Read by regular girls and women.
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Category: psychology
athletes become women with careers
Gymnasts do particularly well in school. #discipline
Check the Laureus USA infographic.
Thanks Mike.
Jen Bricker profile
Via the Olympics.
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on troubled teens
Ages 13 to 14
Parents should brace themselves for what is often a wildly emotional passage. Young teens become sensitive to peers’ opinions and react strongly to them. Yet the social skills they need to figure out what their peers really think won’t be fully mature for years, making this a confusing and potentially miserable time.
At about this time, teens’ response to stress goes haywire, sparking more door-slamming and tears. …
Wall Street Journal – What Teens Need Most From Their Parents
Family support is a stress buffer. The routine of sport training can be an anchor. The Gym a refuge.
good vs bad mistakes
Dr. Patrick Cohn:
Cal Berkeley women’s gymnastics head coach Justin Howell makes a distinction between good mistakes and bad mistakes.
Howell is not bothered by his gymnasts making mistakes as long as they are aggressive. Howell has sold his team on his philosophy regarding mistakes which has helped his team produce in high-pressure meets.
The Bears entered the 2017 season opening meet, the NorCal Classic with an aggressive “go-for-it” mindset rather than worrying about mistakes.
The Bears came out of the gate extremely strong on vault, scoring 9.75 or above on every individual routine but had difficulty on the next rotation, the bars.
Despite a couple of falls on the bars, the Bears won the meet for their third NorCal Classic title in three years.
Howell was impressed with his team’s aggressiveness but that aggressiveness is a direct result of not fearing mistakes.
HOWELL: “Their mistakes were good mistakes. They were doing big, aggressive gymnastics, and that’s what I like to see.” …
Gymnastics Mental Coach – Are Mistakes Good or Bad in Gymnastics?
I love the graphic for that article. 🙂
Kohei interview
BLAZING A TRAIL / Olympic gymnast Uchimura turns pro with determination
mental blocks in Gymnastics
Girls suffer mental blocks far more than do boys. Most are backward skills. Often they appear during competitive season or during other stressful times.
Terri Laymon:
… There is something to be said about ‘putting in the numbers’. The body needs time …
Moving through skills too quickly can cause a breakdown of acquiring the confidence and achievement of successes the mind needs in order to move forward. Sometimes slowing down is the best medicine. …
Especially don’t rush backwards skills. Use as many progressions as possible where there is minimal risk of injury IF something goes wrong on a backward skill. (e.g. Flyaway)
Averie’s Floor
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Here’s her Halloween leo.
Adidas – Break Free
In the incredibly moving spot, Eugen Merher of Germany crafts the tale of a former marathon runner whose body and soul are decaying in a retirement home, until he finds an old pair of Adidas sneakers.
The finish will make you stand up and cheer. …
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