Looks like somebody hit their head one too many times!

2:32 ...and any soccer crazy youth coach or dad. Try a lacrosse parent for that matter. Don't go off about the coaching god thing without acknowledging that it is not just gymnastics!

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of girls compete when they are young. It seems that these negatives have nothing to do with whether an 8 year old should compete at Level 4.

No, most of them do apply because 8 is a period of very intense training. Read the posts about young gymnasts and food issues. Watch this - (previously posted) - how old do you think those girls are? And the Chinese, of course, had 12 year-olds competing in Beijing.

Do you know 8 year old Level 4 gymnasts? The ones I see are training three days a week. But they have no idea about food restrictions and eat plenty.

19:12 would be funny if it were not for the fact that Bela Karoryi does think he is God.

This is just awful! ! ! Why haven't they banned this sport so our children are protected from it's harm. Once we resolve this problem of gymnastics we can move on to diving and soccer, and lacrosse, and horseback riding and let's not forget riding a bike or walking across the street. This is just evil! ! ! Our children should stay home and read the Bible they can ask God to protect them from the harm of these self-worshiping demi-gods that call themselves coaches.

Anonymous wrote:Here's an article about young gymnasts and eating disorders. http://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/girls-gymnastics-when-a-bright-spotlight-casts-a-dark-shadow

This article too talks about eating disorders in YOUNG gymnastics.

Aalmost all the clips and videos posted are precisely on point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swc6p9X5f_M

Anonymous wrote:A lot of girls compete when they are young. It seems that these negatives have nothing to do with whether an 8 year old should compete at Level 4.

No, most of them do apply because 8 is a period of very intense training. Read the posts about young gymnasts and food issues. Watch this - (previously posted) - how old do you think those girls are? And the Chinese, of course, had 12 year-olds competing in Beijing.

for 7:47 and others who think all is well in competitive gymnasts today, please watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swc6p9X5f_M

And Professional coaches like I had don't want to "work in a parent-coach partnership". Ever. You may watch from the sidelines, but they are the pro so what they say is God . . . and they push the kids too hard.

Anonymous wrote:Then you're at the wrong gym...

Agreed. My son's coaches are very proactive about injuries. There are forms to be signed with any potentially serious injury, and when and how to return to practice is entirely up to the doctor and parents.

Then you're at the wrong gym...

Anonymous wrote:...and if you are an active and engaged parent working in partnership with the coaches (and doctors for that matter) on your child's development (in any sport) of their strength, conditioning and focus on safety will reduce exposure to these type of extreme and potentially recurrent injuries. Allowing a child to return to practice too early without full recovery only makes things worse. [See RGII on that example.]

OK, my gymnast has not yet had a serious injury, but I've witnessed those of his teammates and the reaction of the coaches. From my observation, there is no parent-coach partnership. Parents tend to be placed in the role of advocating that their child be held out as long as necessary to heal, but not be removed from the team. I have never seen the partnership PP describes.

A lot of girls compete when they are young. It seems that these negatives have nothing to do with whether an 8 year old should compete at Level 4.

...and if you are an active and engaged parent working in partnership with the coaches (and doctors for that matter) on your child's development (in any sport) of their strength, conditioning and focus on safety will reduce exposure to these type of extreme and potentially recurrent injuries. Allowing a child to return to practice too early without full recovery only makes things worse. [See RGII on that example.]

Oh please.

Let's take the most extreme situations and hold them up as the example as the norm.

You can do the same with any sport PP as you are doing with dance and gymnastics.

Besides, nutrition, injury awareness and lifestyle has changed so much from how people behaved in the 1970s vs the norm now. Yes, even in dance and gymnastics.