Yep. Stick crown.
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Category: Gymnastics
emotional abuse in Gymnastics
In this post a former British national squad gymnast reflects on her former coach.
The under-reported risk for competitive gymnasts is psychological abuse.
Anonymous:
Looking back over my time with Coach is something I find difficult. I know not all my memories are bad but those are the ones that most easily come to mind. …
But, at this point the good days for me far outweighed the not so good days and I enjoyed being there, I enjoyed working with Coach, in fact I would go as far as to say I loved her. …
… after a while no matter what I did it just wasn’t good enough, my name was now added to the blacklist. It became a matter of survival, be the one who least upset Coach during a session, praying Coach would take her wrath out on anyone but me. …
It was only Coach’s talent that would get me to the Olympics, not my own and if I moved to another coach my Olympic dream would be over. In retrospect, I can see how naïve I was to believe this, yet this haunted me throughout my career and I gave up on myself once I left coach, believing my dreams and goals were shattered.
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coach Elizabeth Brubaker suspended
I’m surprised to hear that coach Elizabeth Brubaker has been suspended by Gymnastics Canada after receiving “a number of written formal complaints… that outlined alleged violations of Gymnastics Canada’s ethics and code of conduct policies over an extended period of time a number of years ago.”
introducing Backwards Flyaway
Sure you could SPOT your beginners hundreds of times. 🙄
Better is to set up a soft mat hill so they can practice it on their own.
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That’s Bermuda Gymnastics Association.
We tied one end of the landing mat to the pulleys used for a spotting belt.
Underneath we braced the HILL with spotting boxes.
MOTIVATION in the Gym
D0 you listen to the Region 5 Insider podcast?
As a sample, check out episode #6.
Jason MacDonald:
In this episode we look at one of the most important aspects of sport performance and participation…. Motivation.
We talk about strategies to help set up a culture in your gym to drive and sustain motivation through the training year. There are many different motivational strategies and each athlete is motivated differently. We discuss many different ways to enhance motivation and make the daily grind of training and competition fun. Creating a culture of excellence in your gym and develop a plan for keeping the energy and excitement toward your goals both individual and team helps to keep motivation high.
Whitney Snowden former Head Optional Coach at Cincinnati Gymnastics joins us to give her perspective on motivation and what has worked well for her in the past.
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UFC fighter Kevin Lee tries Gymnastics
I expect competitive female gymnasts to be better at every test of physical and motor fitness than any other female athlete their age. In any sport.
NEXT. They challenge all other male athletes their age. And best them at pretty much every challenge.
How about a professional male adult?
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Taylor Houchin – Bars
new Elites in NCAA
Lauren put together two interesting posts:
2019 NCAA Elites – Part One
2019 NCAA Elites – Part Two
press handstand against a wall
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Xiao Qin – Pommel Gold
… best known for his work on the pommel horse for which he has won Olympic, world, national, East Asian Games, and World Cup titles. …
“Just hand him the Gold …” 🙂
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(via Coach Sommer)
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