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Muslim women in sport

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what Cliff Divers see

A new location every tour-stop, only three seconds to safely find the way to the water and varying conditions at every venue – the eyes of a cliff diver see the world differently.

What is the most important thing to see and check before a dive? Can you ‘train’ your eyes to find reference points quicker? What do the athletes see in the air and how important are the eyes for a cliff diver?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

grounding helicopter parents

Another great post from Anne Josephson:

1. Who is upset in this situation: me or my child?

2. Is my child in serious physical, emotional or psychological danger?

3. Can my child handle this herself?

4. Is there a difference in power between my child and the person/people causing her problem?

5. Do I need to intervene immediately or can it wait?

Patience. Patience.

It’s a learned skill.

6. Do I need to intervene immediately or can it wait?

7. Am I parenting from a place of fear?

Gym Jag – GROUNDING YOUR HELICOPTER PARENT: 7 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED TO INTERVENE

optimal parent

related – GET PSYCHED! – It’s Only Gymnastics:

Last week I heard a story about a family who got kicked out of a gymnastics competition because the father caused a huge emotional scene during his daughter’s competition. …

Hong vs Biles – Vault

The 2008 Olympic Champion competed first. And hit better than we’d seen her in training or prelims.

Click PLAY or watch Hong Un Jong on YouTube.

With 0.8 lower start scores, Simone needed to stick or near stick to move ahead.

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Two fantastic vaulters. I was happy with the podium ranking.

1. Hong Un Jong
2. Simone Biles
3. Mykayla Skinner

vault results

commentary by Catherine – Beautiful Gymnastics – EF Day 1: Vault and Bars

She notes that we had no falls, a wide variety of vaults and, happily for me, no Produnovas. Only Dipa of India competed one at this Worlds.

hey coach – put the phone away

Tony Retrosi:

When you are in the gym, DON’T BRING YOUR CELL PHONE IN WITH YOU.

I know you “just want to video that skill”.

Don’t just put down your smartphone, put it away. Once it is out of sight, it’s less likely to distract you and shows your gymnasts that they are priority. …

Kids Learn from our examples

I’m with Tony on this one.

Certainly some coaches manage their smart phones well in the gym. But most don’t. Especially the addicts.

That goes for the gymnasts, too, of course.

Jordan Jovtchev phone