Noah Lyles is one of the best sprinters in the world. His goal is to win Gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
Noah did Gymnastics and other sports as a kid. He switched to Track at age-12.
An inspiring family story.
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Category: psychology
Discipline tips for coaches
1. There is a difference between discipline and punishment.
5. Don’t have too many rules
6. Let the stakeholders (read: the athletes) be involved in creating any necessary rules.
12. You are the adult.
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coach Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso is an American sports comedy.
Very funny.
I only started watching Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ because Ted is a coach.
He had success with American Div II Wichita State Shockers College football and is recruited to coach an English Premier League team, AFC Richmond, despite having no experience in association football.
It’s a feel good positive story.
Personally, Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard, Lasso’s longtime taciturn assistant and friend, steals the show for me.
It’s been renewed for a second season.
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Matt Sparks shared this video, much related to one of the movie themes.
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Gymnastics called ‘legal child abuse’
Michiel de Hoog writes about sport for De Correspondent in Netherlands.
Though no Gymnastics expert, de Hoog put together a very damning article on the culture of elite women’s Gymnastics.
There are some specifics overstated. No examples at all of any elite gymnasts who feel they didn’t suffer child abuse. But his main point is hard to refute.
Best read it for yourself.
Women’s gymnastics has a decades-old, reform-resistant culture of abuse. It’s hard to see a solution when child abuse isn’t an exception in women’s gymnastics – it’s the logical consequence.
Why women’s gymnastics is legal child abuse
not the size of the dog in the fight
Sports Parents Promise
As a positive sports parent, I make these promises to my child(ren):
I promise to listen to you if you have any concerns about your sport
I promise to learn how your club keeps you safe and what I can do to help
I promise to make sure that I set a good example and support you (and your teammates) in a positive way
Defying Gravity – part 5
This is the criminal doctor episode.
Kathy Johnson is always good. But it’s Dominique who’s most eloquent of many gymnasts interviewed.
Jordyn Wieber too. She recalls that the Ranch was closed the day after Simone said she didn’t want to go back to the place of all that sexual abuse.
Olga Korbut calls her former coach a monster.
In part five of our documentary series, survivors of abuse describe the culture that allowed a USA Gymnastics physician and many dozens of other coaches and officials to take advantage of athletes, and explain how they’re using their voices and the life skills that gymnastics taught them to reclaim their sport.
You MIGHT be able to watch Defying Gravity free weekly with ads — or watch all episodes uninterrupted with YouTube Premium.
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Alecia Ingram #GymnastAlliance
Alecia Ingram was a 4 year National Team member. (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
At various times she trained at Cypress under Deana Parish and Debbie Kaitschuck, at Dynamo, at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, with Don Peters at SCATS, and at Parkettes.
In College she competed for Nebraska and University of Florida, finishing in the autumn of 2003.
Alecia recounts a LOT of bad experiences in this sad, sad post.
Gymnast Alliance #gymnastalliance
Dvora posted an article for Vice:
The Gymnast Alliance is forcing a reckoning with abusive practices that have long been at the center of the sport.
… hundreds of gymnasts from all over would post their personal stories of pain and abuse to social media using the hashtag.
They spoke of being forced to train and compete on serious injuries; of being publicly shamed for their weight; of being screamed at and belittled for making mistakes in practice.
Press attention would soon follow, with reports on ITV and other outlets. And the #gymnastalliance would soon spread to other countries, with gymnasts in Belgium, New Zealand, Australia, and the Netherlands speaking up about abuse at the highest level of sports there.
Hotlines have been set up; independent inquiries have been promised; coaches have been suspended. …
“We Won’t Stop”: Gymnasts Around the World Are Organizing To End Abuse
Defying Gravity – part 1
Defying Gravity is a 6-part docuseries that explores … Women’s Gymnastics through its greatest champions.
It’s playing on the Glamour magazine YouTube channel. The first 2 episodes are free without YouTube Premium.
I actually signed up for a free month of YouTube Premium so I could watch the rest. Could be that getting rid of ads MIGHT make it worth the subscription. 🙂
Bart, Nadia, Daniella, Svetlana, Laurie, Blythe, and more.
Lots of Aly and Katelyn.
This feel good introduction part 1 highlights Floor more than the other apparatus.
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I thought it was weird to include Shushanova doing a dangerous skill.
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