Tom Daley was a a double World champion diver at age-15.
He’s 27 today. Still competing at the highest level.
Click PLAY or watch his story on YouTube.
Category: safety
Simone vs online trolls
#inspiring
Animated Simone Biles deals with online haters.
AND her new Beam dismount makes a return. Take that FIG. 😀
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Related – TikTok is adding a feature where you can batch delete annoying comments. We need more social media tools like this so people don’t feel forced to suspend their accounts totally when under attack.
Morgan Hurd for social justice
Morgan has been everywhere lately.
On the Half In, Half Out podcast.
The All Things Gymnastics podcast.
On the Tokyo Olympics REDDIT.
Morgan has things to SAY.
Read her piece on NBC SPORTS – Silence is compliance: Morgan Hurd’s call to action
Foam Pits allowed in GBR
Clubs can now reintroduce foam pits as part of sessions after research concluded that the risk of Covid-19 transmission in foam was low after one minute. …
British Gymnastics
One very tiny upside to pit closures during the pandemic was a reduction in overusing them.
Coaches had to schedule more progressions. Less throw and go.
Katelyn Ohashi on Body Image
“BEaUtifully Molded” – a poem.
Paige Halstead the featured actress.
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FIG Vault mats are dangerous
With or without bad lighting, they are too narrow for the most powerful vaulters in the world.
I’ve seen many injuries from missing the mat completely.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
Kevin Mazeika investigated by USAG
He’s on the “Pending Resolution” list.
“No Unsupervised Contact with Minors.”
Kevin Mazeika was head coach of the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Men’s Olympic Teams and National Team Coordinator from 2009-2016.
club SafeSport recommendations
From the UK’s leading children’s charity:
- a welfare or child protection officer who you can contact with any concerns
- a clear procedure for complaints and concerns
- written standards for good practice
- effective consent and emergency processes
- a safe recruitment process for staff and volunteers, including vetting
- staff and volunteers are trained in safeguarding children
- children and young people are suitably supervised (based on their age, ability, the activity and venue) by adults who are trained to care for them
- the activity takes place in a safe environment – and there are separate changing areas for children and adults
Via Gymnasts for Change – How can parents and carers help safeguard gymnasts?
Canada will not attend PanAms
Though I feel rotten for the Canadian athletes who trained an extra year for their last shot at qualifying for Tokyo, I agree with this decision.
As you know, in recent days Canada has had the worst COVID numbers of any English speaking nation in the world.
Gymnastics Canada has made the very difficult decision to not enter teams in the upcoming 2021 Senior Pan American Championships being held in Rio de Janeiro, BRA between June 4-13, 2021 and the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships slated for Guadalajara, MEX (artistic), and Guatemala City, GUA (rhythmic) due to health and safety concerns resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic. …
The Senior Pan American Championships were Canada’s last chance qualifier event for the Tokyo Olympic Games in men’s artistic, women’s artistic, and rhythmic gymnastics. …
“We realize the impact these decisions have on our athletes, especially those senior athletes that have dedicated so many years to their ambition of competing at the Olympic Games,” added Moss. “We will do everything we can not only to support all athletes and coaches impacted by this decision through this difficult period, but to also provide hope and opportunity moving forward towards their international goals in the future.”
Athletes and coaches did have the opportunity to appeal this decision, and GymCan went through the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) arbitration process with these individuals to show transparency around the decision. The result of that appeal, which ruled in GymCan’s favour, was delivered to all parties on May 6th, 2021.
Gymnastics Canada
coaches ‘selling or spoiling’ sport
Wayne Smith is one of the most thoughtful and outspoken pundits on coaching.
Coaches and Officials – more than anyone else – are directly responsible for whether your sport succeeds or fails.
Coaches and Officials can be powerful and effective advocates for all the wonderful things your sport has to offer.
And they can be just as influential in contributing to the demise and even complete destruction of your sport.
So the question is: Are your coaches and officials Spoiling Sport or Selling Sport? …
New Sport Future
Gymnastics Coaching.com 