This is good. Cirque du Soleil’s David Poirier.
Flying Man/Tissue Artist at La Nouba.
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Month: May 2016
nobody said it was going to be easy
via Wisdom Wednesday
Steve Arkell – 20 Cool Rules
Coach Steve Arkell posted some advice for ALL athletes:
1. Stop making excuses.
10. Be responsible for your own learning.
16. Be grateful.
20. Remember why you started
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Russell Mills – 1964 Pommels
This is the winning routine in the 1964 AAU Nationals (the precursor to the USGF and USA gymnastics). Mills also won the NCAA Championships in 1963 and 1964, coached by Don Tonry and . competing for Yale University. When Mills hit his routines, he was unbeatable in the US and probably by anyone in the world at that time. There was no international competition for specialists during the period. The mount here is a back Moore, caught a bit late by the camera.
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Emma Nedov – Beam
NCAA men’s platform champ cannot try for Olympics
Although his scores are high enough to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, Zeng isn’t eligible to participate in that event June 18-26 in Indianapolis because he’s not a U.S. citizen.
“He’d have a shot at making our (Olympic) team,” OSU diving coach Justin Sochor said. “He’s good enough to beat everybody else in the United States. He can’t just walk out there and win that easily, but he’s capable of it.”
Men’s diving | Ohio State star from China seeks U.S. citizenship, Olympic berth
mental health for coaches
If you’re a coach and NEVER take a holiday, something’s wrong with your planning. 🙂
swim coach Jeff Grace:
Many coaches do not give themselves days off. They are committed to the goals of the athletes and the team, they see themselves leading by example and simply there is always work to be done.
Some coaches will spend more time on the job than others, but there are almost none that are not emotionally invested in how their team performs.
For me when athletes swam well it was because they put in the work, had the motivation and wanted to excel. When athletes swam poorly I blamed myself, I questioned not only how I had gone about the planning and training of the swimmers, but I began question myself at my core.
I did not set myself up for success often ignoring both my physical and psychological health. …
MENTAL HEALTH FOR COACHES: ARE YOU LIVING A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE?
Thanks Mike and Bede for the link.
British Jr men win again
There’s a reason GBR is now consistently a Senior team medal contender. Their Juniors have been awesome for a long time. And there are more to come.
Junior men claim fifth straight European title
UEG – Great Britain outshines rivals Russia.
1. GBR 253.436
2. RUS 252.061
3. SUI 249.959
4. FRA 248.562
5. GER 243.094
6. ITA 242.084
full results
AA leaders in prelims:
1. Giarnni Regini-Moran (GBR) 85.964
2. Andrei Makolov (RUS) 85.798
3. Henji Mboyo (SUI) 84.164
4. Joe Fraser (GBR) 84.140
5. Samir Serhani (SUI) 82.997
6. Kevin Carvalho (FRA) 82,398
Congratulations Rhys McCLENAGHAN, the first Irish Junior to qualify to AA and Pommel Finals.
via Gymternet Clan
3 most decorated Japanese Olympians
Don’t take off the medal kid.
Kiwi swimmer Laura Quilter posted some terrific advice for all athletes:
I sort of tripped over a life-learning last year.
The strangest thing happened when I arrived back in New Zealand after racing at the World University Games in Korea, Everyone congratulated me.
See, at the Games I made my first ever individual international final in the 50m butterfly. The result of that one event was what people back home had heard about, courtesy of a few news articles.
No-one had any idea that I pulled out of the 200 freestyle because I was swimming so poorly.
No-one had any idea that my 100m freestyle was the slowest time I had produced in over 3 years. …
I was blindsided by positivity that first week at home. Congratulations flooded in. It was during that week that I realised how true all those sayings are. …
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