Nick Ruddock.
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Category: planning
Isabella Brett NOT approved for Olympics
As we feared …
New Zealand was not SMART enough to confirm Isabella to the Olympics after she earned the Olympic berth through Continental qualification.
Obviously to ME … the benefits of a smaller nation having one more Olympian far outweighs the downside of Isabella not finishing high in the rankings.
Training versus “Competition Ready”
Nick Ruddock goes over how new skills in the Gym — eventually are ready to put into the routine in competition.
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Tate Costa is SMART
IF the rules require a specific Difficulty score ➙ it would be smart to increase your difficulty to hit that number. Even if it makes you have (safe) falls.
Tate added 18 skills over 6 apparatus day one. Made the D-score.
Went back to his normal routines on Day two. And it worked.
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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
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
Brett McClure on U.S. podium training
A great insight into team strategy.
Brett is on the floor acting as team leader for this competition. Many other nations assign the personal coaches. The head coach stays off the floor.
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Asian Games begin
Some top gymnasts are in Hangzhou, missing World Championships in Antwerp.
It sounds like some will try to compete both.
Leanne Wong is independent
Almost every high level athlete has coaches. Leanne has coaches.
But increasingly she’s doing more of the planning for herself.
Empowerment.
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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.
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Click PLAY or watch a recent competition on YouTube.
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