a lot of gyms have a much more positive training atmosphere where kids are well taken care of emotionally and physically. i feel like this documentary puts the spotlight on one gym that doesnt treat their kids well. in no way can this go for all gymnastics clubs everywhere, and i hope people dont assume that this is what its like in gymnastics (coming from a gymnast herself.:) )
@redrock54100 yea but sometimes it doesn't hurt that bad I trained with a severely sprained ankle for a month and was only in pain when I did roundoffs yet it was bad enough That it had to be casted. Oh and just a little fyi its never "only a sprain" cause sometimes (though less often) a sprain can be worse than a break as was the case with me.
This looks like these little girls aren't allowed to change. They're in their suits in the car, while competing and when eating Pizza.... I wonder if this was just for the documentary...
@MissEmoxSkittles In gymnastics you have to "stuck it up" I also don't think Ashley's mother realized her daughter would take it to such an extent but its part of the sport. And most parents of a dedicated gymnast would let their child train with an injury since a good coach will not let an injured gymnast train as hard or preform skills stenuous to the injury, much of practice will be conditioning. I have trained with bleeding hands and casts and undiangosed injuries. It's part of the sport.
I do gymnastics and sometimes you do have to suck it up but you also need to know when to take a break. and coaches need to learn how to incorporate fun in their workouts. our coach does and she is amazing and funny but doesnt put up with stuoud crap either.
I hate how Ashley Berry's mom says her daughter's tolerance to pain was very low and she'd need to learn to suck it up. True for gymnastics, but not for a broken ankle. The fact she lets her daughter train on it shows that she cares more about the sport than her daughter. I mean yeah maybe Ashley begged to go to gymnastics with her sore ankle but it's a parents responsibility to say that that is going to far. I believe anyway :L
@MissEmoxSkittles and it must've hurt extremely hard. i did tnt and fell off the tramp onto concrete. all i did was sprain my ankle and it hurt like hell. i coudnt walk let alone train. i dont know how she trained on that ankle.
It's horrible that their parents are more worried about them winning than their physical and mental health it's just so sad to watch these parents do this to there children
i think it's terrible what these parents and coaches do to these poor kids, brainwashing them, and making them work out with serious injuries, that will lead to a life time of problems, bones not healing correctly , tendons and surrounding muscle tissues, it's a mighty fine line of child abuse, as a child at that age, only wants to please the people they look up too...let their injuries heal for gods sake!
If a gymnast sticks to recreational gymnastics, good for them because if it makes them happy then so be it. If a gymnast wants more than good for them too. Give it to all because the sport is more than just Olympic champions, it is about the passion
If you see girls that are happy and enjoy most of their days in training, then you know they will make it far. Not the ones that cry and feel like it is a job instead of a passion. Gymnastics isn’t about champions and finding the best of the best. It is about letting everyone person try the sport and to enjoy it.
Positivity and caring is what makes a great bond between a coach and a gymnast. Yes you need to be tuff at times but not to the point where you make a gymnast quit a sport they love because the pressure is overwhelming. Also, the name is not what makes a gym; the teamwork between the coaches, parents, gymnasts is what makes a gym a good gym.
As being a former gymnast and trainer, this gym pushes their girls beyond their limits and to a point of over working them. Yes, you want champions but do you also want a reputation as a gym which cause more injuries than champions? I think you already have that rep and you guys seem to not care so good luck in the future and I hope we maybe can see one girl in the olympics, just mayeb we might see one from the incredible Parkettes...
I remember my first TOPS competition... I started to cry when I only did 14 chin ups. My coach told me that, "champions don't cry". And through out gymnastics that's the phrase that stuck in my head. I got to level 10 and I quit because I couldn't take it anymore and by that time I was 15 and I wasn't good enough. I miss gymnastics but I know I couldn't have continued. :/
Ashley Berry's mother is such a disgrace to parenting. Yes, in gymnastics you need to push through, but not when their seven. Then she breaks her other ankle later. We all know Parkettes in horrible, and a horrible gym mixed with horrible parents equals two broken ankles before the kid is 8.
OMG those parents should LOSE all rights and powers over those poor kids .. suck it up ..onm a BROKEN ANKLE ! >? not even to mention the later dmges it does to those fragile undeveloped bodies .. horrible ! horrible - not usre if i will watch the rest of episodes ...
And yes i know what is required for Olympics - and i say its BAD for these YOUNG kids .. should be against the law to have them train this much and this hard ,... even when only thinking about the long term dgm
In part 5 of this. Apparently Kristie Phillips got so depressed from the problems of not making the Olympics, she wanted to end her life.
Now she trains gymnasts out of her own gym. She is more interested in raising self esteem, than creating champions. Kristie Phillips -"They're like glass. If you break them too many times, they're not going to be able to put themselves back together. They're not going to be able to come to you when they're feeling bad."
Training through injuries, eating disorders, constant putdowns for not being perfect, osteoperosis...wow. I admire what gymnasts are able to accomplish, but, It really makes me wonder. Obviously a push is required...but?
I have an idea. One day a week, all the coach gets to do is praise them. Doesn't matter if they are doing lousy. Call it a joke day. No crying, only praise. Let them laugh, not cry.
Everyone is working overtime on crushing their ego. You're only OK if you're perfect. Not so.
when her mum said do u think about going to the olympics ashley actualy said ' i don't know' and then her mum says at 7:03 that ashley does want to go to the olympic, no you want her to go to the olympics she doesn't.....just back off and let your kid have a bloody life
Honestly, though, I think that has to be some kind of child abuse. "Ashley, what do good gymnasts do?" "Suck it up." Your kid has a broken ankle for God's sake!!!
How can you run on a broken ankle?? I broke my foot once and it really wasn't physically possible for me to even walk. Also, he ankle doesn't look swollen at all. Poor girl, though.
That being said if your child says at a young age I want to go to the olympics that's great but you the parent know the odds don't shatter your childs dream but you should encourage you're going to have fun and maybe you will get a scholarship instead because you don't want to set your child up to fail and if they do make the olympics good but you should be careful with encouraging using olympics for such a young one.
@tabruhs It is 100 percent illogical to force a seven-year-old CHILD who is just beginning gymnasts to train on a broken ankle or torn ligaments. There is a reason the Parkettes either break or burn out, rarely make the Olympic team and are generally a joke in the gymnastics community - they are OVERTRAINED. PERIOD.
Once gymnast get to a certain level and are competing they are well aware of what it takes, and is being asked of them. If the gymnast wants to quit they can because the parent cannot compete for them by any means. These Girls reach for the moon and if they land on a star (college scholarship) good for them. It also keeps teens busy in healthy lifestyle verses drugs and etc and normal teenage dramas.
There is no dream that you should not have to work for. There is nothing wrong with the time and dedication as long as the child wants it. There is not a problem with rewarding your child (what I think they call bribes being misunderstood here) because if your child works this hard they should be rewarded from you. It’s takes tons of time and dedication from both the gymnast and parents
@tabruhs Ridiculous. There is a huge difference between a 14, 15 or 16 year old who is training as a Level 10 or elite, and a friggin 7-year-old who is trying to make TOPS. This is child abuse, plain and simple.
@BoraBoraGirl2001 Do you know what TOPS is? Thats something that those 14,15, and 16 years old most likely did to get there at their level. There are really two paths to elites and TOPS is one of them. I take it you are not a gymnast or know much about the gymnastics world . Plan and simple
@BoraBoraGirl2001 I have a life and a gymnast at that which takes a lot of my free time. By the way I also know lots of kids who have had injuries who are so in love with the sport they get their parents not to make them miss out and the coaches accomodate the childs injury and work what they can and not what will do further damage
@tabruhs sorry it was being weird and it posted half twice. lol but not the half before it where it said I do not wish to argue and that was never my intention, just to point out not to judge so fast
@BoraBoraGirl2001 I have a NOW gymnast too, so no I am not uneducated on the sunject. I have a life and a gymnast at that which takes a lot of my free time. By the way I also know lots of kids who have had injuries who are so in love with the sport they get their parents not to make them miss out and the coaches accomodate the childs injury and work what they can and not what will do further damage
@tabruhs There is absolutely NO reason to overtrain a SEVEN-year-old!!!!! It defies all logic to continue pushing a child to make something as insignificant as TOPS when she has a broken ankle. Sheer stupidity and foolishness. The child will end up broken and burned out before she turns 9. Only an idiot would espouse such methods.
people don't understand how much us gymnast do, my whole life is gym, i'm homeschooled at my gym and i do 6 hours a day 5 days a week!! not all parents push us like that, we do get pushed i have tons of friends who's parents push them soooo hard its sad, but we love it we love what we are doing, and we all enjoy it, even if we are getting screamed at!!!
The more comments i read about how people are forced to go, my own doctor told me I couldn't come back but i did, because i loved it. Even since i started when i was 3, I have always wanted to go to the olympics, I am 13 now and every day, my passion for gymnastics grows, the fact that i can even be there makes my heart glow. So all you haters that said they are being forced, you don't know a gymnast's life. There are ups and downs in their life but the ones that love it, will make it far.
People don't understand what it takes to be a gymnast. Telling a little girl she has to suck up the pain sometimes isn't a big deal at all. When I was 7 and 8, and I was a gymnast, I would come to my mom with ripped up palms from bars or a swollen ankle and she'd tell me "you're gonna live." And I turned out just fine.
@TiasBeauty97 i understand what your saying :) im a hardcore gymnast too who goes thru all the training, but shes only 7 and has 2 broken ankles. and the parents just tell her to suck it up which can make her ankles a whole lot worse. shes doing more then her body can take which is not good for her:/ but i give them credit for working so hard at only 7 years old!
How old is this program? Is the little girl with the broken foot on the way to making it in gymnastics? Would be nice with an update, to see where they are today...
Gosh, I really do DISLIKE when people who watch this, comment on how hard and stupid and unnecessary this gymnastics training is when they're not even a gymnast, or even acquainted with gymnastics at all!!! hhmmmm... well you guys need to stop judging this sport just off of this documentary cause quite frankly, you don't know ONE true fact about gymnastics! And YES, I AM a gymnast myself!
@junbh2 "if your hurt suck it up and do it again because no one cares." it teaches us strength. If we stopped and took a break everytime we sprained an ankle or fractured a pinky we would suck. You clearly have never had a dream so big that you would stop at NOTHING to get it even if that meant getting hurt. And I know that if I knew I'd end up here when I was younger, all the pain and injuries, all the seven hour days, I'd still take this path. And I would never forgive my parents if they mad
@junbh2 I'm an elite gymnast, I'm 15 years old and I am so happy with my parents decision of letting me stay in the sport. Gymnastics teaches discipline, balance, strength. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's wrong. We don't consider it abusing our bodies. If we want to win we have to push ourselves harder and harder until we reach our goals. If we get hurt along the way then that's our problem for doing the skill wrong. And although our coaches do say "if your hurt suck it u
The other thing is, once you are already spending so many of your waking hours doing something, surrounded by other people who believe it's immensely important, it's very difficult to retain a sense of perspective and to fully understand how much else there actually is in life. And if for a long time that one activity has been the main thing you're proud of about yourself, it's hard to learn to see yourself as so much more than just that.
People say 'that's not sick, it's what you have to do to do gymnastics'. Well, all you're telling me is that you have to be sick to do elite gymnastics. Sorry. A child should not be allowed to do that to themselves, the parents need to say no even if she wants to. Children's Aid should probably have gotten involved. If you don't abuse yourself you won't be an elite gymnast? Fine then, I guess you'll just have to 'suck it up' and give up your 'dream' to go to the Olympics.
The whole idea of 'forcing' a child to do something is very simplistic. Kids are immensely influenced by their parents. They pick up on whatever their parents think is important. They want their parents to be proud of them, plus if their parents say something's important in life, at that age they'll usually believe them. Telling a child you're proud of them for training through an injury is laying it on pretty thick - they pick up on way more subtle hints than that...
Frankly I don't really care if they were forced or not. A seven year old is not capable of fully understanding what's best for them. If the child WANTS to push themself as hard as those children are going, it's the parents' job to stop them and teach them to live in a more physically and psychologically healthy way. If a seven year old says they want to compete even though their ankle is broken, you tell them NO, YOU MAY NOT. That's a parent's job.
umm yah SOME of the people that were champions wernt pushed but think how good thay could of have been if thay were. and yah it may hurt sometimes but you HAVE to suck it up. i commpeted all-around on a broken ankle and won all-around gold and special award when i was 5 commpeting in level 8 so stop posting crap about these girls that r being "forced"
I don't think half of you understand what is required of the sport. Only gymnasts know the amount of commitment and hardwork that goes into being the best you can be. Sure you have some bad days but there are also highlights such as getting a new skill you've been working on. Some of you guys are right. There's a fine line between pushing a kid too hard which some parents do but NOT ALL of them push their kids like that. Overall, I don't think you can judge the sport just off of ONE documentary.
How funny when the children are asked about the Olympics and they arent remotely interested, but the parents insist "she DOES want to go to the Olympics" XD Thats not what the kids said, lol!! There is a girl at my daughters gym who at 6 years of age wanted to be in the Olympics, she is now 13 and has been training since the age of 6 and guess what? She is going to the Olympics(fingers crossed she stays healthy). She knew at 6 what she wanted; these kids dont want it. Their parents do.
just becase your mom and dad make the money, send you to the best gyms, bu you all the right coaches, and move all over the country doesnt suddenly make you predisposed to enduring that kind of work outs nor does it make you an olympic champion
@webkinzluver67 yeah.. thats what i said when i was still in gymnastics. ( forced to quit in 2008 because of a fractured back that didn't want to heal. ) i was training for level 10 and my coach pushed me so hard i got a bunch of injuries. sad part is i would get so frusterated with my coach that i would say " if you do it i will. " unfortunetly she could and would do it..
Okay, we all realize it's gymnastics and tough, but there comes a point where enough is enough. Running on a broken ankle is ENOUGH. Those parents should be charged with child abuse and negligence.
PEOPLE. It's called gymnastics, not kindergarten. In Gymnastics, you have to suck it up, because it's not as painful when your actually doing a routine.
that 7 yr old was running like that on a broken ankle??? thats a tough kid. too tough really. although sucking it up is necessary for the sport, the gymnasts are gonna have a lot of problems with injuries later on in life
I don't know how many olypians they have produced but there are a few with scholarships like Nicole for example. I googled the little girls name and couldn't find anything on her, perhaps she stopped gymnastics? That would be likely b/c you can't force it, it must come from the child and be something they love!
Just to let you know Kristen Maloney was on the team in 2000 and received her bronze medal on Wednesday. Maloney also won the National title in 1998/1999. Also Hope Spivey was on the 1988 Olympic team. 1986 National Championships three gymnasts were represented from this gym - Jennifer Sey - 1st place, Hope Spivey - 2nd place and Alyssa Solomon - 4th place. There are four gymnasts at Visa Classic from this gym right now - 3 girls and 1 boy. Also 118 shcolarships have been awarded at this gym.
I'm sorry to say that this gym, despite being known as a "national training center" has produced more injuries and almost-got-there's than champions. Their only athlete to make it to the Olympics, Kristen Maloney, fought through multiple debilitating injuries to place 19th in the all-around. Is that really worth it? Forcing never works, Olympic-caliber athletes need firm guidance but an understanding that there will be a worthwhile life for them if they don't make it.
Hope Spivey who was in the 1988 Olympics was also from Parkettes but I know what you mean. When they said they had been producing Olympians for 30 years I thought "WHAT??" They've had 2. I can think of a few coaches that have a better track record than they do.
Almost 40 years...Parkettes sure doesn't have much to show for it. Has-been gymnasts and never-been coaches. So sad that people put their faith in the Strausses.
After years of rigorous training, only being able to fight for yourself and endless conditioning....
The college scene is almost like rehab. At the big programs you have over 10,000 fans cheering you on and the NCAA only allows for 20 or so hours of practice a week. You have team mates to count on, cheer on and lean on. You're allowed to have a social life again and in college, the judges actually give out 10s too.
I can't wait until I'm old enough and have enough money to start my own gym. It will be the opposite of Parkettes. It will be about building self esteem and confidence, not about winning.
As for "producing Olympians for 30 years", I've checked and they've had 2 Olympians. One in 1988 and one in 2000. That's it. It's not like they make it seem to be. Bela has trained 9 olympians and Kelli Hill's had 3 (I think). There are better gyms and coaches.
I can see both sides to an extent. It's one thing to let your 15, 16 or 17-year-old push through a bit of pain, assuming they have the drive, talent and motivation. But a 7-year-old? No way. That's child abuse.
I don't like that gymnastics is singled out as being so awful and dangerous for children. I think all high-level sports can be damaging to children unless you try to keep the pressure off them and put their health first. Is the focus on gymnastics just because these are girls? My brothers have been hurt enough to require surgery in their sports, but no one's making documentaries on how awful wrestling or rugby are- and they also started on those sports very young.
Okay, that mum is kinda full of it. Like, she asks her kid if she wants to go to the Olympics, but the kid says no, but then turns around and the mum says that this kid does wanna go. And then, they tell the kid to suck it up, when this SEVEN year old is clearly in pain. I think the mum wants it more than her kid.
omgg! I live in allentown! my parents didn't want me to go there because she heard what they did. That is the worst, gym. Not the gymnasts, but how they treat the gymnasts. even their parents, I personally would never go there! my opinion though...
@carriemydear Can you imagine an coach talking to Khorkina like that or Shawn Johnson? who is too cool for school and not someone to be pushed. I think that the best thing to happen to Olympic team was having Valeri Luikin around, Marta would have to be very careful before shouting at his daughter or any others, when he is around. Not one of the Olympic team was coached at Parkettes in 04 or 08.
@carriemydear Yes they were all champions, but unless you were in their gyms and in their homes 24-7, you don't know that they weren't forced. No one knows for sure except for them.
@carriemydear Did I say they were forced? NO, all I said was that we don't know what went on in their gyms, and probably never will unless someone comes forward and speaks up. Are you in their gyms with them, hearing every single thing that's said and seeing everything that happens? Probably not, so how do you know FOR A FACT that they AREN'T forced?
first ashleys mum says suck it up and then when they get to TOPS she is like watch your ankle, i hope your ankle is ok. which side is she choosing suck it up or worrying ???
I would just like to say how does a 7 yr old break 2 parts of their ankle and tear a ligiament thats just disgusting this child is doing skills way above what her body can take I coach kids 5 years + and their safety is always the first thing in my mind I wouldnt even start splits training on a child till they are 7 her body will be wrecked when she is older. believe me i could go on and on and on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@IFlipxo96 Thats a good point, But you have to realise that if you want to get that far in gymnastics you have to deal with pain...Im a gymnast and im in something called the squad..My coaches make me do very painful streches to make me better! I told my mum the next morning and she said "A good gymnast has to deal with that!" and its true..You have to work hard in gymnastics to get far...No pain no gain!
its ashley's mother that wanted to go to the olympics. at 7 years old, how would ashley know what she would want in ten years? she even asked her and she said she didnt kno. just another psychotic stage mom
No... You clearly have no knowledge of the gymnastics world. Ashley's mother isn't psychotic. If you want your child to compete in the Olympics as a gymnast, you have to start planning it out right from the age they are allowed to start training. It's sad, but that's what makes champions: constant, strict, physically demanding training.
mysportsfanatic, thats NOT true. shawn johnson's parents NEVER had any future agenda, and she has said in numerous interviews they assured her she could stop whenever she wanted to. and shawn's just one of those kinds of gymnasts who became so successful without olympic-obsessed parents who let their daughters have fun with the sport. sounds like you're the one who needs to brush up on the gymnastics knowledge.
Her poor sister, and she ...
TheCuriosetta 1 week ago
a lot of gyms have a much more positive training atmosphere where kids are well taken care of emotionally and physically. i feel like this documentary puts the spotlight on one gym that doesnt treat their kids well. in no way can this go for all gymnastics clubs everywhere, and i hope people dont assume that this is what its like in gymnastics (coming from a gymnast herself.:) )
kaiceekat 1 month ago
oh 2nd place isnt enough really those girls could be half a point behind the girl in 1st place comon parents put some brains into
MissTumblers12 2 months ago
@redrock54100 yea but sometimes it doesn't hurt that bad I trained with a severely sprained ankle for a month and was only in pain when I did roundoffs yet it was bad enough That it had to be casted. Oh and just a little fyi its never "only a sprain" cause sometimes (though less often) a sprain can be worse than a break as was the case with me.
94gymnast 2 months ago
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FuzzballFury 3 months ago
ashley ended up quitting. shocked?
NSBelieveinyourself 4 months ago
more than half of these girls quit and burned out. that's gotta tell you something. plus, i was one of them, i should know.
NSBelieveinyourself 4 months ago
This looks like these little girls aren't allowed to change. They're in their suits in the car, while competing and when eating Pizza.... I wonder if this was just for the documentary...
sunshine200589 4 months ago
Gymnastics is a harsh, unforgiving world. I'm glad I got out when I was miserable.
chamuda610 4 months ago
Ashley's poor sisiters just sit there and stay quiet. I think I know who gets the more attention of the three girls...
redrock54100 4 months ago
@MissEmoxSkittles In gymnastics you have to "stuck it up" I also don't think Ashley's mother realized her daughter would take it to such an extent but its part of the sport. And most parents of a dedicated gymnast would let their child train with an injury since a good coach will not let an injured gymnast train as hard or preform skills stenuous to the injury, much of practice will be conditioning. I have trained with bleeding hands and casts and undiangosed injuries. It's part of the sport.
94gymnast 4 months ago
This is awful! this isnt what gymnastics is supposed to be like!
ACL7211 5 months ago
@ACL7211 u only see what this documentary shows u...trust me its different
tatulover2120 4 months ago
I do gymnastics and sometimes you do have to suck it up but you also need to know when to take a break. and coaches need to learn how to incorporate fun in their workouts. our coach does and she is amazing and funny but doesnt put up with stuoud crap either.
redrock54100 7 months ago
I hate how Ashley Berry's mom says her daughter's tolerance to pain was very low and she'd need to learn to suck it up. True for gymnastics, but not for a broken ankle. The fact she lets her daughter train on it shows that she cares more about the sport than her daughter. I mean yeah maybe Ashley begged to go to gymnastics with her sore ankle but it's a parents responsibility to say that that is going to far. I believe anyway :L
MissEmoxSkittles 7 months ago 20
@MissEmoxSkittles and it must've hurt extremely hard. i did tnt and fell off the tramp onto concrete. all i did was sprain my ankle and it hurt like hell. i coudnt walk let alone train. i dont know how she trained on that ankle.
redrock54100 2 months ago
It's horrible that their parents are more worried about them winning than their physical and mental health it's just so sad to watch these parents do this to there children
isabel31gymnastics 7 months ago 10
i think it's terrible what these parents and coaches do to these poor kids, brainwashing them, and making them work out with serious injuries, that will lead to a life time of problems, bones not healing correctly , tendons and surrounding muscle tissues, it's a mighty fine line of child abuse, as a child at that age, only wants to please the people they look up too...let their injuries heal for gods sake!
MuseDisorder 7 months ago 4
Gosh, Krista's choreography and expression on floor was something else. I love it.
starfallDL 8 months ago
@Musicgirl9696 when he says she has a beautiful body I think he just means that she's fit and suited for the sport
94gymnast 8 months ago
If a gymnast sticks to recreational gymnastics, good for them because if it makes them happy then so be it. If a gymnast wants more than good for them too. Give it to all because the sport is more than just Olympic champions, it is about the passion
Zaria816 9 months ago
If you see girls that are happy and enjoy most of their days in training, then you know they will make it far. Not the ones that cry and feel like it is a job instead of a passion. Gymnastics isn’t about champions and finding the best of the best. It is about letting everyone person try the sport and to enjoy it.
Zaria816 9 months ago
Positivity and caring is what makes a great bond between a coach and a gymnast. Yes you need to be tuff at times but not to the point where you make a gymnast quit a sport they love because the pressure is overwhelming. Also, the name is not what makes a gym; the teamwork between the coaches, parents, gymnasts is what makes a gym a good gym.
Zaria816 9 months ago
As being a former gymnast and trainer, this gym pushes their girls beyond their limits and to a point of over working them. Yes, you want champions but do you also want a reputation as a gym which cause more injuries than champions? I think you already have that rep and you guys seem to not care so good luck in the future and I hope we maybe can see one girl in the olympics, just mayeb we might see one from the incredible Parkettes...
Zaria816 9 months ago
that sister looks so mad... something tells me that her sisters gymnastics ruined her life
alyahs 9 months ago
Where's Ashley Barry, now? She's the same age my daughter was 2003, and she's in high school now.
kayper54 10 months ago
@kayper54
Donna Strauss ate her.
FlicTuckFull 9 months ago
"and this child breaks 2 parts of her ankle and rip ligiment" Then Y Are Da FuDGE are you letting her do IT??
orangelavalamp77 10 months ago 3
I remember my first TOPS competition... I started to cry when I only did 14 chin ups. My coach told me that, "champions don't cry". And through out gymnastics that's the phrase that stuck in my head. I got to level 10 and I quit because I couldn't take it anymore and by that time I was 15 and I wasn't good enough. I miss gymnastics but I know I couldn't have continued. :/
FreeToBeShelby 10 months ago
pause it at 4:31...
9aliel 10 months ago
Ashley Berry's mother is such a disgrace to parenting. Yes, in gymnastics you need to push through, but not when their seven. Then she breaks her other ankle later. We all know Parkettes in horrible, and a horrible gym mixed with horrible parents equals two broken ankles before the kid is 8.
FlicTuckFull 10 months ago
OMG those parents should LOSE all rights and powers over those poor kids .. suck it up ..onm a BROKEN ANKLE ! >? not even to mention the later dmges it does to those fragile undeveloped bodies .. horrible ! horrible - not usre if i will watch the rest of episodes ...
And yes i know what is required for Olympics - and i say its BAD for these YOUNG kids .. should be against the law to have them train this much and this hard ,... even when only thinking about the long term dgm
Dottie1975 10 months ago 2
@Dottie1975 thats why there is an age restriction on the olympics but it obviously is not working
alyahs 9 months ago
In part 5 of this. Apparently Kristie Phillips got so depressed from the problems of not making the Olympics, she wanted to end her life.
Now she trains gymnasts out of her own gym. She is more interested in raising self esteem, than creating champions. Kristie Phillips -"They're like glass. If you break them too many times, they're not going to be able to put themselves back together. They're not going to be able to come to you when they're feeling bad."
Sounds like she should coach parents.
robertslistening 10 months ago 2
Training through injuries, eating disorders, constant putdowns for not being perfect, osteoperosis...wow. I admire what gymnasts are able to accomplish, but, It really makes me wonder. Obviously a push is required...but?
I have an idea. One day a week, all the coach gets to do is praise them. Doesn't matter if they are doing lousy. Call it a joke day. No crying, only praise. Let them laugh, not cry.
Everyone is working overtime on crushing their ego. You're only OK if you're perfect. Not so.
robertslistening 10 months ago
when her mum said do u think about going to the olympics ashley actualy said ' i don't know' and then her mum says at 7:03 that ashley does want to go to the olympic, no you want her to go to the olympics she doesn't.....just back off and let your kid have a bloody life
randomfan247 10 months ago
Honestly, though, I think that has to be some kind of child abuse. "Ashley, what do good gymnasts do?" "Suck it up." Your kid has a broken ankle for God's sake!!!
LMA629 10 months ago 3
How can you run on a broken ankle?? I broke my foot once and it really wasn't physically possible for me to even walk. Also, he ankle doesn't look swollen at all. Poor girl, though.
LMA629 10 months ago
Wtf shes like 7 and going to the olympics??! And she has a fractured ankle! Like wtf she still let her train!! God!
Jenivera 11 months ago 2
That being said if your child says at a young age I want to go to the olympics that's great but you the parent know the odds don't shatter your childs dream but you should encourage you're going to have fun and maybe you will get a scholarship instead because you don't want to set your child up to fail and if they do make the olympics good but you should be careful with encouraging using olympics for such a young one.
tabruhs 11 months ago
@tabruhs It is 100 percent illogical to force a seven-year-old CHILD who is just beginning gymnasts to train on a broken ankle or torn ligaments. There is a reason the Parkettes either break or burn out, rarely make the Olympic team and are generally a joke in the gymnastics community - they are OVERTRAINED. PERIOD.
BoraBoraGirl2001 3 months ago
Once gymnast get to a certain level and are competing they are well aware of what it takes, and is being asked of them. If the gymnast wants to quit they can because the parent cannot compete for them by any means. These Girls reach for the moon and if they land on a star (college scholarship) good for them. It also keeps teens busy in healthy lifestyle verses drugs and etc and normal teenage dramas.
tabruhs 11 months ago
There is no dream that you should not have to work for. There is nothing wrong with the time and dedication as long as the child wants it. There is not a problem with rewarding your child (what I think they call bribes being misunderstood here) because if your child works this hard they should be rewarded from you. It’s takes tons of time and dedication from both the gymnast and parents
tabruhs 11 months ago
@tabruhs Ridiculous. There is a huge difference between a 14, 15 or 16 year old who is training as a Level 10 or elite, and a friggin 7-year-old who is trying to make TOPS. This is child abuse, plain and simple.
BoraBoraGirl2001 10 months ago
@BoraBoraGirl2001 Do you know what TOPS is? Thats something that those 14,15, and 16 years old most likely did to get there at their level. There are really two paths to elites and TOPS is one of them. I take it you are not a gymnast or know much about the gymnastics world . Plan and simple
tabruhs 10 months ago
@tabruhs I am a former gymnast, and I know a h--- o f alot more than you do. Case closed.
BoraBoraGirl2001 3 months ago
@BoraBoraGirl2001 I have a life and a gymnast at that which takes a lot of my free time. By the way I also know lots of kids who have had injuries who are so in love with the sport they get their parents not to make them miss out and the coaches accomodate the childs injury and work what they can and not what will do further damage
tabruhs 3 months ago
@tabruhs sorry it was being weird and it posted half twice. lol but not the half before it where it said I do not wish to argue and that was never my intention, just to point out not to judge so fast
tabruhs 3 months ago
@BoraBoraGirl2001 I have a NOW gymnast too, so no I am not uneducated on the sunject. I have a life and a gymnast at that which takes a lot of my free time. By the way I also know lots of kids who have had injuries who are so in love with the sport they get their parents not to make them miss out and the coaches accomodate the childs injury and work what they can and not what will do further damage
tabruhs 3 months ago
@tabruhs There is absolutely NO reason to overtrain a SEVEN-year-old!!!!! It defies all logic to continue pushing a child to make something as insignificant as TOPS when she has a broken ankle. Sheer stupidity and foolishness. The child will end up broken and burned out before she turns 9. Only an idiot would espouse such methods.
BoraBoraGirl2001 3 months ago
people don't understand how much us gymnast do, my whole life is gym, i'm homeschooled at my gym and i do 6 hours a day 5 days a week!! not all parents push us like that, we do get pushed i have tons of friends who's parents push them soooo hard its sad, but we love it we love what we are doing, and we all enjoy it, even if we are getting screamed at!!!
twistter12 11 months ago
when was this filmed?
Reba94997 11 months ago
@Reba94997 I think 2001-ish??
LMA629 10 months ago
Anyone know where she is now?
TheRealAngieLee 11 months ago
"what do good gymnasts do?"
"suck it up"
So sad! You suck it up when you have a bruise not a broken ankle!
livetolaugh21 1 year ago 2
The more comments i read about how people are forced to go, my own doctor told me I couldn't come back but i did, because i loved it. Even since i started when i was 3, I have always wanted to go to the olympics, I am 13 now and every day, my passion for gymnastics grows, the fact that i can even be there makes my heart glow. So all you haters that said they are being forced, you don't know a gymnast's life. There are ups and downs in their life but the ones that love it, will make it far.
Iluv2flip99 1 year ago
People don't understand what it takes to be a gymnast. Telling a little girl she has to suck up the pain sometimes isn't a big deal at all. When I was 7 and 8, and I was a gymnast, I would come to my mom with ripped up palms from bars or a swollen ankle and she'd tell me "you're gonna live." And I turned out just fine.
andwehavearrivedd 1 year ago
@TiasBeauty97 i understand what your saying :) im a hardcore gymnast too who goes thru all the training, but shes only 7 and has 2 broken ankles. and the parents just tell her to suck it up which can make her ankles a whole lot worse. shes doing more then her body can take which is not good for her:/ but i give them credit for working so hard at only 7 years old!
IFlipxo96 1 year ago
the guy at 2:10 tought me my backhandspring. thanks john!
killMe4muffins 1 year ago
How old is this program? Is the little girl with the broken foot on the way to making it in gymnastics? Would be nice with an update, to see where they are today...
tedsler 1 year ago
@tedsler She almost made the cut into getting into Parkette's... But she missed it by just a few numbers.
YouStoleMyTube 1 year ago
@tedsler Oops, I meant to say TOP's, she almost made it into TOP's I believe...
YouStoleMyTube 1 year ago
I admire the gymnasts and their families.... What a hard and time consuming sport. True dedication.
petalovespongy 1 year ago
Gosh, I really do DISLIKE when people who watch this, comment on how hard and stupid and unnecessary this gymnastics training is when they're not even a gymnast, or even acquainted with gymnastics at all!!! hhmmmm... well you guys need to stop judging this sport just off of this documentary cause quite frankly, you don't know ONE true fact about gymnastics! And YES, I AM a gymnast myself!
angeliqueey 1 year ago 3
@junbh2 "if your hurt suck it up and do it again because no one cares." it teaches us strength. If we stopped and took a break everytime we sprained an ankle or fractured a pinky we would suck. You clearly have never had a dream so big that you would stop at NOTHING to get it even if that meant getting hurt. And I know that if I knew I'd end up here when I was younger, all the pain and injuries, all the seven hour days, I'd still take this path. And I would never forgive my parents if they mad
Spottygiraffe4 1 year ago
@junbh2 I'm an elite gymnast, I'm 15 years old and I am so happy with my parents decision of letting me stay in the sport. Gymnastics teaches discipline, balance, strength. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's wrong. We don't consider it abusing our bodies. If we want to win we have to push ourselves harder and harder until we reach our goals. If we get hurt along the way then that's our problem for doing the skill wrong. And although our coaches do say "if your hurt suck it u
Spottygiraffe4 1 year ago
The other thing is, once you are already spending so many of your waking hours doing something, surrounded by other people who believe it's immensely important, it's very difficult to retain a sense of perspective and to fully understand how much else there actually is in life. And if for a long time that one activity has been the main thing you're proud of about yourself, it's hard to learn to see yourself as so much more than just that.
junbh2 1 year ago
People say 'that's not sick, it's what you have to do to do gymnastics'. Well, all you're telling me is that you have to be sick to do elite gymnastics. Sorry. A child should not be allowed to do that to themselves, the parents need to say no even if she wants to. Children's Aid should probably have gotten involved. If you don't abuse yourself you won't be an elite gymnast? Fine then, I guess you'll just have to 'suck it up' and give up your 'dream' to go to the Olympics.
junbh2 1 year ago
The whole idea of 'forcing' a child to do something is very simplistic. Kids are immensely influenced by their parents. They pick up on whatever their parents think is important. They want their parents to be proud of them, plus if their parents say something's important in life, at that age they'll usually believe them. Telling a child you're proud of them for training through an injury is laying it on pretty thick - they pick up on way more subtle hints than that...
junbh2 1 year ago
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junbh2 1 year ago
Frankly I don't really care if they were forced or not. A seven year old is not capable of fully understanding what's best for them. If the child WANTS to push themself as hard as those children are going, it's the parents' job to stop them and teach them to live in a more physically and psychologically healthy way. If a seven year old says they want to compete even though their ankle is broken, you tell them NO, YOU MAY NOT. That's a parent's job.
junbh2 1 year ago
umm yah SOME of the people that were champions wernt pushed but think how good thay could of have been if thay were. and yah it may hurt sometimes but you HAVE to suck it up. i commpeted all-around on a broken ankle and won all-around gold and special award when i was 5 commpeting in level 8 so stop posting crap about these girls that r being "forced"
karakriha 1 year ago
Does Ashley still do gym?
kiwiborngirl 1 year ago
I don't think half of you understand what is required of the sport. Only gymnasts know the amount of commitment and hardwork that goes into being the best you can be. Sure you have some bad days but there are also highlights such as getting a new skill you've been working on. Some of you guys are right. There's a fine line between pushing a kid too hard which some parents do but NOT ALL of them push their kids like that. Overall, I don't think you can judge the sport just off of ONE documentary.
Puppylovr81 1 year ago 46
@Puppylovr81
You're right, but this documentary isn't about gymnastics, it's about Parkettes, and Parkettes is just one giant disgrace to the sport of gymnastics.
FlicTuckFull 9 months ago
She does want s to go to the ollypics... said the parents...... if she doesnt break anything else.....
kekareka81 1 year ago
well duh she was going to get 0 for what she didnt do...umm lets give her a 10 even though she didn't do anything!? like what!?
danicabrooke 1 year ago
after like 3 minutes u was like...why am i watching this?
shadowinlight20 1 year ago
How funny when the children are asked about the Olympics and they arent remotely interested, but the parents insist "she DOES want to go to the Olympics" XD Thats not what the kids said, lol!! There is a girl at my daughters gym who at 6 years of age wanted to be in the Olympics, she is now 13 and has been training since the age of 6 and guess what? She is going to the Olympics(fingers crossed she stays healthy). She knew at 6 what she wanted; these kids dont want it. Their parents do.
ralucagymnast 1 year ago
2:13 I love that gym suit!!! Can anyone help me figure out where that little girl got it?
ilovelibertyTYC 1 year ago
"Shes got a beautiful body"-John Min,John Min...haha ;)
tatulover2120 1 year ago
just becase your mom and dad make the money, send you to the best gyms, bu you all the right coaches, and move all over the country doesnt suddenly make you predisposed to enduring that kind of work outs nor does it make you an olympic champion
LETMEINGUYS 1 year ago
id like to see the coaches do this stuff
webkinzluver67 1 year ago
@webkinzluver67 lol. most of them were competitive gymnasts in their past, so they probably did.
comanecisalto1 1 year ago
@comanecisalto1 ya your probably right but still!
webkinzluver67 1 year ago
@webkinzluver67 yeah.. thats what i said when i was still in gymnastics. ( forced to quit in 2008 because of a fractured back that didn't want to heal. ) i was training for level 10 and my coach pushed me so hard i got a bunch of injuries. sad part is i would get so frusterated with my coach that i would say " if you do it i will. " unfortunetly she could and would do it..
MusicForever67 1 year ago
what kind of parent tells sum1 to suck up a broken ankle? my parents wud never tell me to suck it up if it was injured.
flwrgrl13 1 year ago
I would love to know whether Ashley still does gymnastics...
because when i would have been forced like that I would have stopped many years ago...
I mean sucking up the pain of a broken ankle is NOT what you should do - you need to look after your health! not only force new moves...
ANAsfee 1 year ago
My coaches are never the ones who make me cry- if I'm frustrated, it comes from within.
Coaches are there to teach and motivate you, not to tell you whether you are a champion or not. That is yourself.
free2write26 1 year ago 2
Okay, we all realize it's gymnastics and tough, but there comes a point where enough is enough. Running on a broken ankle is ENOUGH. Those parents should be charged with child abuse and negligence.
mistressmandy4589 1 year ago
"She's got a beautiful body" WTF she is 7!!!!
Musicgirl9696 1 year ago 35
@Musicgirl9696 i know hes a perv u dont say shit like that on national television
gregorygutkin 1 year ago
PEOPLE. It's called gymnastics, not kindergarten. In Gymnastics, you have to suck it up, because it's not as painful when your actually doing a routine.
Moonfrost1 1 year ago
she's on a fucking broken ankle, if she "sucks it up", it'll just get worse.
iLY0X8 1 year ago
do they have a mens program??
blokflip13 1 year ago
that 7 yr old was running like that on a broken ankle??? thats a tough kid. too tough really. although sucking it up is necessary for the sport, the gymnasts are gonna have a lot of problems with injuries later on in life
LMA629 1 year ago
I love this documentary thanks for posting it.
gymnasticsloverxoxo 1 year ago
whats the name of the music in the beggining of the video???
PocketGymnast 1 year ago
when did this originally air?
jackie4529 1 year ago
I don't know how many olypians they have produced but there are a few with scholarships like Nicole for example. I googled the little girls name and couldn't find anything on her, perhaps she stopped gymnastics? That would be likely b/c you can't force it, it must come from the child and be something they love!
ruhstorferfamily 1 year ago
Just to let you know Kristen Maloney was on the team in 2000 and received her bronze medal on Wednesday. Maloney also won the National title in 1998/1999. Also Hope Spivey was on the 1988 Olympic team. 1986 National Championships three gymnasts were represented from this gym - Jennifer Sey - 1st place, Hope Spivey - 2nd place and Alyssa Solomon - 4th place. There are four gymnasts at Visa Classic from this gym right now - 3 girls and 1 boy. Also 118 shcolarships have been awarded at this gym.
cfb70 1 year ago
I'm sorry to say that this gym, despite being known as a "national training center" has produced more injuries and almost-got-there's than champions. Their only athlete to make it to the Olympics, Kristen Maloney, fought through multiple debilitating injuries to place 19th in the all-around. Is that really worth it? Forcing never works, Olympic-caliber athletes need firm guidance but an understanding that there will be a worthwhile life for them if they don't make it.
veevee305 1 year ago 4
@veevee305
Hope Spivey who was in the 1988 Olympics was also from Parkettes but I know what you mean. When they said they had been producing Olympians for 30 years I thought "WHAT??" They've had 2. I can think of a few coaches that have a better track record than they do.
BeachBunny13 1 year ago
Almost 40 years...Parkettes sure doesn't have much to show for it. Has-been gymnasts and never-been coaches. So sad that people put their faith in the Strausses.
AzDynamicsGymnast314 1 year ago 3
Donna is an old broken down nothing who went nowhere!
SexyLiLLeilaniMya 1 year ago
6:19 the lil girl is so funny!!
tatulover2120 1 year ago
who is the gymnast at :27?
lexi11221 1 year ago
@lexi11221 krista jaspers
tatulover2120 1 year ago
Does anyone know the name of the music from :20 to :58? thanks :]
lexi11221 1 year ago
telling ur daughter that has a broken bone to suck it up is child abusive , its refusing your child's medical needs.
nmd556 1 year ago 3
@nmd556 i dont think they knew it was broken until afterwards and just thought she was making a fuss
ellie820796 1 year ago
sumtimes i compete against parkettes. they are good but not the best. i listen to there coaches and they are realy mean.
nmd556 1 year ago
0:14 KRISTA! shes from my gym!♥♥ she soo good i luv her!
nmd556 1 year ago
Mom: "Ashley, do you want to go to the Olympics?"
Ashley: "I dunno."
Mom: "She just really wants to go to the Olympics."
Laurenmakescorrole 1 year ago 2
i can't beleive they made her suck it up and compete on a broken ankle !
NerdyLuverz 1 year ago
it now seems like Woga is the new parkettes
fgymnastm12 1 year ago
Ashley Barry isn't doing gymnastics anymore...
caligirl1332 1 year ago
Wow Allentown pennsylvania! I never knew that place even existed, its so close!
7anne95 1 year ago
After years of rigorous training, only being able to fight for yourself and endless conditioning....
The college scene is almost like rehab. At the big programs you have over 10,000 fans cheering you on and the NCAA only allows for 20 or so hours of practice a week. You have team mates to count on, cheer on and lean on. You're allowed to have a social life again and in college, the judges actually give out 10s too.
lordofwrath88 1 year ago 2
I can't wait until I'm old enough and have enough money to start my own gym. It will be the opposite of Parkettes. It will be about building self esteem and confidence, not about winning.
As for "producing Olympians for 30 years", I've checked and they've had 2 Olympians. One in 1988 and one in 2000. That's it. It's not like they make it seem to be. Bela has trained 9 olympians and Kelli Hill's had 3 (I think). There are better gyms and coaches.
BeachBunny13 1 year ago 2
How can a seven year old run and walk and continue gymnastics on an ankle broken in two places and keep a straight face and not be limping in pain?
gymnasticsloverxoxo 1 year ago
@gymnasticsloverxoxo Maybe she's so used to the pain that it doesn't affect her as much.
MichaelKanJohnson 1 year ago
none of u guys get it they r pushed so hard because the parents and coachs know that they can become something
macaroow12 1 year ago 4
That was amazing she is going to go REALLY far with gymnastics and shes really something (:
studioenoadotcom 1 year ago
I can see both sides to an extent. It's one thing to let your 15, 16 or 17-year-old push through a bit of pain, assuming they have the drive, talent and motivation. But a 7-year-old? No way. That's child abuse.
adventuregirl76 1 year ago 2
Ashley should have said "hey dad, what do good parents do? let their kids heal when theyre injured"
K8ie121 2 years ago 5
dance can be just as bad falls slips can be the end of careers..
sunbeemeez 2 years ago
I don't like that gymnastics is singled out as being so awful and dangerous for children. I think all high-level sports can be damaging to children unless you try to keep the pressure off them and put their health first. Is the focus on gymnastics just because these are girls? My brothers have been hurt enough to require surgery in their sports, but no one's making documentaries on how awful wrestling or rugby are- and they also started on those sports very young.
hopefullyjh 2 years ago
Okay, that mum is kinda full of it. Like, she asks her kid if she wants to go to the Olympics, but the kid says no, but then turns around and the mum says that this kid does wanna go. And then, they tell the kid to suck it up, when this SEVEN year old is clearly in pain. I think the mum wants it more than her kid.
madtap14 2 years ago 6
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figureskater2004 2 years ago
yah i agree it was kinda awkward cuz that was just weird
MsGymnast4life 2 years ago
really? cause last time I checked, Nastia Liukin, the Olympic AA champion, never had the "big muscular type" body you seem to favor.
comanecisalto1 2 years ago 4
I'm not the person who acually wrote that. Friend of mine, acually now frienamies. Sorry for what she has said kinda pointless.
figureskater2004 1 year ago
what about nastia liukin, shes verrrry skinny and look at her now
gymnasttx333 2 years ago
I dont agree at all with what you just said but anyways i think the comment was more directed towards at parkettes they think skinny is better
iAngelaKara 1 year ago
I'm not the person who acually wrote that. Friend of mine, acually now frienamies. Sorry for what she has said kinda pointless.
figureskater2004 1 year ago
I'm not the person who acually wrote that. Friend of mine, acually now frienamies. Sorry for what she has said kinda pointless.
figureskater2004 1 year ago
omgg! I live in allentown! my parents didn't want me to go there because she heard what they did. That is the worst, gym. Not the gymnasts, but how they treat the gymnasts. even their parents, I personally would never go there! my opinion though...
--taylor--
TaylorMadiAlyssaRMC 2 years ago
watching this really makes me believe Jennifer Sey even more. These coaches are crackpots
FLACSC74 2 years ago
THIS IS how champions are made.... sory to breake to you all but you have to force kids to do this, they won't do it otherwise...
they thank them alter on, I wish I had my parents do this to me
TheDiamond123123 2 years ago
Nastia was never forced, Shawn was never forced, Carly was never forced, and Mary Lou was never forced. All were champions.
carriemydear 2 years ago 73
@carriemydear
even so... 99% of champs who never got noticed quit... they never saw their full potential
TheDiamond123123 2 years ago
@carriemydear Well said.
Stinkyfart 1 year ago
@carriemydear Can you imagine an coach talking to Khorkina like that or Shawn Johnson? who is too cool for school and not someone to be pushed. I think that the best thing to happen to Olympic team was having Valeri Luikin around, Marta would have to be very careful before shouting at his daughter or any others, when he is around. Not one of the Olympic team was coached at Parkettes in 04 or 08.
emmyjo720 1 year ago
@carriemydear Yes they were all champions, but unless you were in their gyms and in their homes 24-7, you don't know that they weren't forced. No one knows for sure except for them.
tmwalkerm 1 year ago
@tmwalkerm if they were forced, why is shawn coming back? why is nastia coming back? why did carly try to come back? They obviously weren't forced.
carriemydear 1 year ago
@carriemydear Did I say they were forced? NO, all I said was that we don't know what went on in their gyms, and probably never will unless someone comes forward and speaks up. Are you in their gyms with them, hearing every single thing that's said and seeing everything that happens? Probably not, so how do you know FOR A FACT that they AREN'T forced?
tmwalkerm 1 year ago
@tmwalkerm lmao chill out. its youtube bud.
carriemydear 1 year ago
@carriemydear Just stating the truth, not my fault people are close-minded and don't want to admit they may be wrong.
tmwalkerm 1 year ago
first ashleys mum says suck it up and then when they get to TOPS she is like watch your ankle, i hope your ankle is ok. which side is she choosing suck it up or worrying ???
IzzyandSolly 2 years ago 4
@IzzyandSolly Clearly, Mom has a guilt complex, yet her selfish desire to see her daughter go to the Olympics wins out.
adventuregirl76 1 year ago 3
TOPS was so much presure but my parents didnt care wat the results were thy didnt want to push me at all
olympiagymnastics23 2 years ago 4
I would just like to say how does a 7 yr old break 2 parts of their ankle and tear a ligiament thats just disgusting this child is doing skills way above what her body can take I coach kids 5 years + and their safety is always the first thing in my mind I wouldnt even start splits training on a child till they are 7 her body will be wrecked when she is older. believe me i could go on and on and on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spacey0 2 years ago 12
i did splits when i was 3.
Gymnast1709 2 years ago
@Gymnast1709 ur point?
nmd556 1 year ago
shes 7 and has a frickin broken ankle and alll u can say is suck it upp?! wow some parents u r !
IFlipxo96 2 years ago 59
@IFlipxo96 i no rite
lilyliukin 1 year ago
@IFlipxo96 its called elite gymnastics...
18swimchick 1 year ago
@IFlipxo96 i agree, thats gotta be some form of child abuse. probably neglect.
LMA629 1 year ago 2
@IFlipxo96 Thats a good point, But you have to realise that if you want to get that far in gymnastics you have to deal with pain...Im a gymnast and im in something called the squad..My coaches make me do very painful streches to make me better! I told my mum the next morning and she said "A good gymnast has to deal with that!" and its true..You have to work hard in gymnastics to get far...No pain no gain!
I hope this helps :)
TiasBeauty97 xoxo
TiasBeauty97 1 year ago
what did her parents mean they didnt expect her to get zeros in what she didnt compete in?
you dont compete, you dont get anything
randomness132 2 years ago 12
1:00 is she trying to do a full-in?
tatulover2120 2 years ago
Yeah but she is missing her legs.
MySportsFanatic 2 years ago
its ashley's mother that wanted to go to the olympics. at 7 years old, how would ashley know what she would want in ten years? she even asked her and she said she didnt kno. just another psychotic stage mom
BrittanyxKilla 2 years ago 6
No... You clearly have no knowledge of the gymnastics world. Ashley's mother isn't psychotic. If you want your child to compete in the Olympics as a gymnast, you have to start planning it out right from the age they are allowed to start training. It's sad, but that's what makes champions: constant, strict, physically demanding training.
MySportsFanatic 2 years ago
mysportsfanatic, thats NOT true. shawn johnson's parents NEVER had any future agenda, and she has said in numerous interviews they assured her she could stop whenever she wanted to. and shawn's just one of those kinds of gymnasts who became so successful without olympic-obsessed parents who let their daughters have fun with the sport. sounds like you're the one who needs to brush up on the gymnastics knowledge.
comanecisalto1 2 years ago 3
She's one in hundreds of thousands. And how should you know? All you know is what the media mouth feeds you.
MySportsFanatic 2 years ago