Category: psychology

Ragan Smith – nerves of steel

#respect

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Oklahoma’s Ragan Smith clinches Sooners’ fifth national championship on near-perfect beam routine

Big Air Olympic Champ Anna Gasser

Anna was a gymnast who didn’t switch to Snowboard until age-18.

She can related to Simone having the ‘twisties’.

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Suni – Olympic Champion to NCAA

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Komova finally proud of London Silver

At the London Olympics you could argue that either Gabby Douglas or Viktoria Komova deserved the gold. LIVE at the time, I thought Gabby was slightly better in the AA competition.

17-year-old Komova did not take the loss well.

I was disappointed in her attitude at the time. Poor sportsmanship.

Now I can say this: ⠀ I’m proud of myself! I’m proud of my performance! And I’m glad I went to the Olympics! 🎉 ⠀ This is my sports pride for life ♥️” 

read more – Russia’s Viktoria Komova Is Finally Proud Of Her Olympic All Around Silver Medal

Suni’s letter to herself

UCLA Gymnastics 2022 Intro Video

I expected a masterpiece. I expected a Deanna Hong masterpiece as we’ve seen in the past.

But this fantastic edit was directed and produced by Vanessa Zamarripa!

And it’s a masterpiece with a lot of original angles and concepts.

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Leadership – Lexi Graber

Every Gym needs leaders. On the competition floor. And in training.

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happier, healthier coaches & gymnasts

Kim Shore was a great gymnast, a Gym Mom, past Director for Gymnastics Canada — and an important voices for improving Gymnastics culture.

This interview is excellent information for all coaches, parents and sport leaders.

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Tony Retrosi coaching Switzerland

An interview.

Having spent some time in Italy as a consultant with the Italian gymnastics federation, Tony was offered an interim role coaching the Swiss national WAG team following the dismissal of the previous coaching staff in September 2021.

He stepped in to coach Switzerland’s best gymnasts last October, alongside 1992 Olympian Wendy Bruce Martin, who has since accepted a permanent role as the team’s head coach …

“Our main focus is preparing a team for Europeans and Worlds.  To share information throughout the RLZs (Swiss regional performance centres) on technique, on philosophy and what we need in gymnasts coming up here.  …

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While helping to rebuild the culture of the team, Tony has been posting a lot of photos and videos to Instagram.