Worlds 2017 AA contenders

Click PLAY or watch a preview of some of the top names on YouTube. (16min)

It includes Riley McCusker who yesterday withdrew from consideration due to injury.

via Gymternet Clan

Gymnastics Canada LGBTQI2S

GCG:

Gymnastics Canada (GCG) is proud to announce our involvement in the LGBTQI2S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and two spirited) Sport Inclusion Task Force pilot project. …

The goal of this work is to build awareness and understanding to support inclusivity at national, provincial, and club levels.

I’m all for inclusiveness. And my NSGB is so inclusive that I had to look up “Two-spirited” to be sure I’m not unintentionally alienating anyone in the sport.

Paris 2024 and L.A. 2028

It’s official.

Can American Ninja Warrior Save Men’s Gymnastics?

Dvora Meyers:

If you want to get boys into gymnastics, call them ninjas.

This is the advice I heard from a Southern California-based gymnastics coach while I was attending the 2017 USA Gymnastics Congress …

Deadspin

Here’s former gymnast Najee Richardson.

youth sport in the U.S.A.

The Sports & Fitness Industry Association and the Aspen Institute just released a report.

Athletic participation for kids ages 6 through 12 is down almost 8 percent over the last decade …

… children from low-income households are half as likely to play …

… seven in 10 youth sports coaches are not trained in six core competencies required to be a qualified coach …

More than 70 percent of youth coaches for both boys’ and girls’ sports are male …

Youth sports study: Declining participation, rising costs and unqualified coaches