Finally.
I’m amazed it’s taken so long to get this confirmation of an investigation, if not an Inquiry.
Elite sport is the best place to start. No doubt resulting regulations will be applied to all competitive sport.
Category: parents
teaching kids to be independent
An important post from Wendy Bruce Martin:
As sports parents, we would do anything to protect our athletes. We want to take away their sorrow, we want to give them the answers they need, we want to protect them from pain. We want to ride in our our white horses and be their saviors. We want to fight their battles, remove their enemies, and provide a life a happiness. For if they are happy, then we parents must be doing our jobs.
When we rescue them, what are we really teaching them? If we always come to their rescue when they are hurting, sad, embarrassed, angry, or suffering, we are only teaching them that we will solve their problems, we will save them. We are teaching them they aren’t strong enough to think and fight on their own and we must think and fight for them. …
What happens when we aren’t there? …
You Don’t Need Me…You Got This: Teach your Athlete to Rescue Themselves.
over-parenting
I’d agree that many children are over-protected.
And many have their childhood over-scheduled (with things like Gymnastics).
This could have been ME 40yrs ago.
I waxed nostalgic. … Memories of digging up clams, splashing the girls, trying to drown the boys in the shallows. Family holidays at wonderful Rathtrevor Beach on Vancouver Island.
But that photo was taken recently.
Kids are the same. But one thing has changed.
A swimming pool with that many children would have only one lifeguard.
What year was it that parents became so much more protective than my own?
related –
The Fragile Generation
Giving Trans Kids a Sporting Chance
As throughout history, somewhere less than 1% of children are born transgender. It ranges from <0.1% to 0.6%.
Of course those children should have an equal right to participate in everything, including sport.
Each competition sport will have to have rules accepting children into either boys or girls divisions.
Sport New Zealand recently released guiding principles for the inclusion of transgender people in community sport. Trans young people in Aotearoa experience considerable health and wellbeing disparities, as a result of stigma, discrimination and violence. They face challenges within their own families, at school, in medical settings and in their wider communities.
Engagement in sport has positive effects for psychological and physical wellbeing, academic performance, and sense of belonging, and can be a source of passion – a strong protective factor for mental health. …
Giving trans kids a sporting chance
I was excited to see Cat Runner win a new reality TV show. 10 amateur climbers competing for a cash prize of $100,000 and $100,000 prAna sponsorship.
It was impressive as Cat does not have much reach. He’s the short guy in the blue jacket.
It helps to have long limbs for rock climbing.
Cat identifies as transgender, one reason he’s a climber — an activity where gender doesn’t matter.
Finally — I’m disappointed with politicians and deplorable who are today trying to win votes, make money, and accrue power by targeting transgender kids and other minorities. Attacking some of the most vulnerable people in society.
That’s despicable.
British Gymnastics – ‘Leap Without Limits’
Building on their Reform ’25 progress, British Gymnastics wants to put positive experiences for ALL at the heart of the sport.
The Vision at a glance:
- A significant step towards delivering genuine lasting and positive change in gymnastics
- Puts positive experiences at the heart of the sport
- A united approach across all home nations, shaped by the gymnastics community
- Recognises benefits gymnastics can provide for individuals, communities and society
- New vision has received backing from within and beyond gymnastics
Derrian Gobourne reflects
“The Queen” will retire after this season.
In this interview she thinks back to her coach Laura who had faith in her switching from Cheer to Gymnastics. And much more.
Teens need motivation ➙ e.g. Sport
I’ve always felt the average teen competitive gymnast is psychologically safer — on average — than their classmates.
Spending 20+ hours a week on a sport or activity has risks. BUT staying home scrolling TikTok and other social media may be even more damaging.
The Gym is one place in a teen’s life where profanity is rare. Structure is clear. Rules in place.
The culture of a Gymnastics club is far healthier — on average — than school or the mall.
Sadly, this is increasingly true in the USA according to a new study.
Of course this is even more true of teens identifying as — or confused about — being LGBQ+. One American political party is targeting those young people for attack.
Bottom line for coaches and all adults is to be patient and supportive of teenagers. It’s a difficult time of life for many.
Maryland, Yale, Temple, George Washington, Towson
America’s best and brightest standing up for human rights.
All are created equal.
And — therefore — all wear the same leo. 😀
gymnast T’Yonna Major murdered in mass shooting
This week Orlando Metro Gymnastics is hosting a fundraiser for the family of T’Yonna Major, the 9-year-old girl who was killed in the shooting spree in Pine Hills last week. …
‘An angel on our team’: Gymnastics coach of 9-year-old killed in Orlando shooting spree remembers her
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
The rest of the world wonders why the USA cannot reduce the number of children killed by firearms.
volunteer coach let go for requiring ‘line drills’
In general, it’s a mistake to use conditioning as a punishment at workout.
But any thinking human being instantly realizes the Hantsport School administration made a mistake here.
The Hantsport School junior high boys basketball team was about to play their first playoff game of the season last week. But two hours before the game, the school administration dismissed Brandon MacInnis, the team’s volunteer head coach. …
One of his long-standing coaching philosophies is for his players to be on time for practice, he said. Some of his players were fooling around in the locker room as practice was about to start last week.
“I hold the team to be accountable for their actions and because they were a little bit late we ran some line drills,” said MacInnis. …
The players on the team were shocked to learn before the playoff game that their coach had been let go. They made the decision to stand behind their coach and did not play the game, which resulted in them losing by forfeit. …
CBC – Hantsport residents rally behind volunteer coach fired hours before playoff game
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