“BEaUtifully Molded” – a poem.
Paige Halstead the featured actress.
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Category: psychology
COVID Gymnastics – THRIVE AS FIVE
Region 5 gymnasts talk about surviving pandemic uncertainty and the lessons learned through adversity.
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coaches ‘selling or spoiling’ sport
Wayne Smith is one of the most thoughtful and outspoken pundits on coaching.
Coaches and Officials – more than anyone else – are directly responsible for whether your sport succeeds or fails.
Coaches and Officials can be powerful and effective advocates for all the wonderful things your sport has to offer.
And they can be just as influential in contributing to the demise and even complete destruction of your sport.
So the question is: Are your coaches and officials Spoiling Sport or Selling Sport? …
New Sport Future
Dom Cunningham’s story
Alexis Vasquez – retirement video
She wants to move on.
College Gymnastics not everything she hoped.
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Animated Simone – May 1
Music by John Legend.
She’s one of 6 Olympic athletes talking about overcoming social pressures to achieve success.
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Gabby & Nia – a chat
Nia and Gabby were teammates at Buckeye.
GABBY DOUGLAS: I’m so happy for you, Nia! Shout-outs from Michelle Obama, Missy Elliott, and Alicia Keys?
NIA DENNIS: It’s crazy. This feels like a movie. It’s surreal. …
Nia Dennis Talks to Gabby Douglas About the Pressure of Being Perfect
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Valentina Rodionenko interview
Luba says Valentina was atypically nice and lucid during Europeans. 😀
Of course Russia had a great meet.
Q: Did this competition decide the Olympic team’s roster?
A: We have Nagornyy, Belyavskiy, and Kartsev here who will sure be on the team, although no one’s safe from injuries. But Kartsev for now is among these four, same as Dalaloyan whose recovery we’re counting on. Even if Artur won’t be able to compete on all six events – his signature events are floor and vault – we’re still take him for four events. …
Q: It’s hard to understand how ready are the American, Japanese, Chinese gymnasts now. There are no competitions and there’s very little information about the rivals.
A: Have you seen Biles? What is there even to say? She’s 70% of the American team, you remove her and we will easily beat them. …
RODIONENKO: REMOVE BILES AND WE WILL EASILY BEAT THE US TEAM
In a 3-up, 3-count Olympic team final, consistency could be more important than start score.
USA has been the most consistent under pressure for many years. I don’t see that changing in Tokyo.
Also, every coach knows it’s bad strategy to motivate your competition with statements like this.
Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics school
Every Olympics … traditional media pays attention to Gymnastics.
Every Olympics you can predict stories from China featuring very young kids crying and being overstretched.
Tokyo is coming up.
Yet this story from the Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics School says the focus is now on fun for the children — “happy gymnastics” — rather than the medal-obsessed ways of old.
I hope that’s true.
Inside China’s gymnastics machine: the children training for Olympic glory
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