Category: psychology

teaching gymnasts good habits

Tony Retrosi:

In the gym I try to build new habits. Usually, we will work to get a particular healthy habit established or eliminate an unhealthy one. …

Basic Habits to Establish: Some Thoughts to Share With Athletes in Your Gym

Click through to read the tips.

day in the life of a male gymnast

This is a promotion video for Gymnastics World in California Bountiful, Utah. (Thanks Adam.)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Hugh.

U.S. gymnasts voicing their concerns

Dvora Meyers posted a good summary of the U.S. gymnasts who have been speaking publicly and candidly about their grievances with the sport and Federation.

Let’s celebrate when athletes feel empowered to speak out. These issues should be addressed by every coach, athlete and parent.

Artistic Gymnastics is a great sport … but could be even better.

Abused Gymnasts’ Voices Are Finally Being Heard

Robert Andrews, M.A., founder and director of The Institute of Sports Performance, worked with a number of U.S. athletes — including Simone Biles — on “mental training” posted his response:

Many gymnasts in the U.S.A, and perhaps many other countries are taught:

Don’t challenge or question a coach’s authority.

Don’t have a voice or speak up to address any concerns you have as a gymnasts.

Don’t utilize personal power in your relationship with your coach.

Don’t complain about the way you are being treated.

USAG Sexual Abuse Scandal Is A Symptom Of Deeper Issues

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Kyla Ross’ father on goal setting

An excerpt from the 2013 FloGymnastics Beyond the Routine documentary.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Dad was a baseball player.

Alina Kabaeva profile

Alina Kabaeva is one of the most decorated gymnasts in Rhythmic Gymnastic history, with 2 Olympic medals, 14 World Championship medals, and 25 European Championship medals…

Kabaeva was among the six Russian athlete torch bearers who carried the Olympic flame through Fisht Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. …

Click PLAY or watch an interview from before her first Olympics on YouTube. She is a very confident athlete.

She’s no longer a Russian parliamentarian, by the way.

overcoming fear

Swedish filmmakers Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson paid 67 people $30 to climb to the top of a ten meter (33 foot) high dive for the very first time all while being filmed. Would they decide to jump?

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I’ve taken boys to the 10m tower in the past. All jumped. I jumped. But it is scary.

We can challenge kids similarly in the Gym jumping into the pit.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.