7/8/2023 0 Comments Chalked up by jennifer sey![]() ![]() But when it's your own kid and you fail to draw the line. For anyone that invested in something, it would be difficult not to expect an "outcome" from that time, effort, energy and resources you put in. From frogoing famility vacations, to communiting 2 hours each way for 2-a-day practices, to the demise of a marriage. Providing repetive strain on a malnourished body is a known formula for producing stress realted injuries.Īlthough it started out as Sey's dream to compete at the elite level, I wonder what the psychological impact was of having parents who uplifted their entire life to enable this ambition. What coaches of that era probably overlooked is that this behaviour was likely a catalyst for many of the injuries. ![]() It was difficult to read about how someone, or more accurately the culture of the sport, actually wants to stunt growth and puberty because growth changes an athlete's movement and appearance. In the world of gymnastic that sacrafice often comes in the form of social lives, relationships and "health". Being elite at anything requires sacrafice. ![]()
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