Oliver performs in NY City and coaches at Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation — a non-profit organization that provides free and low cost gymnastics to urban youth.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Category: safety
Rachael Denhollander – What Is a Girl Worth?
Available now hardcover, Kindle and audio.
Same day Rachael published her children’s book – How Much Is a Little Girl Worth?
It’s available hardcover and Kindle.
Click PLAY or watch Rachael on YouTube.
Tom Meadows interview
Tom Meadows is one of the top age group men’s coaches in the USA at Cypress.
This is a long listen, but well worth playing in the background, if you can. His daughter is a 14-year-old Level 10 — so he addresses the problems of the American WAG program as well.
Tom feels boys and especially girls slow down to reduce injuries and increase longevity in the sport.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Katelyn Ohashi – ESPN interview
One of Katelyn’s best interviews.
To the few confused people still out there — Katelyn takes ownership of her own body. Not going to listen to others to tell her what to think or what to do.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Katelyn Ohashi: ‘I wanted to bring the joy back to gymnastics’
12-year-old boy impaled with Tramp spring
Rhythmic gymnast Jessica Howard
Jessica Howard was a 3-time National Champion from Florida.
At the Ranch in 1999 she was abused by the criminal doctor.
The ranch turned out to be a nightmare. Jessica was there solely to see Nassar for a week, not to train, and she felt isolated, especially since no parents were allowed there. “It was like a prison on an island where you couldn’t escape.”
She was the perfect target for a predator …
What Gymnastics Did To Jessica Howard
a Gym Mom tells it like it IS
Yep.
Gymnastics is one crazy sport. Some days mom Misty Brown wonders whether or not it’s all worth it.
This popular post is from 2017:
words across the water
Here’s an update from 2018:
just to be here
Personally I’ll be cheering for Beach Ries who in 2019 is a Level 10 at GTC Utah. She simply won’t give up. Loves her team.
Jordyn Wieber interviews Miss Val and Katelyn
Good interview. Professional photos.
UCLA’s Katelyn Ohashi & Valorie Kondos Field Talk To Jordyn Wieber About Changing Gymnastics From The Inside Out
related – Katelyn Ohashi to pose in ESPN’s Body Issue
Randy Lerú broke a H Bar
Randy swings BIG.
He broke a H Bar that was given to Cuba from the 2001 Worlds.
Men’s Horizontal Bars should ideally be replaced about every 10 years. They can break.
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‘Positive Psychology, Communication & Athlete Safety’
A new online course is available based on Lisa Mitzel’s book FOCUSED AND INSPIRED: Keeping Our Athletes Safe in a Win-at-All-Costs World.
It focuses on the nuances of words and emotions in the coach-athlete dynamic.
Coaches learn from various areas including human behavior studies, child development, philosophy, education, and meditation.
Check it out here – Positive Psychology, Communication and Athlete Safety
G.S. George has a companion course – Biomechanical Techniques
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