Posts Tagged ‘GymnasticsCoaching’
What is “it” with Goal Setting?
Long ago, at a Tumbling and Trampoline meet—I sent my son Owen onto the floor with a typical parental pep talk:“OK, Owen, go out there and go for it. You can do it!” He took off toward his team but quickly turned back.“Dad! What is it?” Great question. For years, athletes have heard coaches and…
Read MoreAfter The Cartwheel: Part 2 of 2
In gymnastics we develop skills over long periods of time. We sometimes lay the groundwork for skills by doing drills years before they may utilize what they learned for a particular skill. Complicate that with normal ups and downs of training, goals being realigned, and even sickness/injury/vacation costing training time and it can seem like learning a skill takes forever.
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