Twenty years ago, former Michigan State University softball star Tiffany Lopez told three of her trainers that she was being sexually abused by one of the university’s team physicians. His name was Larry Nassar.
It would be 19 years before Nassar — who has been accused by at least 265 women with sexually abusing them in his role as a doctor to young athletes at MSU and USA Gymnastics — would be arrested for his crimes.
Lopez says she stopped playing the sport she loved and left MSU after her claims went unheard. …
“If I had been heard and believed 20 years ago,” Lopez told the crowd gathered at today’s summit, “the women standing beside me — all of the 265 young women who have now bravely come forward as victims — would have been spared from the horrors of sexual abuse.”
Lopez was joined by other elite athletes who are survivors of Nassar’s abuse on stage at USOW, including Aly Raisman, Jeanette Antolin, and Jordyn Wieber. …
Category: parents
Changing Gymnastics Culture by Dave Tilley
After fifteen years competing up to the college level, and ten years coaching, I have spent the last five years as a medical provider treating almost all gymnasts (Sports Physical Therapy) while also still actively coaching competitive gymnastics at the same time. …
… in an effort to help, I have spent the last twelve months writing a new e-book covering all of these topics and more. I wrote it in an effort to spark conversations on how the sport of gymnastics can move into a new era that prioritizes athlete health, builds positive training cultures, and seeks the most optimal training methods based on scientific research as well as expert coaching opinion.
Dave’s made his book free. Click through to download.
The book is 3 PDFs.
In addition are two resources: Myofascial Release Checklist and a Splits Complex.
I’ll be reviewing my own copy. I’m keen to hear what the sports medicine community has to say. So far as I can see they’ve been very quiet on Nassar. It was gymnasts who finally took him down, not parents or coaches nor his professional fraternity.
coach Fernando de Carvalho Lopes fired
Brazil.
Reporters for the “Fantastico” news show on Globo TV spoke to 40 gymnasts and former gymnasts who said Fernando de Carvalho Lopes had abused them while they were minors …
Sao Paulo state Security Department confirmed police are investigating …
Lopes denied the accusations …
… the first accusation against Lopes came in July 2016, when a 13-year-old whom Lopes coached told his parents he was being abused. The accusation resulted in Lopes being fired from Brazil’s gymnastics coaching staff, a month ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio …
(via papaliukin)
Gymnastic Canada hires Director of Safe Sport
EPIC GymCastic audiocast #301
Peng Gets a 20, Martha Gets a Zero
Over 10,000 hours long, this one is well worth listening to.
Even if you attended Nationals in St. Louis you’ll learn something new. Coaching fashion tips, in particular.
I thought NCAA Nationals judging was no worse than usual … but it looks worse than usual when you have more judges and they can’t stay in range.
Despite the CRACK, Spencer is OK with most of the final rankings: team, individual and apparatus.
I was a bit distracted celebrating Peng’s 20 and didn’t pay much attention to Saturday’s Dateline TV show with Maroney and the Karolyis. After all, it’s network TV. Normally pretty bland.
Happily Jessica and Spencer dissect the interview in detail putting statements in context and into the timeline. It doesn’t look good for USA Gymnastics.
If you don’t subscribe, you can listen streamed via their website.
STOMPOutBullying.org
Somehow the word STOMP seems an oxymoron in an anti-bullying campaign.
Perhaps that’s intended to make the URL more memorable. #stompoutbullying
Click PLAY or watch Laurie Hernandez on Twitter.
STOMPOutBullying.org
Aly speaks from the Time 100 Red Carpet
What happened after she reported to Rhonda Faehn, the senior vice president of the women’s program?
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Gymnastics Australia child safety co-ordinator
Ms Pownall, the first child safety co-ordinator for Gymnastics Australia and Gymnastics Victoria, said part of her job would be to educate clubs, coaches, parents and gymnasts …
“One of the new laws in Victoria is that if anyone is aware of a child being abused, it is a criminal offence not to report it,’’ she said. …
Gymnastics Australia appoints first child safety co-ordinator
Karolyis deny knowledge
I haven’t seen the full interview from last night. Here’s a trailer.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
NY Yankees: Bullying is WRONG
Cassidy was bullied at school. Got no support from the Scranton School District. Facebook took her page down because she wasn’t yet age-13. ☹️
The NY Yankees reached out. #respect
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.


