A new non-profit Gymnastics organization has been formed in the USA.
They will offer a competitive program for girls. Membership opens August 1, 2020.
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Category: Gymnastics
worldwide coaching culture in Gymnastics
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has been urged to hold a worldwide symposium “as soon as possible” to address the coaching culture within the sport in the wake of several abuse scandals.
In an open letter to the FIG, the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation (KNGU) expressed concern the culture portrayed in the Netflix documentary Athlete A is “not isolated but constitutes a risk for the entire world of gymnastics around the globe”. …
FIG urged to hold worldwide symposium to address coaching culture in gymnastics
Katelyn joins Team GK
They have an impressive roster already.
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Dutch coach Gerrit Beltman admits abuse
This article is in Dutch.
I used Google Translate.
Beltman (64), still active as a coach … :
“The behavior I showed is in no way justifiable. I insisted on winning, at the expense of everything …
I am deeply ashamed now. Never have I consciously intended to hit, to curse, to hurt or to belittle. But it did happen….
… thought it was the only way to cultivate a top sport mentality. I blame myself for failing.” …
Recall that former Dutch gymnasts Stasja Köhler and Simone Heitinga wrote a book detailing the abusive training methods they endured as elite gymnasts. The coaches accused were Gerrit Beltman and Frank Louter.
The Dutch Federation responded but did not apologize, perhaps on the advice of lawyers:
We continue to call on all athletes of all levels to report to the Center for Safe Sports and / or the Institute of Sports Justice (ISR) if they have experienced undesirable behavior, both now and in the past. …
The Dutch Federation has also launched an independent investigation focusing on top athletes from the age of 12 who were active from 2013.
Beltman coached in Belgium and Canada, as well as Netherlands.
Riley’s Bars dismount
Excellent speed.
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Ontario Coaching Congress goes virtual
August 19-21, 2020.
Khorkina / Russia in denial
My best guess is that of all nations in the world the gymnasts who suffered most were from the Soviet Union / Russia.
Most of what Khorkina says should be studiously ignored.
Prominent figures in the sport like Nellie Kim, Liubou Charkashyna, Liudmila Tourishcheva, Andrei Rodionenko, and Ksenia Semenova claimed in separate interviews that gymnasts are coming forward because they want attention or money and this is likely to discourage victims of abuse from coming forward. …
KHORKINA ON GYMNASTS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ABUSE: THE JUST WANT FAME
stabilizing a Pommel Mushroom
Coach Dermot McGrath had a good idea. He stuffed 4 full water bottles inside a Pommel Mushroom.
They fit tightly. That both weighted and stabilized.
self-massage and stretching
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