Parents of recreation gymnast needed to be educated about “spotting“, of course.
Category: parents
Aly on CBC Mornings
Promoting her new book.
Yul’s Dad interviewed
A role model for all Gymnastics parents.
Aly Raisman interview
Aly Raisman is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. Meet this year’s honorees at womenoftheyear.usatoday.com. …
She’s the third most decorated American gymnast in history, winning six Olympic medals as captain of the legendary 2012 “Fierce Five” and 2016 “Final Five” teams.
She empowered millions of girls and women across the globe when she shared her story as a sexual abuse survivor at the hands of a former USA gymnastics doctor, who, with the testimony of Raisman and more than 100 other athletes, will never be able to abuse another person again. …
Read the interview — Aly Raisman works to normalize hard conversations after her gymnastics career
NEW – book on Mental Blocks
REBECCA SMITH, M.A. has a new book coming.
Mental blocks are like injuries. One of the most frustrating problems for gymnasts, coaches, and parents.
Rebecca has some ideas new to me. She’s changed her approach over the past 2 years, inspiring the book.
Click PLAY or watch an interview on YouTube.
Elena Davydova can coach
We were surprised to hear that one of Canada’s best coaches, Elena (Yelena) Davydova was under investigation. She has no reputation as being any kind of unethical coach.
Elena is on the FIG WTC, as well.
Happily, she’s been allowed to continue coaching, under supervision.
We await a final ruling on this case.
“It’s the Hard Knock Life”
Nobody knows better than gymnasts how to fall safely. And get back up.
It’s not the falls that stop girls from training sport.
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Kia’s Taylor Swift Bowl AD
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Taylor Swift Bowl
I totally boycott Concussion Ball, thinking there is far too much attention on this one sport.
BUT — this year I’m one of many who will be paying attention for a change.
Cheering for Taylor Swift to defeat … that … other team. 😀
… we’re inviting dads and daughters to get closer to each other’s worlds – daughters sharing their love for skincare and dads sharing their love for the game.
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Canadian Pediatrics endorses ‘risky play’
Perhaps the word risky is not ideal in this article.
Free play, mostly free from injury — but with minor risk of bumps and bruises is recommended for parents.
Certainly many in 2024 are helicopter parents. Too much oversight is not optimal.
Kids need to climb trees, jump off things, and ride their bikes—even at speed. That’s what the Canadian Pediatric Society is recommending in a new white paper: Healthy Childhood Development Through Outdoor Risky Play. …
But what about the physical danger that risky play sometimes involves? How can doctors—and parents and schools—ignore that? …
And as the Pediatrics paper notes, “The research has established that children are less likely to be injured while engaging in unstructured activities than when playing an organized sport.” …
Reason – Even Canada Thinks the Nanny State Has Gone Too Far on Outlawing Fun
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