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re: As a parent, what would you do? Cheerleading coach on video forcing girls into splits
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:10 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:10 am to GetCocky11
I don't think I ever played a sport where a coach didn't do something that someone would call physical abuse.
I remember one day my swim coach made me swim a 1650 yard butterfly because I was a few minutes late to practice. I crawled out of the pool and threw up on the deck. I laid there more worn out than I had ever been. Coach kicked me in the chest then threw me in the pool and made me swim another one.
I loved that man.
I remember one day my swim coach made me swim a 1650 yard butterfly because I was a few minutes late to practice. I crawled out of the pool and threw up on the deck. I laid there more worn out than I had ever been. Coach kicked me in the chest then threw me in the pool and made me swim another one.
I loved that man.
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Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:18 am to GetCocky11
I would just like to point out how fine that Denver news anchor was. Damn!
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:21 am to Hot Carl
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And like the other guy said, I can't believe in this day and age that they are allowing an adult male to coach young girls unsupervised. It sucks--especially for all the good male coaches out there--but that is just a dynamic that I'd want to avoid at all costs if I were an admin.
So it sucks that an adult male can coach young girls, but you then also say that there are good male coaches out there?
I don't see anything wrong with any gender coaching any other gender, as long as things are on the up and up and no line are crossed, obviously.
As for this story, I would assume this is how one learns/trains to do splits...keep pushing more and more each time until your body is used to it and it is normal. And as for people bitching about stretching and all of that, do we know that they didn't stretch her before doing this to her? Or is that just an assumption people are making? (asking honestly, because I read the article and didn't see anything mentioned unless I missed it)
I am no cheerleading expert, or a doctor for that matter...and I have no idea if this coach is an idiot or a terrible person...but I would assume that pushing your leg muscles past their points is a prerequisite for learning how to do a split. And hell, it even looked like he (and her teammates) were trying to keep her body straight/balanced and her form correct. That doesn't seem like something you would do if you were trying to hurt someone.
This post was edited on 8/25/17 at 9:25 am
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:23 am to yellowfin
quote:I'm not a gymnast so I'm not 100% sure, but I know people who are gymnasts and they do many different kinds of stretches every day.
How do you train your body to do splits? I wanna learn
It shouldn't take long to be able to stretch enough to be able to do the splits, so this torture exercise that guy was putting those girls through was completely unnecessary and dangerous.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:23 am to GetCocky11
It wouldn't have taken me 8 fricking months. I understand cheerleaders having to do splits, but there is an extremely firm line between requiring them at tryouts/slowly working into it and just plopping someone down like that.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:25 am to Gaston
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So fricking what? You have to do the splits to be cheerleader, either quit...or we'll help you. Yea it hurts, you don't have the will power to stretch like that on your own and suffer incremental pain...so quit or we'll show you what it takes. Get over it.
Yeah, no.
There's actual technique and training to get to the point of being limber enough for the splits. You don't just force them down, tearing muscle/ligaments in the process. That's like saying you should just throw bricks at a kid so he can get used to getting hit in football instead of running actual drills to acclimate him.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:26 am to Jcorye1
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and just plopping someone down like that.
Again, is that what happened? For all we know, they stretched for 30 minutes before training for splits. Why is everybody assuming this dude just pushed this girl to the ground and started abusing her (in front of a camera and all of her teammates, mind you)..?
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:29 am to CocomoLSU
quote:That's not how you train to do the splits. Forcing it like that can cause injury.
As for this story, I would assume this is how one learns/trains to do splits...keep pushing more and more each time until your body is used to it and it is normal.
You stretch every day from many different angles. There is a little bit of pain as there is any time you stretch. But forcing it like this guy was to the point of extreme pain is completely unnecessary, and probably not as effective.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:56 am to kywildcatfanone
That grown man was a member of Team USA and a national champion at Louisville. He's also gay. If you're really worried about grown men coaching your daughter, don't put her in any sport then.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 10:49 am to MaHittaMaHitta
I'd go whip his national champion arse.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 10:51 am to GetCocky11
My girl would be smart enough and have enough self respect to never want to be a stupid cheerleader so I'll solve that on the front end
Posted on 8/25/17 at 10:51 am to PrimeTime Money
You stretch every day from many different angles. There is a little bit of pain as there is any time you stretch. But forcing it like this guy was to the point of extreme pain is completely unnecessary, and probably not as effective
It wasn't that forced though, that girl was just a giant wimp. He barely pushed down on her, she was complaining while they weren't even doing anything.
Furthermore she is not freaking close to doing the splits. Honestly, he should have just cut her arse off the team considering those two things.
It wasn't that forced though, that girl was just a giant wimp. He barely pushed down on her, she was complaining while they weren't even doing anything.
Furthermore she is not freaking close to doing the splits. Honestly, he should have just cut her arse off the team considering those two things.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 10:53 am to GetCocky11
Was this their coach? 
Posted on 8/25/17 at 10:56 am to baldona
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It wasn't that forced though, that girl was just a giant wimp.
This actually happened with multiple girls.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 11:15 am to GetCocky11
So sad thinking about all those hymens that won't be broken the natural way.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 11:15 am to GetCocky11
It's amazing if you look at comments from this story on Facebook or wherever. It's all women saying she's a bad cheerleader and should be able to do it and saying she deserved the bullying she's received.
Women are terrible and that's why they should not be in charge
Women are terrible and that's why they should not be in charge
Posted on 8/25/17 at 11:31 am to Pectus
Posted on 8/25/17 at 12:11 pm to GetCocky11
Personally I'm glad my cheer coach forced me to do the splits way back when.
However, if I had a problem with a teacher or coach I would not call the news or put it on queer social media outlets. I'd handle it myself, personally and privately.
If you can't meet the requirements for the sport you voluntarily signed up for, pick something else.
However, if I had a problem with a teacher or coach I would not call the news or put it on queer social media outlets. I'd handle it myself, personally and privately.
If you can't meet the requirements for the sport you voluntarily signed up for, pick something else.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 12:27 pm to CorkSoaker
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If you can't meet the requirements for the sport you voluntarily signed up for, pick something else.
Maybe if the coach would have trained her properly, she would have been able to do splits by now. Instead, on the first week of their summer camp, the coach decided on the course of training that is seen in the video.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 12:50 pm to GetCocky11
It's common sense that cheerleaders need to be able to do the freaking splits.
This post was edited on 8/25/17 at 1:14 pm
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