Category: safety

coaching ‘NBA policy’

Update – Dave Holcomb at Buckeye has had something similar called TAR. (Two Adult Rule). One adult should never be alone even with a group of kids.

Dave Peterson:

We have had a written policy for 25 years that I call the ‘NBA policy’ because it says you should ‘Never Be Alone’ with a minor athlete. Or really, any athlete.

It originally was predicated on the idea that if an injury occurred, you cannot stabilize the neck and call 911 at the same time. Someone else must be present to be able to deal with an emergency. But it has evolved into a protection of our athletes, our coaches and our business.” …

Purdy: Local youth coach offers crucial advice to parents

(via Ono)

new Bar grips available

We’ve been testing prototypes of these grips out of Canada for a long time. They are finally available for everyone.

Designed by former gymnast Ariel Crawford, the beginner grip has been customized for the first time grip user with small hands.

The advanced grips have firmer leather strong enough for highest difficulty routines.

Both buckle and Velcro are used to hit the sweet spot for security with adjustability.

A built in elastic loop ensures the Velcro strap cannot come undone on the Bars.

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Doctors who abuse patients

Read Dvora Meyers’ post on Deadspin …

USA Gymnastics’ Larry Nassar Scandal Is About Doctors Abusing Patients, Not Just Sports

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

brain damage in Football

Might be even worse that we feared. 😦

A neuropathologist has examined the brains of 111 N.F.L. players — and 110 were found to have C.T.E., the degenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head. …

110 N.F.L. Brains

social media for coaches & athletes

There are a LOT of issues here.

Social Media 101 for Coaches

Click PLAY or watch tips from Hockey coach Lisa Haley on YouTube.

$21 million lawsuit against Trampoline Park

We recommend all trampoline activities be done in facilities that have certified, experienced coaches. Drop in Trampoline Parks are too dangerous.

A 29-year-old man who says he’s now paralyzed from the neck down after injuring himself on a trampoline at the G6 Airpark in Southeast Portland filed a $21 million lawsuit …

The lawsuit describes the trampolines as “unreasonably dangerous” — claiming that the business “carelessly and improperly constructed the trampoline areas” because they “were placed closely together, joined by cables, separated by padding, with holes and/or spaces between.”

The suit also claims Burford wasn’t properly instructed or trained on how to use the trampolines and that there weren’t enough employees at the trampolines to ensure their safe use. …

Oregon Live

spotting boxes for Bars

Al Fong perfected the science of using spotting boxes for teaching Bars. It’s a portable channel pit that can be changed around depending on the level of gymnasts and target skill.

Click PLAY or watch one example on YouTube.

Tumbl Trak is now selling Al’s system. Cost for the package is $2275.

USAG safe sport

USA Gymnastics has hired two key senior staff members as the organization continues its ongoing efforts to protect athletes.

Toby Stark, a long-time leader in child advocacy, will serve as USA Gymnastics’ director of safe sport. In that role, Stark will lead a department focused on athlete protection.

Mark Busby, who handled child abuse and sex crime cases while with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, will provide supporting in-house legal counsel. …

USAG

I’m wondering if USAG will be swamped with years of litigation, named in many individual court cases along with Nassar.

related – GymCastic 259: The Nassar Plea …

Lindsey Lemke speaks out on Nassar

Lindsey trained at Twistars. Was treated at Michigan State University.

She estimates that Nassar performed his “treatment” on her some 600 times …

“But I thought it was a legit medical treatment. … Who was I to question him?”

In September 2016, the MSU women’s gymnastics team was called into an urgent meeting. Lindsey was now 20 and had transferred to MSU on a full scholarship after spending a year at the University of North Carolina. Officials announced that there were allegations against Nassar. “They said we weren’t allowed to tell anybody,” says Lindsey.

Gymnast Lindsey Lemke Was Allegedly Sexually Abused by Her Doctor Starting at 13. Now She’s Speaking Out.

I’m waiting on the next GymCastic podcast to get Jessica’s take on the most recent developments in the Nassar case. For the first time he admitted guilt: 3 counts related to child pornography. In return, the plea bargain says prosecutors won’t pursue federal charges alleging sexual abuse of four young women.

He’l be sentenced on Nov. 27 in federal court in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Other court cases against him will continue.