Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams

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Performed many skills she was scared of–BHS and BT on beam, double twist on floor. Almost everything in her bar routine had been traumatizing to learn. The straddle flip from low to high, catching between her legs, had more tears and crash landings than any other skill she'd tried (Note: Does anyone know what this skill is/have a video?)
It's a Radochla flip, named after East German Birgit Radochla in the 60s. It's at about the 8 second mark in the video.

 
It's fortunate for Sey "Chalked Up" came out long before her COVID quackery, or she would have had a lot less credibility.

This is coming from someone who wasn't thrilled with shutdowns, school closures, or COVID vaccine mandates - and I thought on these subjects she was just purposely inflammatory. There was a discussion to be had around all of those topics, but it wasn't the one she was having.

I'm not even bothering with "Levi's Unbuttoned".

She's an attention seeker first of all.

When "Chalked Up" (which I really liked) came out, I got the impression Sey was not well liked in the gym community. After seeing her tweets and substack essays, I can see why.
I was a fan without Internet or email when Jennifer did not make the 88 Olympics and I knew the selection procedures better than she and the Parkette coaches did (or they were lying). I was so happy she didn’t make it since she always messed up horribly in major international competitions. Plus I NEVER liked her gymnastics
 
Just caught up, and I agree with Red Birdie that the family sounds super dysfunctional. I hate to say that in some ways I can sympathize with Sey's experiences-- I was also a bit of a self-centered child who struggled with fear in the sport and felt misunderstood when I wanted an explanation of how something worked instead of just doing it. And admittedly I had some overbearing people in my life too. But good heavens. The Chinese dinner description just sticks in my head as really messed up.
 

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