tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
A quick overview.
Dr A Jay Binder:
Weight management is the term used for both healthy weight loss and weight gain.
… Some athletes require building of body mass, muscle and power, while others need strength and flexibility on a small frame.
read more … weight management for acrobats
Click PLAY or watch Flavia’s Bars on YouTube.
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Dvora Meyers did some research:
… Since September 2016, when the Indianapolis Star reported that former team doctor Larry Nassar had sexually abused gymnasts under the guise of care, USA Gymnastics has been defending itself against hundreds of civil claims. The organization recently sued its seven insurers for failing to pay their defense costs in the ongoing litigation.
In short, members of USA Gymnastics have every reason to be worried about the future. ….
The grassroots of gymnastics are worried, too—not just about the future of the nation’s most powerful gymnastics organization but about how that organization’s rocky future might complicate and imperil the smaller organizations that will produce the next generation of gymnasts. …
USAG told Dvora:
“USA Gymnastics has taken no steps toward filing for bankruptcy and has no intention to do so. Any rumors to the contrary are false.”
Why does the International Gymnastics Federation approve apparatus with a single point of failure?
If one part fails, the entire apparatus falls.
For SAFETY and reliability redundancy should be required. For example, two chains instead of one.
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(via theGymter.net)
I watched this classic hundreds of times back in the day.
1991 video with highlights of the best gymnastics from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (90min)
(via GymCastic)
… My second recommendation is the implementation of USA Gymnastics-assigned chaperones.
Each gymnast should have a chaperone present with them at the national training camps and competitions.
While each gymnast was required to travel with their personal coach to the national training camps, a neutral chaperone, responsible solely for the safety and wellbeing of each gymnast, would help create a safe space for gymnasts to voice concerns outside of their athletic training.
This chaperone should also be required to accompany each gymnast on any medical treatments or sessions, whether formal or informal. A gymnast should never be alone with another adult who is not her parent without her chaperone …
read more – Karolyi letter to Senate
1. This letter was obviously written by lawyers
2. Marta was the last person at Camp who would have wanted chaperones attending
Secrecy and lack of transparency were a big part of the old Romanian system. It’s something Marta continued at her remote Camp.
(via BBS)
If you are trying to keep up with the evolving USAG scandal, be sure to listen to GymCastic episode 307. The first 80 minutes deals with Nassar fallout.
Steve Penny, Rhonda Faehn, and former MSU president Lou Anna Simon appeared in front of the Senate.
1. Penny took the Fifth.
2. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen called for changes in the U.S. Olympic Committee.
3. Gymnasts’ medical records were removed from the Karolyi Ranch.
4. Former USA Gymnastics official’s composure cracked during Senate testimony. (Rhonda Faehn)
5. At least 15 people knew but didn’t immediately report the 2015 allegations of inappropriate conduct against Nassar.
Indy Star – 5 takeaways from the U.S. Senate hearing about Larry Nassar
Despite denials from Kerry Perry, I’m still assuming USA Gymnastics will be forced to declare bankruptcy. They will be sued. Their liability insurers do not want to pay those many millions in damages.
Comcast is honored to introduce you to Francesca “Frannie” Ronan. Frannie is a delightful, enthusiastic eight-year-old gymnast from Kirkland, Washington and a member of the Seattle Gymnastics Academy. …
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