Nick Blanton asks if you’ve ever seen one higher than Jason Furr in 2003.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
weight management for acrobats
A quick overview.
Dr A Jay Binder:
Weight management is the term used for both healthy weight loss and weight gain.
… Some athletes require building of body mass, muscle and power, while others need strength and flexibility on a small frame.
read more … weight management for acrobats
Flavia’s Bars
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Norah Flatey 2015 Beam
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if USAG declares bankruptcy …
Dvora Meyers did some research:
… Since September 2016, when the Indianapolis Star reported that former team doctor Larry Nassar had sexually abused gymnasts under the guise of care, USA Gymnastics has been defending itself against hundreds of civil claims. The organization recently sued its seven insurers for failing to pay their defense costs in the ongoing litigation.
In short, members of USA Gymnastics have every reason to be worried about the future. ….
The grassroots of gymnastics are worried, too—not just about the future of the nation’s most powerful gymnastics organization but about how that organization’s rocky future might complicate and imperil the smaller organizations that will produce the next generation of gymnasts. …
If USA Gymnastics Goes Down, Who Goes Down With It?
USAG told Dvora:
“USA Gymnastics has taken no steps toward filing for bankruptcy and has no intention to do so. Any rumors to the contrary are false.”
“single point of failure” FIG equipment
Why does the International Gymnastics Federation approve apparatus with a single point of failure?
If one part fails, the entire apparatus falls.
For SAFETY and reliability redundancy should be required. For example, two chains instead of one.
Click PLAY or watch Paul Rugeri on Instagram.
Sam Peszek’s new podcast
I Have Cool Friends
Episode #1 is an interview with Mary Lee Tracy.
Samantha Peszek is on a mission to connect athletes, coaches, and parents with the best resources the gymnastics world has to offer.
Utilizing Samantha’s gymnastics network (she really does have cool friends), guests will be experts in their field and shed a light on hot topics, tips for improvement, and inspiration. …
Click through to subscribe via iTunes. It’s free.
If you want to subscribe for Android or listen online, click through to Sam’s I Have Cool Friends website.
Sam travels a lot with her Beam Queen Bootcamp events and is very connected with coaches.
aerial cartwheel to back tuck
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
(via theGymter.net)
Gymnastics Greatest Stars on YouTube
I watched this classic hundreds of times back in the day.
1991 video with highlights of the best gymnastics from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (90min)
(via GymCastic)
Marta’s letter to the Senate subcommittee
… My second recommendation is the implementation of USA Gymnastics-assigned chaperones.
Each gymnast should have a chaperone present with them at the national training camps and competitions.
While each gymnast was required to travel with their personal coach to the national training camps, a neutral chaperone, responsible solely for the safety and wellbeing of each gymnast, would help create a safe space for gymnasts to voice concerns outside of their athletic training.
This chaperone should also be required to accompany each gymnast on any medical treatments or sessions, whether formal or informal. A gymnast should never be alone with another adult who is not her parent without her chaperone …
read more – Karolyi letter to Senate
1. This letter was obviously written by lawyers
2. Marta was the last person at Camp who would have wanted chaperones attending
Secrecy and lack of transparency were a big part of the old Romanian system. It’s something Marta continued at her remote Camp.
(via BBS)
