Category: planning

why girls drop out of sport

A good overview on Active for Life:

From a sporting standpoint, the thing I enjoy most about coaching girls is the fact that they listen. …

Girls drop out in grades 6-8

By age 14, girls are dropping out of sports at approximately twice the rate of boys. According to data from a study published by the Women’s Sports Foundation, the dropout rate for girls sharply increases between grades 6-8. The dropout rates equalize again for boys and girls afterwards, …

Why girls drop out

According to Keeping Girls in Sport, the four main reasons that girls leave sports are the time commitment, cost, injuries, and not having fun. …

What makes sport fun for girls?

As reported in the Keeping Girls in Sport program, the top three factors that make sport fun for girls are positive team dynamics, trying hard, and positive coaching. Winning hardly rates. …

Read more – Coaching girls in sport: What the research says

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Gymnastics Culture Cure by Dave Tilley

A new book by Dr. Dave Tilley, CEO/Founder of SHIFT Movement Science, is now available.

My goal with it is simple – help you learn ways to improve your happiness and performance in gymnastics.

Toxic gymnastics cultures, when left unchecked, erode everyone inside making a massive negative impact on their health and performance while healthy gymnastics cultures, when nourished, elevate everyone to their highest levels of enjoyment in the sport.

… I summarize the best tools, strategies, and exercises that I see in gyms with incredible cultures full of happy, healthy, high performing people.

It has 90+ pages over 5 chapters, and 25 hands on exercises for you to do using templates and worksheets.

Click HERE for details.

The launch price is $39.99.

That includes the eBook and some additional benefits:

  • FREE access to the exclusive Gymnastics Culture Q&A 
  • FREE access to the private Gymnastics Culture Lecture 

Asian Games begin

Some top gymnasts are in Hangzhou, missing World Championships in Antwerp.

It sounds like some will try to compete both.

Rise Gymnastics Competitions U.K.

British Gymnastics offers a program that you might call competitive for recreation.

It’s less demanding than the USAG Xcel program.

It starts at preschool. Is accessible for anyone of any age, any ability. Using your own equipment.

Details.

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Click PLAY or watch a recent competition on YouTube.

Steph Curry’s coach Bob McKillop

Steph Curry is one of the greatest basketball players all time.

On the Golden State Warriors he’s coached by Steve Kerr, who’s won 5 titles as a player and 4 as head coach of the Warriors.

Kerr is the NBA coach I follow most closely. A fantastic teacher, obviously. And also a vocal defender of human rights.

But in the new documentary, Kerr is not singled out. Yet Steph has nothing but praise for his NCAA Division 1 coach Bob McKillop. The Silver Fox.

McKillop was the only coach to offer Steph a College Scholarship. To Davidson College. A school with only 2000 students.

Smart. Like a fox.

After all, Steph is only 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and weighed perhaps 150 pounds when leaving high school.

Stephen Curry: Underrated details Curry’s path to NBA stardom.  But is not focused on his 4 championship rings.

The theme is how underrated he has been throughout his career. Many experts quick to count him and the Warriors out. More often than not, the doubters have been proved wrong.

I enjoyed most the parts of the documentary dealing with family. And with his extended family at Davidson.

I’ve been a big fan of Steph Curry for years. As I was with 2x NBA MVP Steve Nash. About the same size — 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — and also went out un-recruited out of High School in Canada. Finally Santa Clara coach Dick Davey reached out. Smart.

Lesson to be learned is NOT to count out athletes who do not have the ideal physical attributes for the sport.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

FIG Yearbook 2022

Available now online. Free.

The new FIG Yearbook has been published online this week, providing the world’s Gymnastics community with a summary of the FIG’s activities and achievements in 2022. …
”The Yearbook reflects also on the launch of the FIG’s new commissions based around the pillars of governance, digital transformation, sustainable development goals (SDGs), and technical matters. 
The FIG’s improved performance as regards transparency and integrity is highlighted in an Institutional section which underlines the worth of the inaugural Safeguarding Symposium in Liverpool (GBR).
In the field of Education and Development, the Yearbook looks at how the FIG implemented its e-Learning platform, while the Media and Marketing section sheds light on the progress of the FIG’s Market Research project and an improved level of engagement with digital audiences.
Finally, the FIG’s various Technical Committee presidents share their reflections on the future of the sport in the Outlook section.
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Protect LGBTQ+ athletes

In my long lifetime, I’ve not yet faced an issue regarding a trans athlete. It’s quite rare.

In 2023 the concerns have been exaggerated by right wing politicians as an unethical and dangerous way to gain deplorable votes.

BUT every sport must make decisions on who is allowed to compete in any competitive division. Age. Ability. Gender. Etc.

For me it’s not automatic to disallow males who have transitioned to females.

gymnasts dealing with injury

Almost every gymnast — sooner or later — has to reduce training due to injury.

At one big club I scheduled an ‘injury group’ (WAG & MAG). Most trained about 50% of their regular hours at reduced fees. And each had a ‘personal program’ that they completed each day.

I’d coach my own group as well as the ‘injury group’.

Being injured can reduce motivation. Here are some TIPS from top gymnasts.