tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
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Click over to the USAG SafeSport page for more resources.
Even more dangerous than regular Parkour.
Alex Schauer on Tianmen Mountain, Zangjiajie, China.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Valentin-Angelo)
You probably know coaches who use marijuana medically or recreationally.
Is marijuana worse than alcohol?
Personally, I feel the safety of children is more often endangered by tipsy / hungover parents or coaches. I worry most about parents who have been drinking driving kids home from Gym.
If marijuana is banned, alcohol should be banned as well.
If your club has a “zero tolerance” policy for employees using illegal drugs click through to this article about a Canadian coach suspended 2015 for using medical marijuana. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal is hearing the appeal.
It’s a more complicated issue than you might think at first glance. Especially with the laws changing in Canada and other parts of the world.
(via Grace Chiu)
Next on the roadmap is the appointment of a FIG Parkour Committee which shall work in three areas, education, development and competitions.
This Committee shall be chaired by David Belle and composed of Charles Perrière and other Parkour experts as well as two athletes’ representatives (one male and one female). …
The roadmap also seeks to provide the staging of a series of Parkour World Cups in 2018 and 2019 together with a first FIG World Championships planned in 2020. …
As for education and development, the Parkour Committee shall be in charge of preparing educational tools for youngsters and coaches’ education programs with a view to put in place a framework in which the amateurs will be able to evolve progressively and in a safe environment. …
I’m confident that FIG Obstacle Course events will be safer than the other alternatives. One upside.
… Shockingly, the gym was not required to carry out a background check on him because he was only working there on a voluntary basis.
The 22-year-old applied to work there as a coach in December 2016, started attending in January but abruptly stopped in February. …
The club’s website claims that all coaches are trained through British Gymnastics, the UK national governing body for the sport of gymnastics.
It also says that all coaches, judges and officials hold Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks.
It states: “Coaches, judges and officials hold Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) disclosures, administrated through British Gymnastics.
“We also follow the British Gymnastics Safeguarding & Protecting People policy to meet our duty of care towards young people.”
British Gymnastics said a full background check was not required because of … voluntary status. …
The champion gymnast on how her whole family adjusted their diet
(via The Zone Gymnastics)
Wear whatever makes you feel happy and confident. Don’t EVER let anyone tell you how you should or shouldn’t dress. We are all entitled to wear what we want. …
Some are criticizing this particular photo.
(via Mashable)
Steve Elliott was a terrific tumbler. One of the pioneers.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
You don’t hear the name mentioned often any more.
Today Steve Elliott is on USA Gymnastics’ Permanently Ineligible Members list.
Canadian National Championships Montréal used the new Gymnova Floor. The same as will be used at Worlds Montréal 2017.
Robert Majeau, distributor of Gymnova gymnastic equipment in Canada, was very happy with how it turned out. Every gymnast I spoke with told me it was very springy but still reasonably easy to land.
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook. Higher, softer springs.
Read the tribute from his Team on Facebook.
Sounds like it was a fluke accident. A neck/spine injury falling on Trampoline while playing with his kids. 😦
Family Equality Council is accepting donations in his name.
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