Here’s an interesting visual look at a SAMPLE athlete’s peaking plan assessing Stress, Fatigue, Fitness, and Form.
This from TrainingPeaks.com.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Category: planning
Coaching for Performance in Life and in Sport
Coaching Association of Canada is circulating a “toolkit” for coaches who want to improve the success rate for their athletes.
It’s based on the dissertation of Erin Willson, PhD.
The full document is linked at the bottom of this post.
AI summary of the PDF:
The document provides a toolkit for coaches to create positive sport environments that foster both performance success and athlete well-being.
It outlines four key attributes of a positive sport environment: characteristics of the athlete, characteristics of the coach, characteristics of the coach-athlete relationship, and characteristics of the training environment.
The toolkit encourages coaches to expand their definition of success beyond just medal performance to include personal development, well-being, enjoyment, and a desire to stay in sport.
It provides guidance on assessing readiness for change, implementing positive coaching strategies like being empowering, healthy, and maintaining respectful coach-athlete relationships.
The toolkit also includes resources like checklists and planning guides to help coaches integrate these strategies.
Gymnastics Canada Abuse-Free Sport
Abuse-Free Sport has published the Sport Environment Assessment report concerning Gymnastics Canada. …
SEA serves to address and prevent systemic issues related to maltreatment, discrimination and other prohibited behaviours under the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport to improve the sport environment for both current and future participants.
The SEA process and published report are a tool for the entire sport community in crafting and improving their safe sport policies and practices. …
FIG elections 2024
via FIG email
| The election of the President was followed by elections for the other FIG governing bodies. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Mr Ali AL-HITMI (QAT) Ms Naomi Chieko VALENZO AOKI (MEX) Mr Suat CELEN (TUR) |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The FIG Executive Committee is comprised of the President, the three Vice-Presidents, the President of the Gymnastics for All Committee and the seven Technical Committee Presidents, the five Presidents of the Continental Unions and the President of the Athletes’ Commission, who are all ex officio members. The seven Executive Committee members elected by Congress are as follows: Ms ZHOU Qiurui (CHN) Ms Li Li LEUNG (USA) Mr Edwin RODRIGUEZ (DOM) Mr Vassily TITOV (RUS) Mr Jeffrey THOMSON (CAN) Ms Eirini AINDILI (GRE) Mr Srayuth PATANASAK (THA) COUNCIL The FIG Council is composed of the FIG President, the three FIG Vice-Presidents and the seven elected members of the Executive Committee, 21 Council members elected at the Congress, the six Technical Committee Presidents and the President of the Gymnastics for All Committee, the five Presidents of the Continental Unions and the President of the Athletes’ Commission. The 21 Council members elected at the Congress by the delegates of their respective Continental Union are as follows: EG (seven members) Ms Blanka MLEJNKOVA (CZE) Ms Hlif THORGEIRSDOTTIR (ISL) Mr Alfons HOELZL (GER) Mr Jacob WISCHNIA (ISR) Mr Krasimir DUNEV (BUL) Mr Marijo MOZNIK (CRO) Mr Joao Paulo ROCHA (POR) AGU (five members) Mr Timur ABDUVALIEV (UZB) Mr Saqer ALMULLA (KUW) Ms Cynthia NORTON CARRION (PHI) Ms Danissa DUISENGALIYEVA (KAZ) Mr Ahmad PARVAIZ (PAK) UAG (four members) Mr Gebeyaw Takele DAGNEW (ETH) Ms Lamiaa ABDELRAHMAN (EGY) Mr Bakhit MUTAZ (SUD) Ms Harriet AYAA (UGA) PAGU (four members) Mr Ricardo CACHO RESENDE (BRA) Mr Juan MEDINA (COL) Ms Kenia HERRERA (NCA) Ms Patricia DIEGUEZ (GUA) OGU (one member) Since there were no candidates for the Council from OGU, a separate election will be organised by the OGU to designate its Council member. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND GFA COMMITTEE PRESIDENTS The FIG Congress elected the following committee presidents: Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Mr Andrew TOMBS (GBR) Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Ms Donatella SACCHI (ITA) Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Ms Noha ABOU SHABANA (EGY) Trampoline Gymnastics Technical Committee: Mr Christophe LAMBERT (FRA) Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Ms Nikolina HRISTOVA (BUL) Aerobic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Ms Tammy YAGI-KITAGAWA (JPN) Parkour Technical Committee: Mr Charles PERRIERE (CMR) Gymnastics for All Committee: Mr Rogerio VALERIO (POR) TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND GFA COMMITTEE MEMBERS The FIG Congress elected the following committee members: Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee Mr Jing LI (CHN) Mr Yoon Soo HAN (KOR) Mr Butch ZUNICH (USA) Mr Steve BUTCHER (TTO) Mr Mohamed SOLIMAN (EGY) Mr Julio MARCOS FELIPE (ESP) Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee Ms Nehad ZAYED (EGY) Ms Helena LARIO (ARG) Ms Lyudmila LI (UZB) Ms Johanna GRATT (AUT) Ms Trisha HADE (AUS) Ms Liubov ANDRIANOVA (RUS) Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee Ms Marcia AVERSANI L. (BRA) Ms Maria PETROVA MIHAYLOVA (BUL) Ms Natalya BULANOVA (AZE) Ms Alua BEKTUROVA (KAZ) Ms Isabell SAWADE (GER) Ms Gyozal MUMINOVA (UZB) Trampoline Gymnastics Technical Committee Ms Tatiana SHUISKA (UKR) Mr Miguel Vicente MARINO (ESP) Ms Mariela STOYCHEVA (BUL) Mr Clive MORGAN (GBR) Mr Nikolai MAKAROV (RUS) Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee Ms Irina NIKITINA (RUS) Mr Juan Antonio LEON (ESP) Mr Bernardo TOMAS (POR) Mr Marco PALELLA (ITA) Aerobic Gymnastics Technical Committee Ms Cristina CASENTINI (ITA) Mr Jorge FILLON (ARG) Mr Vladislav OSKNER (RUS) Ms Ana MACANITA (POR) Ms Desislava BOGUSHEVA (BUL) Ms Barbara STENGL (GER) Parkour Technical Committee Ms Angie SANCHEZ (COL) Mr Man Fung KAM (HKG) Mr Jose Antonio ROBLES JIMAREZ (MEX) Mr Aimene BOUSTILA (ALG) Gymnastics for All Committee Mr Jérôme HUEBSCHER (SUI) Mr Chris MUCHATUTA (ZIM) Ms Yumiko ITOH (JPN) Ms Monika SISKOVA (SVK) Ms Lori LAZNOVSKY (USA) Ms Michelle CARBINATTO (BRA) |
I can’t understand the logic of FIG banning most Russian athletes — while allowing Russian administrators. Have these people not supported Putin’s war?
Watanabe re-elected FIG President
Morinari Watanabe (JPN) has been re-elected FIG President for a four-year term (2025-2028) at the 85th FIG Congress in Doha …
Watanabe received 102 votes (65.38% of the vote), while his challenger Farid Gayibov (AZE) received 54 votes (34.62%).
via FIG email
On the Olympic qualifying rules 2028
Hardy Fink again encourages Federations to vote for a return to the system used 2005 to 2021.
He details why the current system is not working in this document.
Tony Retrosi on COACHING
… Coaching is a profession that puts an emphasis on relationships and teaching. As I reflect on my career and what I have seen of others I believe that coaching is more than a profession, IT IS A CALLING. A calling with great responsibility and equally great rewards. …
Look for differences not similarities. Strip away all things that don’t matter and get down to the core issues. What you don’t see may be as important as what you do see! …
Read more:
On Coaching and My Career
Safeguarding Policy – Pain, Injury & Illness
Calgary Gymnastics Centre walkthrough
deep dive – Men’s Gymnastics in Paris
I learned a lot from listening to Kensley and Sam recap the Paris Games.
Both were unconvinced by the judging of the Floor Apparatus Final.
Should Yulo have won Gold?
Paul Hall stepped down as British Gymnastics men’s head national coach. Recall he was appointed in 2018 after Eddie van Hoof was removed. Eddie is now leading the resurgent Canadian team.
Kensley was in Paris as an analyst. Shares some behind the scenes stories.
Sam talks much about strategy, team building, and psychology of competing at the highest level.
He has advice on what the USA needs for Los Angelos 2028.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (1hr 45min)
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