I’ve really been enjoying Mark Folger’s new blog dedicated to coaches, parents, gymnasts and gymnastics fans.
Check out one called Hidden Opportunities in Youth Sports:
Younger athletes look up to older athletes who excel at their sport. A simple compliment from one of these older athletes can “make the day” of the less experienced athlete. When you “make the day” for a child, you make the day for their parents as well, allowing one simple good deed to go a long way. …
A seven year old who does a nice straight arm, straight leg cartwheel is excellent in the eyes of the four year old who’s struggling just to get hands and feet placed in the right order for her cartwheel.
That same seven year old may look up to a ten year old who does a cartwheel on the high balance beam. The ten year old sees excellence in the level 8 gymnast …
read the rest – Hidden Opportunities in Youth Sports
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My physical therapist (who is a champion triathlete, really a very elite athlete, honest, and teaching me proper squatting technique and the like, while treating my injuries) says that he has had his little girl in all kinds of sports. Even a year after being in it, she always says that gymnastics is her favorite, when asked. however, they are steering her away from it, as not a life sport and too damaging.
“NOT A LIFE SPORT” IS WHY SHE SHOULD DO IT!!! ARGH. I hate those dads. You can ALWAYS go swim. You can always play tennis. You can always play golf. You can always jog or ride bikes. You can do those sports into your 90s if you stay fit. You only get one shot to do gymnastics! ARGH. And if you do gym right, then when you eventually retire you will pick up ANY OTHER sport insanely fast. “We want her to play a sport she can enjoy for life.” GREAT! How about starting with a foundation she can enjoy for life and some memories she’ll enjoy for life and then let her figure out what she wants to do when that stage ends.
When did we become this civilization that thinks we have to be uniform in our hobbies from day one to day last? Do any of us actually still do the things we did as kids? I don’t still play with Legos and watch MacGyver. ARGH.
That excuse drives me nuts. “This will end some day, so let’s just not do it at all.” Take that attitude to other things in life, you’ll never have a relationship, a job, a home, property of any kind, etc….
Em alta, profissão de coach tem rentabilidade atrativa
e diversos campos de atuação
Quem busca uma carreira em ascensão, com vasto campo de atuação, alta demanda do mercado e ganhos atrativos pode, certamente, colocar a profissão de coach no topo da lista.
Além de todos esses atrativos, para começar a atuar como coach basta concluir o curso de formação que, na SLAC (Sociedade Latino Americana de Coaching), dura apenas oito dias.
“Não há dúvidas que se trata de uma excelente opção de carreira. Hoje, o coach pode atuar atendendo empresas, adultos, casais, adolescentes… A demanda está cada vez maior”, explica Sulivan França, presidente da SLAC.
A procura do mercado por coaches reflete na busca pela qualificação. Em 2009, a Sociedade Latino Americana de Coaching, com sede em São Paulo, formou 180% a mais se comparado com o ano anterior. Para 2010, a perspectiva é aumentar os números da temporada passada em 250%.
“Tivemos muitas solicitações de outros estados e, neste ano, realizaremos cursos de formação em Goiás, Pernambuco, Paraná, Brasília, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Ceara e Para”, afirma Sulivan França.
O que faz um coach?
Coach (palavra inglesa que, em português, significa treinador) é o profissional que atua tanto no campo pessoal quanto profissional. Não se trata se um consultor nem de um terapeuta.
“O coach, na verdade, é um grande questionador. Ele obviamente ouve os dilemas e as dúvidas de seus clientes e, através de perguntas, faz com que a pessoa encontre dentro de si as respostas”, diz Sulivan França.
Através das técnicas adquiridas no curso de formação, o coach leva o cliente a definir objetivos, avaliar forças e fraquezas e também a identificar os obstáculos que impedem a realização de algo desejado.
Para mais informações acesse o site.
SLAC – Sociedade Latino Americana de Coaching
http://www.slacoaching.org
info@slacoaching.org
(11) 2283-3824
JMO – hear hear!
Your comments about picking up another sport insanely fast are so very true. So many of my former gymnasts went into other things afterwards, and with the biggest and best result being Pole Vault. I had 3 go on to be National team members in Canada, one of which is Kelsie Hendry, who just finished 6th at World’s and competed in the Olympics 2008. Oh yeah, she made Canadian National Pole Vault team 3 weeks after retiring from gymnastics at age 18…voila!
Yup, you are exactly right, JAO.
The old European philsophy was that all kids must run, gym and swim. … Then later go into Pole Vaulting. Or Water Polo. Or aerial skiing.
Agree totally.
Eldest at 3 was scared of playgrounds, at 4, after a year of rec gym, was a totally different kid.
Took youngest to the optometrist last week – who said “glad to hear she’s doing RG – it’s so good for keeping the peripheral vision active”!!
Hubby, when discussing which activity to drop due to $$ said, “prefer the gymsport cos it’s a whole body activity and will keep them fitter”
Agree. My current athletic activity of choice attracts a lot of former gymnasts, & you can always pick us out because we learn FAST & move fairly smoothly. So we may not be able to defy gravity for life. But full body motor control & the ability to learn new movement patterns, those are lifetime skills right there, and generalize far more than anything else.
On the topic of the original post…not only do compliments from the bigger kids make the little kids whole day, but I have seen the ‘big’ kids (who are often used to being ‘little’) feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment when they discover they are a role model.
Anya,
You are so right about the sense of accomplishment felt when becoming a role model. It’s a win-win situation. I’ve seen it drastically change girls personalities (for the better).
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