positive approach to problem solving

Tony Retrosi was inspired by an AdWeek post.

Good reminders. Post this somewhere in the Gym.

Wendy Bruce Martin – mental blocks

Great article on one of our biggest coaching challenges.

… opportunity to empower our athletes to overcome and breakthrough anything they want …

Breaking Through a Mental Block

GBR Men’s Performance Symposium

Jan 13-14, 2018 | £160

Lilleshall National Sports Centre

🌟Nick Ruddock🌟: Keynote Speaker and International Coaching Consultant working with several National Teams around the world.

🌟PBars by Baz Collie: BG Men’s National Coach

🌟Rings by Andre Popov: BG Men’s National Coach

🌟Pommel Horse by Lee Woolls: Elite Performance Squad Technical Lead Coach

🌟New Club Grades by Eddie Van Hoof MBE: BG Men’s Head National Coach & Matthew Firth: BG Men’s National Development Coach

🌟Artistry by Carol-Angela Orchard  😀

🌟Reflections from the 2017 World Championships and the 2017 Elite Grades by Andrew Tombs: 1st Vice President F.I.G. Men’s Technical Committee & James May: Category 1 International Brevet Judge.

🌟English Institute of Sport will cover Nutrition, Psychology, Physiotherapy and Strength/Conditioning.

details 

7th Bermuda International Gymnastics Challenge

March 16th – 18th, 2018

  • USAIGC qualifier
  • USAG Girls Invitational
  • USAG Boys Invitational
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$125 Registration Deadline  January 15th, 2018 or until meet is full. Early Bird registration 10% discount before November 30th, 2017.

Official hotel is Grotto Bay Resort. Special meet rate $125 per night, a real bargain.

Bermuda is a short flight from east coast USA.

Download a .zip file with details:

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Or email igcBermuda (a) gmail.com with questions.

Brooklyn Moors slow-mo

Brooklyn is not the most powerful tumbler. She has very good technique.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics

Kohei’s Mom competing age-55

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Acro – Marina Chernova and Georgiy Pataraya

Since they started competing together, this fabulous pair have won everything there is to win in acro …

Click PLAY or watch their World Games routine from July on YouTube.

(via UEG – Outstanding performances show true colours of Acrobatics)

FIG Parkour / Obstacle Course update

A first FIG Parkour World Cup was held over the weekend at the International Festival of Extreme Sports World Series event in Chengdu in China. …

Personally I’ve got no problem with FIG adding Parkour as a discipline. Hopeful it will help bring more boys into the other FIG disciplines.

But I wished they’d called their new discipline “Obstacle Course“, not Parkour.

The FIG is so far dealing with only 6 national bodies:

These are Australian Parkour Association, France’s Fédération de Parkour, New Zealand Parkour, the Polish Parkour And Freerunning Federation, Parkour South Africa and Parkour UK.

The body has also been challenged by the International Parkour Federation, who claim they are the only body to currently have an application with the Global Association of International Sports Federations for official recognition pending. …

Inside the Games

full-in triple back

Alex Siefert on tumbling trampoline.

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