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Books - Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams
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Sexual Astrology - Books : Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.44092
EAN: 9780061351464
ISBN: 0061351466
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Sales Rank: 80306
Studio: William Morrow
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The true story of the 1986 U.S. National Gymnastics champion whose lifelong dream was to compete in the Olympics, until anorexia, injuries, and coaching abuses nearly destroyed her
Fanciful dreams of gold medals and Nadia Comaneci led Jennifer Sey to become a gymnast at the age of six. She was a natural at the sport, and her early success propelled her family to sacrifice everything to help her become, by age eleven, one of Americas elite, competing at prestigious events worldwide alongside such future gymnastics luminaries as Mary Lou Retton.
But as she set her sights higher and higher—the senior national team, the World Championships, the 1988 Olympics—Sey began to change, putting her needs, her health, and her well-being aside in the name of winning. And the adults in her life refused to notice her downward spiral.
In Chalked Up Sey reveals the tarnish behind her gold medals. A powerful portrait of intensity and drive, eating disorders and stage parents, abusive coaches and manipulative businessmen, denial and the seduction of success, it is the story of a young girl whose dreams would become eclipsed by the adults around her. As she recounts her experiences, Sey sheds light on the destructiveness of our winning-is-everything culture where underage and underweight girls are celebrated and on the need for balance in childrens lives.
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I give this book a five star rating. In a direct, bold, intense and captivating style, Sey shows young girls and women one important thing--How to know thyself.
In this coming of age memoir, she shows all of us with such deep conviction, how to cultivate a strong sense of identity, trust, and certainty in ourselves.
I read the book in three days. I knew nothing about the world of gymnastics, but it wasn't just about that, it was about a young woman who found her way ... Read More
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I was a level 10 gymnast who after a career ending and potentially life threatening injury was forced to retire-bored and itching to once again be apart of the sport that had consumed my childhood almost in its entirety I decided to do the "unthinkable" try cheerleading. It eventually took me to University of Maryland where I was apart of winning three national championships. SO when it comes to gymnastics I have a good grasp and know the affects it can have on the person mentally and physically. ... Read More
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I found this to be an incredibly honest look at one gymnasts experience within the world of elite gymnastics. She took responsibility for her own drive, her feelings, her shortcomings, her life. Where some may say she is mean spirited and finger pointing, I think that Jen Sey told HER story in her own words. It is what it is. People need to stop trying to make into something it was never intended to be. It's not an expose, or an attempt to shame the world of gymnastics. It's just brutally honest. ... Read More
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Jennifer Sey earned gymnastics' individual National Championship in 1986 culminating years of hard work, endless sacrifice by her family and injury and self deprivation. Chalked Up, Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams is an insider's view of the world the whole Sey family inhabited during those years of striving. It is also a confirmation of many of competitive gymnastics' dirty little secrets...the eating disorders, the ... Read More
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I saw Jennifer Sey speak and then read her book. Very interesting look at this sport. Also good insight on how to handle it when you have a very competitive child who naturally wants to excel - what should a parent do? Enable? Disappoint? Might not be a right answer but good to know one person's honest story.
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