Thanks guys. And good luck at USAG Collegiate National Championships.
Category: ethics
Safe Sport appeals?
Can a coach appeal a Safe Sport accusation?
I’m not sure.
It’s a concern of U.S. Elite Coaches Association members.
related – innocent unless proven guilty
USAG scandal on VICE News
VICE News produces mini-documentaries on important issues.
Last night Mattie Larson, Miss Val and Jessica O’Beirne were guests.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (official link)
Nassar’s boss arrested
A Michigan State University dean who was Larry Nassar’s boss is accused of groping and propositioning medical students and collecting nude pictures of them on his work computer.
William Strampel, who was arrested Monday, is charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, a high misdemeanor; felony official misconduct; two counts of willful neglect of duty, according to the special prosecutor running a wide-ranging investigation of MSU.
“Strampel used his office to harass, discriminate, demean, sexually proposition and sexually assault female students in violation of his statutory duty as a public office,” prosecutor Bill Forsyth said at a news conference, reading aloud from the criminal complaint. …
new Aimee Boorman interview
Vanessa Steck on Medium:
- Karolyi Camp
- Larry Nassar
- the U.S. system
- education and transparency
- future of USAG
Aimee Boorman Will Now Take (My) Questions
suspended by USA Gymnastics
USAG has long published a list of permanently ineligible members.
They are now also posting a list of those currently under suspension.
It does not include names of those suspended in the past nor minors serving suspensions.
red flags for Gymnastics parents
Coach and Mom Nicole Paseka Grundmeier advises parents to ask these questions:
1. Will I be allowed to watch my child practice once she joins the competitive team?
2. Will my child be required to be home-schooled now or when she reaches a certain competitive level?
3. Will the coaches weigh my child at practice or at any other time?
4. Will my child get a snack break during practice?
5. Will my child be punished with painful conditioning for mistakes made inside the gym?
6. How will the coach respond if my child is afraid of a skill or bails on a skill?
7. What percentage of my child’s teammates suffer from overuse injuries?
8. Do my child’s teammates cry frequently at the gym?
9. Do my child’s coaches communicate well with me?
10. Will my child ever be alone with a coach?
Toxic coaching tactics enabled Larry Nassar to abuse girls. Here’s how to know if your gym uses them.
I’d add one red flag I look for in every Gym I visit …
How many older girls are on the competitive team?
If there are few (or none) when and why did they quit?
on coaching favouritism
Why the favoritsm?
I’m fully aware that some kids are more coachable than others; some kids work harder than others; some kids are more driven and determined; some kids fear nothing; some kids have a better attitude and work ethic. And some are just easier to get along with. But why alienate parents in favor of other parents?
I want to believe this is not intentional, but having sat back and watched for a number of years, I’m not so sure it is. …
It is not just the parents who notice this–kids are incredibly observant and they know when someone is receiving preferential treatment. …
March 8th #InternationalWomensDay
Some things are getting better. 🙂
Youth Olympic Games will have an equal number of male and female athletes.
gymnasts still love Gymnastics
The love of gymnastics still runs deep among the thousands of young girls who streamed into suburban Chicago’s Sears Centre Arena this weekend to cheer reigning world all-around champion Morgan Hurd and other rising stars at the 2018 American Cup. …
At the Safe Sport booth, eight-foot-tall banners displayed the toll-free number (1-833-844-SAFE) and email address (safesport@usagym.org) for reporting abuse. Brochures about child sexual abuse prevention were free for the taking, as were copies of USA Gymnastics’ beefed-up Safe Sport policy, which requires all members to immediately report instances of abuse. …
Rhonda Faehn:
“You have to let the athlete at a very young age understand and know that they can — and it’s important that they do — learn to communicate and speak up,” said Faehn, a former elite gymnast who coached 13 seasons at Florida. “It’s not only okay, but the best gymnastics results from a teamwork of communication.”
Athlete empowerment wasn’t the hallmark of the command-and-control coaching style of the Romanian husband-and-wife tandem of Bela and Martha Karolyi …
As USA Gymnastics promises to change in post-Nassar world, love for the sport remains
All good.
But, like many others, I’m still wondering what happens when USAG is hit in court with their first multi-million dollar payout to an athlete.
The organization doesn’t have many millions of dollars in their budget.
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