Nina Derwael posted this open letter on Facebook on behalf of a group of gymnasts training together in Ghent.
letter from Belgium
Category: safety
Doe Yamashiro sues Don Peters
Peters was banned from the sport by USA Gymnastics for sexual misconduct in 2011 following an Orange County Register investigation and this week Doe Yamashiro, a former U.S. national team member, filed a suit against him in Orange County Superior Court …
The lawsuit, filed under a 2019 California law that allows sexual abuse victims to finally confront in court their abusers and the organizations that protected predators, is Yamashiro’s latest attempt to hold Peters and her sport accountable. …
… despite his 2011 ban, Peters continued to oversee SCATS investments, was listed as SCATS president and a “key employee” on financial documents, has made appearances at the SCATS facility and has charged meals on SCATS credit cards, a 2017 Orange County Register investigation found. …
Don Peters, coach of groundbreaking 1984 Olympic team, faces sexual abuse lawsuit
FIG revised Olympics qualification system
Has been posted.
Winter Cup highlights montage
Much better than I anticipated. Gymnasts did not feel forced to compete, nor forced to compete those apparatus not yet ready.
Training was interrupted for many in recent months.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
UCLA on #BlackExcellence
UCLA #BlackExcellence leos
John Geddert – suicide
Police found the body of a former U.S. gymnastics coach, who has ties to disgraced doctor Larry Nassar, hours after he was criminally charged in Michigan on Thursday.
John Geddert died by suicide …
NBC
Gedert is the second American coach of a World Champion to later commit suicide. Marvin Sharp killed himself in 2015 after being arrested for sexual misconduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
John Geddert faces 24 charges
John Geddert was head coach of the 2012 U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, which won a gold medal.
eNassar was the team’s doctor and also treated injured gymnasts at Twistars, Geddert’s Lansing-area gym for elite athletes. …
Geddert was suspended by Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics during the Nassar scandal. He told families in 2018 that he was retiring. …
ESPN
SHIFT podcast – Parent Episode
Dealing successfully with parents is a coaching skill.
BUT a skill set for which many of us have little training.
HANDLING CONFLICTS, REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS, AND SETTING BOUNDARIES
Guests:
Diana and Chelcie of The Routine Podcast have one of the most popular podcasts we’ve ever done which was related to parenting (find that episode here). Due to their amazing perspective as a former NCAA gymnast (Chelcie) and a mother of an NCAA gymnast (Dianna) I wanted to have them on to offer their thoughts.
Eva Shute also had one of the most popular podcasts we’ve done related to culture change and a lot of that conversation revolved around parents (find that episode here). …
Click through to Shift Movement Science.
Nebraska – Black Lives Matter
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