Miss Val teaching dance at UCLA Camp

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. 🙂

Georgia Gymdogs facility tour

Head Coach Courtney Kupets Carter

Georgia has the best training facility of any I’ve ever visited. Watch a tour on FloGymnastics.

Doc Ali – Mind of A _______

… The Mind of A will look at how individual athletes use the mental game to their advantage with tips and tricks on how to master the craft.

The first episode will be Mind of A… Bar Worker Part#1 and will feature two time JO National Bar Champion Alyssa Al-Ashari. …

Click PLAY or watch a trailer on YouTube.

Lindsey Lemke speaks out on Nassar

Lindsey trained at Twistars. Was treated at Michigan State University.

She estimates that Nassar performed his “treatment” on her some 600 times …

“But I thought it was a legit medical treatment. … Who was I to question him?”

In September 2016, the MSU women’s gymnastics team was called into an urgent meeting. Lindsey was now 20 and had transferred to MSU on a full scholarship after spending a year at the University of North Carolina. Officials announced that there were allegations against Nassar. “They said we weren’t allowed to tell anybody,” says Lindsey.

Gymnast Lindsey Lemke Was Allegedly Sexually Abused by Her Doctor Starting at 13. Now She’s Speaking Out.

I’m waiting on the next GymCastic podcast to get Jessica’s take on the most recent developments in the Nassar case. For the first time he admitted guilt: 3 counts related to child pornography. In return, the plea bargain says prosecutors won’t pursue federal charges alleging sexual abuse of four young women.

He’l be sentenced on Nov. 27 in federal court in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Other court cases against him will continue.

Sportswear Brands Should Use Athletes—Not Models

Sasha DiGiulian:

… Nike and Adidas, which have the broadest reach—have a responsibility to remain authentic. These athletic-wear brands are selling apparel, accessories, and shoes for performance, and they should show the people who have worked every day to perform in that sport at their peak skill level.  …

Some brands are getting it right. Under Armour’s marketing campaign featuring Misty Copeland and Lindsey Vonn is incredibly powerful. …

Sportswear Brands Should Use Athletes—Not Models—in Their Ads

related – ELLIE KRUPNICK – Want to Sell Me Sportswear? Show Me an Athlete

Ragan Smith tops Camp verification

USAG:

The top three in senior verification were:

  1. Ragan Smith, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams
  2. Alyona Shchennikova, Evergreen, Colo./5280 Gymnastics
  3. Jordan Chiles, Vancouver, Wash./Naydenov Gymnastics

The top three in junior verification were:

  1. Maile O’Keefe, Las Vegas/Salcianu Elite
  2. Emma Malabuyo, Flower Mound, Texas/Texas Dreams
  3. Adeline Kenlin, Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Gym-Nest

July Women’s National Team Camp wraps up today in Texas

Ragan Smith