Category: spotting

inappropriate coaching behaviours

Vinnie Silber:

Giving gifts, especially if only some children receive them. Gifts given by coaches included gadgets and electronics, clothing, jewelry, stuffed animals and bicycles.

Spending time alone with children, especially behind closed doors. …

Tickling.

Poking.

Massaging stomach or other areas.

Hair stroking.

Sitting in laps.

Putting hands in inappropriate places while spotting gymnasts.

Talking about romantic or sexual relationships.

Sexual jokes or comments. …

Warning Signs of Sexual Abuse

related – pedophile kept coaching gymnastics

AN INDYSTAR INVESTIGATION TRACED THE PATH OF FORMER COACH RAY ADAMS ACROSS A DOZEN GYMS IN FOUR STATES.

spotting Jaeger

For me the advantages of double spotting most skills outweigh the disadvantages. Trouble is … it’s rare when I have two coaches available for spotting.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That comes from a post by Al Fong – Safety Starts With The Coaches…

Gymneo.tv (paid membership required) has a superb tutorial on Jaeger.

friends don’t MISS with the throw mat

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. 🙂

spotting Pommel Mushroom

Yep.

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That’s Frank Szabo who recently relocated from Vancouver to take over the Men’s Program at Manjak’s Gymnastics in Toronto.

spotting cast handstand from straddle kip

Here’s something I’ll bet you’ve never seen before. 🙂

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Vitali Laurentide spotting Bars

I suppose I’d better link to this as it’s gone viral. Gym Magic Gymnastics coach at Ontario Championships.

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Most coaches can recall similar rolling spots over the years. 🙂

Taylor Lindsay-Noel audiocast

Canadian gymnast Taylor Lindsay-Noel was paralyzed in 2008 training a toe-on double front dismount from Bars. No pit. No spot.

She’s very eloquent. Very active online.

And now she’s launched a podcast called Tea Time with Tay.

In her first podcast Taylor details the day of her life-changing accident.

Here’s her website.