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Olympians talk SLEEP
- Rhys McClenaghan
- Bryony Page
- Max Whitlock
Sleep and recovery are super important for all high performance athletes.
Click through for some tips:
World Sleep Day: Olympians share techniques used to optimise performance
Adam Patterson and Josh Champion
Adam Patterson is the new Men’s Coach for the England Performance Pathway.
Josh Champion was named Adam’s assistant. Congratulations to both.
nature + nurture = performance
Where do top athletes come from?
The town of Belle Glade FL (“Muck City“), population 20,000, has produced an extraordinary number of NFL players. It’s a hotbed for American football.
Indian Table Tennis star, Rajul Sheth, immigrated to the USA for University, and established the most successful program in the USA at the India Community Center in California. Rajul finds he needs to start 400 recreational players to end up with 1 National Team member at the end.
For any activity, you need some genetic aptitude. A work ethic. After that there are a number of factors that contribute to building top athletes.
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she makes it look so EASY
Yep.
Listen to an excellent interview with Brett Nelligan.
Jim Holt on FIG Worlds format
American coach Jim Holt has coached 14 World Championships, with 7 different nations (BAR, BOL, ECU, IND, IRI, NAM, YEM).
He knows as well as anyone the benefits of having developing nations compete at the highest level.
In this post, Jim responds to Hardy Fink’s recent article on the unintended negative consequences of FIG increasingly making it more difficult for new nations to compete at Worlds.
Jim agrees with Hardy and adds specific examples from the past.
Gymnastics Worlds too Restrictive?
Working with the FIG dues paying Bermuda Federation, I can tell you it’s getting near impossible for any gymnast training there to compete at Sr. Worlds.
The career would have to go perfectly through the PAGU qualifying system.
Hardy Fink has attended more Worlds and Olympics than anyone. He feels that the restricted-access World Championship in this quadrennial and the next are a mistake. In an effort to make Worlds shorter, we’ve reduced the opportunities for elite gymnasts from developing nations. And for specialists worldwide.
In the case of Bermuda, for example, should the Federation continue with FIG? I’d still say YES for Commonwealth Games and PanAm Games, but there is an argument for withdrawing from FIG competition completely.
Read Hardy’s detailed analysis:
Rhys – everything went to plan
Rhys gives us a backstage look at how he finally fulfilled his long stated goal ➙ to become World Champion.
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WAG Peaking and Tapering
Coaches now home from the World Championships will be reflecting on whether or not their gymnasts peaked at Worlds.
Coaches of the Canadian and Japanese teams will likely be answering yes as those athletes hit a high percentage of their routines near potential. Under pressure.
Others may be finding their athletes peaked too soon — perhaps at the trials for Worlds.
Here’s an article on the topic from William A Sands, PhD, FACSM.
Tapering for Developmental Program, Xcel, NGA, USAIGC, AAU
By Chere M Hoffman.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 