Hello :]
Sorry if there was a forum on this, I searched it but I could have missed it. I was wondering what people thought of the Parkettes documentary. I liked it, I thought it was thorough and nicely done, providing more information than just the elites.
However, I felt really bad for the Parkettes. Since I do gymnastics and did competitive, the coaches seen fine to me, they don't seem rude or harsh or whatever. With Nicole Harris, I thought Bill treated her very well, and knew how to deal with her. Coming from an outside perspective, I can see how the gym was taken in such a negative light. I guess seeing little girls doing gymnastics, is something easy to pick out, especially when seeing that little Ashely after she hurt herself.
Last year I did a video on chinese gymnastics for history, and one segment I did a comparison of that to the U.S. Part of my video I included the parkettes document, and I think some of the kids in the class thought some of the coaches were really rude.
Feel free to post your opinions :]
Sorry if there was a forum on this, I searched it but I could have missed it. I was wondering what people thought of the Parkettes documentary. I liked it, I thought it was thorough and nicely done, providing more information than just the elites.
However, I felt really bad for the Parkettes. Since I do gymnastics and did competitive, the coaches seen fine to me, they don't seem rude or harsh or whatever. With Nicole Harris, I thought Bill treated her very well, and knew how to deal with her. Coming from an outside perspective, I can see how the gym was taken in such a negative light. I guess seeing little girls doing gymnastics, is something easy to pick out, especially when seeing that little Ashely after she hurt herself.
Last year I did a video on chinese gymnastics for history, and one segment I did a comparison of that to the U.S. Part of my video I included the parkettes document, and I think some of the kids in the class thought some of the coaches were really rude.
Feel free to post your opinions :]