Category: GB
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Players are not machines
A guest post by @KatLPugh “Players are not machines” https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54307869 I was lying in bed this morning celebrating Manchester United’s bizarre manner of victory yesterday…
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Mentoring and Injury Management in Gymnastics
The following is an insightful guest blog on improving mentoring and injury management in gymnastics: Having followed the current conversation on abuse in gymnastics, I…
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Acro Gymnastics Revealed: Toxic, Incestuous, Cult-like
Inspired by others speaking out, an acro parent has written to me with a guest blog that reveals the true nature of Acrobatic Gymnastics: “I’m…
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The World of Acrobatic Gymnastics: The Lid Starts to Come Off…
The world of ‘acro’ gymnastics is a small and intense one that first came to prominence when Spellbound won Britain’s Got Talent. Very few ‘accro’…
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“Show me a way to produce results without using my methods and I’ll listen” says an abusive coach – why didn’t BG show her?
Another harrowing account from a guest. Sadly, I know of many young lives that could have been saved from long-term physical and mental injury had…
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British Gymnastics Inquiry
Can we start with a question which I’m sure is on everyone’s minds – how can we get involved in the review? I’ve seen plenty…
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Elite Grades can be taken at any age and three are required to reach the British Champtionships. These 3 grades…
I have sadly felt a degree of racial bias at the club. My daughter is an 8 year old and…
Just amazing!
Thank you for this blog. It is immensely powerful. A joint NSPCC/British Athletes Commission helpline will be established from Mon…
Great to see this researched and I’d love to add my thoughts …. Is Tough Coaching OK ? Possibly. But…