tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
I expect and hope Nassar will be in prison for the rest of his life.
He is expected to face at least 25 years in prison. I’m guessing there will be additional court cases in other jurisdictions adding to that sentence.
What is the U.S. medical community doing to discipline criminals like Nassar?
This is what leadership looks like.
A representative for the Olympian confirmed the authenticity of the post and that Douglas says she was molested by Nassar …
… Douglas explained why she had not joined the other accusers until now.
“I didn’t publicly share my experiences as well as many other things because for years we were conditioned to stay silent and honestly some things were extremely painful,” she wrote. “I wholeheartedly support my teammates for coming forward with what happened to them.” …
It All Starts With a Vision
INVEST Time in Communicating Your Culture
Leadership Should be Demonstrated at All Levels
It’s Your Ship
Be Accountable
Develop ‘Buy In’
Be a Role Model
Encourage Diversity
Remove Toxicity
Avoid the 3 C’s
… Complaining, Comparing and Criticizing
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Kathy Johnson was team captain for USA at the 1984 Olympics Los Angeles.
At that time she trained at SCATS with the infamous Don Peters, now banned from USA Gymnastics for life.
Read Kathy’s statement on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/kathy-johnson-clarke/whats-on-my-mind/1930904166925335/
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The Future Stars National Championships showcase the USA’s top 10-, 11-, 12- and 13-year-old male gymnasts …
In addition to the competition, Future Stars athletes and their parents participate in workshop activities that feature lectures, technical presentations, and hands-on coaching sessions. …
The Future Stars program is designed is to identify talented athletes and to start them on the right developmental path to national and international success.
USAG – McCafferty, Bottarini, Petrosyan, Shamah win 2017 Future Stars all-around titles
We all need thank Aly and her parents for having the courage to speak out on 60 Minutes. Gymnasts look up to Aly for leadership. More gymnasts will be empowered to speak out when they feel uncomfortable in the presence of a groomer. Coaches and parents will be more cautious in future.
I’m disappointed that USA Gymnastics did not have a spokesperson interviewed in this feature.
… We were told he is the best doctor. He’s the United States Olympic doctor and the USA Gymnastics doctor, and we were very lucky we were able to see him. …
About 165,000 athletes and 3,400 gyms are members of USA Gymnastics. Raisman is calling for major changes in personnel, training, and education to keep athletes safe. …
USA Gymnastics has a long-standing policy that adults should “avoid being alone with a minor.” Despite that policy, Raisman says she was alone with Dr. Nassar. He treated her and other athletes in their hotel rooms during competitions abroad. …
It got even harder in the summer of 2015 — a year before the Rio Games — when an investigator hired by USA Gymnastics paid Raisman a visit. A coach had raised concerns about Dr. Nassar’s treatment of athletes. Raisman says she was caught off guard when the investigator asked her about it. …
After she returned from Rio, she says she spoke with FBI agents who had opened an investigation of Larry Nassar. …
Watch it on 60 Minutes – full interview (14 min)
There are two additional Overtime features via that link.
In the fall-out of the Dr. Larry Nassar scandal, I’m not sure they are.
Robert Andrews posted some recommendations:
• We must educate our athletes …
• We must educate the (silent) parents …
• We must educate coaches …
• We must demand a leadership body that is accountable to creating safe, positive, and empowering environments for our gymnasts. …
At great expense USAG replaced Steve Penny with Kerry J. Perry.
Are gymnasts safer with a new CEO? If so, how?
Is leadership any more accountable than in the past? If so, how?
Are competitive athletes, parents and coaches actually getting more education? Or are they simply offered more education?
The high priced Daniel’s report recommended ‘cultural change‘ top-to-bottom. Has that actually happened?
What does the new director of SafeSport do day-to-day?
It seems to me USAG is still doing the minimum. Their press releases written by liability lawyers. The goal to protect themselves legally.
Here’s the official response to Aly’s accusations of last week:
That statement wasn’t on the usagym.org home page Nov 11th. You needed to click over to NEWS first to find it. Not exactly up front and transparent.
Many will be checking the USAG home page to see the official response to Aly Raisman’s accusations against Nassar … and not immediately finding any response. 🙁
I didn’t see it on the USA Gymnastics Facebook feed either.
related – Robert Andrews is a sport psychologist who worked with the U.S. men as well as Laurie Hernandez and Simone Biles.
related – Tony Retrosi – New USA Gymnastics president needs to clean house
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British Gymnastics is facing a crisis with its biggest stars, including the double Olympic champion Max Whitlock, refusing to sign World Class Performance Programme contracts and being threatened with having their funding withdrawn.
An internal power struggle between the performance, commercial and management teams about the content of the contract has led to a rebellion among the athletes. The Guardian understands almost all of the team which won a record seven medals at the Rio Olympics last summer have refused to sign the contract. …
There are many more concerns listed in that article. Click through for sure.
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