Congratulations. Well deserved.
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Category: parents
educating sports parents
Nick interviews Gordon MacLelland of Working with Parents in Sport.
Dealing successfully with parents is a much neglected coaching skill.
They discuss how to onboard NEW parents starting with your pre-competitive programs.
Gordon recommends offering parents 4 minute Zoom sessions on a regular basis to avoid miscommunication.
FBI apologizes to gymnasts
If you are a lawyer trying to defend USAG and USOPC … your argument just got significantly weaker. It’s indefensible.
FBI Director Wray Apologizes for Botched Larry Nassar Probe After Horrific Testimony from US Gymnasts: It Was ‘Inexcusable’
Simone blames ‘the system’
Simone talks to Mom about Tokyo
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protecting Cheer athletes
HBO Real Sports did a segment. It’s hard to watch.
U.S. All Star Federation — owned by the private company / monopoly Varsity Spirit — has been doing a lousy job protecting their athletes.
Sports attorney Sarah Klein is interviewed.
It includes the 2020 arrest of Jerry Harris.
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in praise of Gym Moms
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pressure of social media harming self-esteem
gymnasts commiserate with Simone
Mental blocks are common in Gymnastics.
Simone’s could not have popped up at a worse time.
The one upside of all this publicity is preventing future injuries.
Every gymnast will remember the time the G.O.A.T. withdrew from the Olympics rather than risk getting lost in the air.
Gaar Adams , for example, trained at the Gym that produced the Hamm brothers:
… I tried to push myself past a “twisties” block at the end of one practice in September 2001.
Lost in the air, I fell on my neck and required spinal surgery, a halo brace and four months in a hospital bed.
A shade away from quadriplegia at the age of 13, my dreams of pursuing collegiate and elite gymnastics were over. …
The twisties: My gymnastics career may not have ended in hospital if I’d had a role model like Simone Biles
I’ve seen over a dozen similar stories recounted over recent days.
Victoria Moors, for example.
If it can happen to Simone, it can happen to anyone.
Simone did the right thing
How many gymnasts in future will remember the time Simone withdrew from an Olympic final because she didn’t feel right?
This is a win for safer Gymnastics in future.
An example for coaches — in future — when uncertain about whether or not to include that difficult skill in the routine. Err on the side of caution.
Recall that tennis star Naomi Osaka recently took time off from competition. Smart.
A psychological problem can be just as debilitating as a physical injury.
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