Natalie Wojcik believes it can be done.
Her University has already postponed Football this Fall, hoping to play in the Spring of 2020 instead.
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Gymnastics – optimal number of training hours
All coaches agree there’s never enough time to include everything they want in any training plan.
We need to set priorities.
And not waste time.
GAGE is one club I’d highlight as having very efficient training.
I’m hopeful that COVID-19 reset results in many Gyms reducing training hours. Setting more modest, achievable goals. Goals less performance / ranking based, more personal development.
Injuries reduce the number of effective training hours. Fewer injuries over the career = more effective hours.
… but to answer the question, I’ve always admired Shawn Johnson’s plan. She trained maximum 24 hours / week during High School with one training / day. And became the best gymnast in the world.
If your goal is not to become one of the best gymnasts in the world, training hours should be fewer than 24 / week.
Aimee posted Simone’s hours on Twitter.
Keith Russell often talks about finding the best coach / hour.
With less training time, less equipment, who’s the best coach?
Click over to Facebook to see Dave Tilley’s opinion.
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Yes. That’s a thing.
And they will be providing a free dedicated helpline that will support with concerns of abuse in British Gymnastics and other sports.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has joined forces with the British Athletes Commission to provide free, confidential support and guidance to anyone involved with gymnastics who has safeguarding concerns …
British Athletes Commission members can continue raise concerns directly with the BAC Athlete Support team via support@britishathletes.org.
Gymnastics Club COVID-19 survey
Lynn Ledford conducted an informal survey of U.S. clubs.
Over 91% are currently open.
85% have not yet had staff test positive.
Click over to see results.
Dave Tilley on Athlete A
#GymnastAlliance
Dave is pissed at bad coaches.
Quit coaching if you can’t do it safely.
He points out there are many excellent, ethical, safe coaches too. We don’t hear about them.
He calls for mandatory sport science coach education in the USA. The States is the only major western nation where coach education is not required.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
44% of campers test positive for COVID-19
Of 597 campers and staff at a YMCA sleep away camp in Georgia, 44% — 263 people — tested positive.
Of course games, singing and cheering together were encouraged, mostly without masks.
The camp followed disinfecting rules and required staff to wear masks, but campers did not have to wear face coverings.
Campers ranged in age from 6 to 19, and many of the staffers were teenagers. Cabins had between 16 to 26 people.
51% of positive cases were in 6-to-10-year-olds.
Staff at the camp had all tested negative in the previous 12 days.
related – YMCA says they regret opening summer camp where COVID-19 infections occurred
Chellsie: “It’s a comeback”
#official
The 2005 world all-around champion, mother of two, age-32, says she wants to compete.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
related – THIS CHELLSIE MEMMEL COMEBACK IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE REAL
Australian gymnasts speak out
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
following the #GymnastAlliance allegations
If you are having trouble keeping up with the ongoing series of gymnasts brave enough to come forward with incidents of past abuse, catch up on the GymCastic podcast.
432: #GymnastAlliance
434: Svetlana Khorcanceled
Svetlana Khorkina was a fantastic gymnast. But she’s clearly an egomaniac with no empathy. Literally the last person in the Gymnastics world who should be commenting on safety and ethics.
Dutch team enjoys a ‘healthy sports climate’?
UPDATE
The Dutch Federation has taken allegations very seriously. And especially the admissions of Gerrit Beltman, now coaching in Singapore.
Last week, the KNGU announced an independent investigation into all Gym Sports. And urged athletes to report abuses to the Center for Safe Sports in the Netherlands.
And now they’ve stopped the coaches of the current National Team from working with those athletes while the investigation is underway. Gymnasts can still train, but not with their personal coaches.
‘The stories are coming from all sides,’ KNGU chairwoman Monique Kempff told a news conference. ‘And if you want to make a cultural shift, you cannot take half measures.’
Read more at DutchNews.nl
___ original post from July 28, 2020 below:
Good news. Things have changed for the better.
The current Team Netherlands supports their coaching system.
The statement can be read on the Instagram pages of Sanne Wevers, Lieke Wevers, Eythora Thorsdottir, Vera van Pol, Laura de Witt, Tisha Volleman, Sara van Disseldorp, Naomi Visser, Kirsten Polderman and Sanna Veerman. Céline van Gerner, who stopped last August, also shared the statement. …
“The past period has been an accumulation of sad news from the world of gymnastics. First internationally, but now also nationally. Our condolences go to everyone who has had negative experiences in our sport.”
“We do not recognize ourselves in the image that is now sketched of Dutch gymnastics with regard to the stories of the past. Where in the past there was room for physical and mental flogging, this is a thing of the past …
National gymnastics team responds: ‘We do not recognize ourselves in the sketched image’
Gymnastics Coaching.com 