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Tony Retrosi:
In the gym I try to build new habits. Usually, we will work to get a particular healthy habit established or eliminate an unhealthy one. …
Basic Habits to Establish: Some Thoughts to Share With Athletes in Your Gym
Click through to read the tips.
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GCG:
Gymnastics Canada (GCG) is proud to announce our involvement in the LGBTQI2S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and two spirited) Sport Inclusion Task Force pilot project. …
The goal of this work is to build awareness and understanding to support inclusivity at national, provincial, and club levels.
I’m all for inclusiveness. And my NSGB is so inclusive that I had to look up “Two-spirited” to be sure I’m not unintentionally alienating anyone in the sport.
Dvora Meyers posted a good summary of the U.S. gymnasts who have been speaking publicly and candidly about their grievances with the sport and Federation.
Let’s celebrate when athletes feel empowered to speak out. These issues should be addressed by every coach, athlete and parent.
Artistic Gymnastics is a great sport … but could be even better.
Robert Andrews, M.A., founder and director of The Institute of Sports Performance, worked with a number of U.S. athletes — including Simone Biles — on “mental training” posted his response:
Many gymnasts in the U.S.A, and perhaps many other countries are taught:
Don’t challenge or question a coach’s authority.
Don’t have a voice or speak up to address any concerns you have as a gymnasts.
Don’t utilize personal power in your relationship with your coach.
Don’t complain about the way you are being treated.
USAG Sexual Abuse Scandal Is A Symptom Of Deeper Issues
Here’s the letter every Gym Mom could write to their daughter.
We all recall club hopping gymnasts. Parents who always feel the grass is greener at the next Gym.
But there are occasions when gymnasts should move to a program that can better meet their needs.
Nick Ruddock:
If you have an athlete whose potential exceeds your competence as a coach, should you facilitate, or at least give the opportunity to the athlete (and their parents) to transfer to another environment to ensure they fulfil their performance potential?
Comment on Nick’s Facebook page.
Putting preschool kids on a competitive Trampoline bed can be dangerous. Especially if Mom or Dad climbs on with them — risking a double bounce injury to spine / neck.
Best practice is to put some kind of mat on top of the Tramp for young children.
Click PLAY or watch Bluewater Gymnastics on YouTube.
An excerpt from the 2013 FloGymnastics Beyond the Routine documentary.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Dad was a baseball player.
An article in The Detroit News looks back at Larry Nassar’s life and medical career. Trying to understand how he came to become “one of the most sought-after physicians in the gymnastics world“.
How were so many gymnasts, parents and coaches fooled?
Gymnastics Coaching.com 