Inspiring.
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Category: psychology
emotional abuse in Gymnastics
In this post a former British national squad gymnast reflects on her former coach.
The under-reported risk for competitive gymnasts is psychological abuse.
Anonymous:
Looking back over my time with Coach is something I find difficult. I know not all my memories are bad but those are the ones that most easily come to mind. …
But, at this point the good days for me far outweighed the not so good days and I enjoyed being there, I enjoyed working with Coach, in fact I would go as far as to say I loved her. …
… after a while no matter what I did it just wasn’t good enough, my name was now added to the blacklist. It became a matter of survival, be the one who least upset Coach during a session, praying Coach would take her wrath out on anyone but me. …
It was only Coach’s talent that would get me to the Olympics, not my own and if I moved to another coach my Olympic dream would be over. In retrospect, I can see how naïve I was to believe this, yet this haunted me throughout my career and I gave up on myself once I left coach, believing my dreams and goals were shattered.
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MOTIVATION in the Gym
D0 you listen to the Region 5 Insider podcast?
As a sample, check out episode #6.
Jason MacDonald:
In this episode we look at one of the most important aspects of sport performance and participation…. Motivation.
We talk about strategies to help set up a culture in your gym to drive and sustain motivation through the training year. There are many different motivational strategies and each athlete is motivated differently. We discuss many different ways to enhance motivation and make the daily grind of training and competition fun. Creating a culture of excellence in your gym and develop a plan for keeping the energy and excitement toward your goals both individual and team helps to keep motivation high.
Whitney Snowden former Head Optional Coach at Cincinnati Gymnastics joins us to give her perspective on motivation and what has worked well for her in the past.
Listen online. Or subscribe via iTunes.
Terin Humphrey on persistence
If you are going to do Gymnastics, you are going to fall.
Read her post on Facebook.
College confidence
keeping kids in Sport longer
Sports Girls Play has some advice.
Gillette’s #MeToo ad
Good move, Gillette.
On the other hand, it could have been done with a little more subtlety. 😀
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Maggie Nichols on Cool Friends
UPDATE – Maggie seemed to suffer a minor injury on Floor this weekend. ☹️
Episode 2, season 2 is a good one.
If you are looking for life inspiration, follow Maggie.
Michigan State University Gymnastics
It can’t be easy for the team training under constant news of the criminal MSU doctor.
GOOD LUCK this season.
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music while TRAINING acrobatic sport?
Many athletes use music to get ready for training.
I recall having my own PSYCH UP playlist, back in the day.
Some possible benefits:
Dissociation
Arousal Regulation
Synchronization
Acquisition of Motor Skills
Attainment of Flow
Taking that one step further, what about training acrobatic sport in headphones?
I’ve never tried it with gymnasts.
One option for wireless headphones is Decibullz.
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