Category: Gymnastics

Denver’s LYNNZEE BROWN

Lynnzee posted her story:

This One Is For You, Mom

In future, she’d like to represent Haiti as an Elite.

Chellsie can muscle-up

WITH good form.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Kohei to focus on Horizontal Bar

NHK has learned that two-time Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Uchimura Kohei is aiming to qualify for the Tokyo Games in just one event — the horizontal bar. …

… the 31-year-old ace has struggled with ankle and shoulder injuries since the Rio Games. …

NHK

double layout Bars dismount

An article by College Gym News – Katie Norris. 

Breaking Down the Double Layout Bars Dismount

Aesthetically, I’ve always liked best straight or even slightly hollow.

Click PLAY or watch Courtney McCool on YouTube.

As a coach, however, I’d recommend slightly arched for as much of the skill as possible. It’s easier to pilot the landing for a STICK.

Click PLAY or watch Bridget Sloan on YouTube.

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Gymnastics branded masks from TEN-O

I’ve yet to hear of any gymnasts trying to train in a mask, but many coaches are wearing them during the COVID-19 reopening. And many Gyms require athletes to wear them when arriving and departing.

$9.50.

Free shipping in the USA.

British Gymnastics wants to reopen Gyms

Those Gyms around the world that have cautiously started to open after COVID-19 are reporting that it works.

So far, so good.

Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers can open from 4 July. …

“I really think for the mental health of the young children and their physical activity, it’s something that would be so important to the government.

“They need us back. A lot of our clubs are the hubs of the community.” …

Gymnastics boss calls on government to reopen indoor facilities

Athlete A – now on Netflix

June 24th.

Netflix now has the documentary on the USA Gymnastics criminal doctor. 

Athlete A is Maggie Nichols.

First, we all need thank Maggie, Sarah Jantzi and Maggie’s parents.

And we all need thank Rachael Denhollander and Jamie Dantzscher.

Now that the criminal doctor is in prison for up to 175 years, it’s easy to forget how difficult were those early accusations.

It’s easy to forget how many very smart people were fooled by the conman. Jamie — at the time — felt he was the only nice adult associated with USA Gymnastics.

The documentary is well done.  Recommend it to your non-Gymnastics friends. We can reduce medical malpractice and abuse in future. Protect athletes.

Revisit, too, the selection process for the Rio Olympic team. Certainly Maggie should have been one of the alternates.

An August 2016 article in the Indianapolis Star about USA Gymnastics protecting coaches accused of abuse leads to the explosive revelation that the USAG women’s team doctor, Larry Nassar, had been abusing athletes for over two decades.

This film follows the IndyStar reporters as they reveal the extensive cover-up that allowed abuse to thrive within elite-level gymnastics for more than two decades, the attorney who is fighting the institutions that failed these athletes, and most importantly, the brave whistle-blowers who refuse to be silenced.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

In addition to watching the documentary, be sure to listen to an excellent interview with Jennifer Sey on Gymnastic.

Sey is the producer.

Jennifer’s 2008 book Chalked Up is available in digital format with a new forward.