Category: physical preparation

Nick Ruddock interviews Ellie Seitz

Great interview.

Ellie is still psyched training for her 3rd Olympics. Even with a 1-year delay.

She loves Gymnastics and it shows in her performances.

I wasn’t surprised to hear that Ellie was not the perfect hotshot wunder child gymnast. She was not petite. Not flexible. Not all that powerful. In fact coaches suggested her Mom consider other sports.

Many of the greatest gymnasts of all time were not the best kids in their precomp group. Beth Tweddle was another.

It’s dumb for coaches to dismiss young children for lack of talent.

Dumb.

One of Ellie’s talents is courage. In fact she states she is never afraid — one reason she likes training the big skills including Def.

Planche press series

@kamotoyuya186 Yuya Kamoto

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Here’s how that kind of physical ability translates to skills.

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(via Coach Sommer)

Félix Dolci – back 1/1 burpees

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Artur Dalaloyan training at home

Thanks — once again — to Luba who translates foreign news stories for us.

Click through to gymnovosti to watch Artur conditioning.

“conditioning penalties”

What lesson does the athlete learn if they must climb the rope when they fall on a bar routine? They learn that mistakes are bad, conditioning is bad, rope climbs are bad, they start to stress about making mistakes, that leads to performing carefully, which usually leads to more mistakes. That eventually leads to more rope climbs. So again, what did the athlete learn?

If the athlete fell on a skill, wouldn’t it be more efficient to figure out why, and work on fixing it? …

Get Psyched – Stop Punishing your Athletes!

A good rope climb should feel rewarding. 🙂

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCI3g3YEKvH/
I agree. In most situations it’s a mistake to punish by requiring additional conditioning.

Once in a rare while you might throw in a contest where the “winner” is rewarded with less than the day’s normal conditioning.

Ellie Black’s left leg

Work those single leg squats, ladies.

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Gymnastics home conditioning

There are so many home conditioning videos being shared online, I’m not sure which to link.

This one is well edited and succinct.

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coaching Gymnastics via Zoom

Coaches and clubs are experimenting with the best ways to stay connected with athletes.

Here’s what St. Albert in Alberta is doing.

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Uptown Abs conditioning circuit

Recall this from a few years ago?

MIGHT be time to schedule a few sets / week at home.

Coach Andrew Vetter.

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