Pursuing the Perfect 10 - Parkettes Documentary (Part 1)

CNN Documentary about the Parkettes gymnastics club.

Download here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9W5910PB

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• Parkettes
• gymnastics
• Kristina
• Coccia
• Nicole
• Harris
• Annie
• Fogerty

[MissEmoxSkittles]

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

[isabel31gymnastics]

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

[TheCuriosetta]

Her poor sister, and she ...

[kaiceekat]

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.:) )

[MissTumblers12]

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

[94gymnast]

@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.

[redrock54100]

@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.

[tabruhs]

@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]

@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]

@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

[BoraBoraGirl2001]

@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]

@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.