Jr Worlds. She told me both of her daughters were very happy with the GAGE program.

I’d known the family from their early days at Avant Coeur Gymnastics in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

GAGE no longer USA Gymnastics club

One of the top U.S. Gymnastics clubs refused to stay in compliance with SafeSport guidelines.

What happens to the many excellent athletes from that Gym?

book – ADHD is Awesome

Every coach deals with kids who have some kind of attention deficit disorder.

In fact — when I coach 6-year-old Rec boys, I can’t tell the difference between the ADHD kids and the rest. They are all hyper. And not all that ordered. 😀

Check this out.

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who won the Bronze medal on Floor at the Paris Olympics?

Ana Bărbosu? Jordan Chiles? Sabrina Voinea?

GymCastic brings us up-to-date.

Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court JUST ruled that the Court of Arbitration for Sport must examine new audiovisual evidence that supports the appeal of Jordan Chiles.

FIG seems to have improved their appeals process due to this fiasco.

Sabrina Voinea had the 3rd best routine — but her mother / incompetent coach didn’t submit the appeal properly. I don’t see any scenario where Sabrina ends up with an official Bronze medal in the historical record.

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interview with Al Fong – Jan. 20, 2026

Al Fong and Armine Barutyan plan to take their suspension to court.

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Gymnastics Coaches Survey: SafeSport

Dr. Bill Sands has an anonymous SafeSport survey for U.S. gymnastics coaches online.

Click through to fill it out here.

The cover letter below explains. The survey fast & easy. 10 items and demographics.

Coach Survey SafeSportDownload

NCAA Gymnastics is not for everyone

Heather Parker, entering her second season as a gymnast at Central Michigan after transferring from Georgia, posted an important article on College Gym News:

College gymnastics can project an image of perfection–skills look effortless, and the athletes finish successful routines with glowing smiles. Teams broadcast the wins, celebrations, recruits, and rankings on social media.

Less often discussed is what goes into making a team successful and what happens behind the scenes to make those exciting competitions happen.

Jason Vonk, a former assistant coach at George Washington, Yale, and Georgia, had 12 years of experience across the three universities when he moved on from college coaching.

According to Vonk, a lot of what defined his time in college gymnastics wasn’t reflected in the polished version of the sport that fans and recruits see. For him, it was a system marked by fear, silence, and a culture where, as he puts it, “head coaches get complete leeway, and the assistants can’t report them, or they will lose their job.” …

Read more:

College Gymnastics Looks Perfect—

Until You’re Inside It


Greg Marsden responds:

Epstein to Larry Nassar FAKE letter

When first seeing the letter I assumed it was fake. And it was.

The Trump incompetents released the letter on December 22nd.

Next day the FBI pointed out the obvious. It’s a fake that never should have been circulated.