Category: safety

Kazakhstan’s Milad Karimi interviewed

How is Gymnastics in Kazakhstan these days?

Not good according to a very personal, outspoken interview with the World’s 2017 FX finalist:

Other guys and I were always told the same thing: if there will be medals, we’ll create good training conditions for you. Great, I gave results in 2017, why hasn’t anything changed? For example, we have really bad conditions in Almaty. When it snows, it becomes impossible to train in our gym in the Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism – we can get seriously injured because it’s too cold in the gym. So it means that in winter we don’t have a place to train properly, we’re only doing conditioning because it’s not comfortable to train fully clothed in our only gym. …

A: I’m getting paid a bit more than 200,000 tenge a month now [around $600].

Q: What salary did you have before, if it’s not a secret.

A: In 2015, I was paid 15,000 tenge [$45], in 2016 – 30,000 tenge [$90], from January till May 2017 – 110,000 tenge [$333] and from June till September 140,000 tenge [$424]. …

MILAD KARIMI: KAZAKHSTAN’S NATIONAL TEAM DOESN’T HAVE PROPER TRAINING CONDITIONS

Click PLAY or watch his FX on YouTube.

Gymnova P Bar rail breaks

I hope he’s OK.

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(via Learn Gymnastics Code)

Lauren Hopkins is thankful

Read Lauren’s very personal reflections on the Nassar crimes.

Lauren, by the way, is enjoying a non-Gymnastics holiday this weekend. 🙂

https://twitter.com/laurenhopkins96/status/934018201356206081

Nasser pleads guilty

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.

Olympic champion Aly Raisman hopes drawing attention to abuse will be her greatest legacy

What is the U.S. medical community doing to discipline criminals like Nassar?

Aly supports Gabby

This is what leadership looks like.

Gabby was also abused by Nassar

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.” …

NBC

Gymneo – back drop on trampoline

Just the other day I was introducing this critical skill to 7 year olds. For safety. And as a progression.

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Gymneo.com is a sponsor of this site. The best coaching tutorials online.

 

Kathy Johnson Clarke on victim shaming

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/

(via wogymnast)

Aly Raisman on the Today Show

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should male gymnasts train shirtless?

There’s a good thread on this topic on  Gymnastics Coaches Skills & Drills. (Closed Facebook Group. You’d need to apply to join.)

Plenty of pros and cons. Some Gyms discourage training shirtless. Some do not allow it. Most do.

At the end of the day, however, it’s not going to be easy to change the culture. I expect most older male gymnasts will be training shirtless for decades to come.