tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
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Olympic Champions all. 😊
Paul Hamm and fellow American Nastia Liukin will be inducted along with Romanian Andreea Raducan.
Alexei Nemov entered the Hall of Fame last year, but could not travel at the last minute. He plans come this year, however. …
Why the favoritsm?
I’m fully aware that some kids are more coachable than others; some kids work harder than others; some kids are more driven and determined; some kids fear nothing; some kids have a better attitude and work ethic. And some are just easier to get along with. But why alienate parents in favor of other parents?
I want to believe this is not intentional, but having sat back and watched for a number of years, I’m not so sure it is. …
It is not just the parents who notice this–kids are incredibly observant and they know when someone is receiving preferential treatment. …
Since the judges at Montreal Worlds were unable to put much range between best and worst, FIG deserves this kind of critique. 😀
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Training for Gymnix.
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Some things are getting better. 🙂
Youth Olympic Games will have an equal number of male and female athletes.
Westwinds, Lethbridge, Canada.
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The love of gymnastics still runs deep among the thousands of young girls who streamed into suburban Chicago’s Sears Centre Arena this weekend to cheer reigning world all-around champion Morgan Hurd and other rising stars at the 2018 American Cup. …
At the Safe Sport booth, eight-foot-tall banners displayed the toll-free number (1-833-844-SAFE) and email address (safesport@usagym.org) for reporting abuse. Brochures about child sexual abuse prevention were free for the taking, as were copies of USA Gymnastics’ beefed-up Safe Sport policy, which requires all members to immediately report instances of abuse. …
Rhonda Faehn:
“You have to let the athlete at a very young age understand and know that they can — and it’s important that they do — learn to communicate and speak up,” said Faehn, a former elite gymnast who coached 13 seasons at Florida. “It’s not only okay, but the best gymnastics results from a teamwork of communication.”
Athlete empowerment wasn’t the hallmark of the command-and-control coaching style of the Romanian husband-and-wife tandem of Bela and Martha Karolyi …
As USA Gymnastics promises to change in post-Nassar world, love for the sport remains
All good.
But, like many others, I’m still wondering what happens when USAG is hit in court with their first multi-million dollar payout to an athlete.
The organization doesn’t have many millions of dollars in their budget.
