Posts Tagged ‘Television’
What the heck is PKFR anyway?
Over the last few weeks Gymfinity has rolled out, pardon the pun, it’s latest program: PKFR. We have opened the door to this new kind of program, an organized program that you can’t find anywhere else in Wisconsin. It’s ParKour/Free Running. But what is it? My easiest explanation is to say that if gymnastics and running…
Read MoreMy New Years Resolve
Every year we set our goals and make New Years Resolutions. I usually vow to quit smoking (I am a non-smoker) so my success rate is 100% every year.Recently I wrote about goal setting and we just went through our annual goal setting project with my team girls. So maybe I have goals and direction…
Read MoreProof: tough love is a good thing
A recent study shows that the principles of “tough love” lead kids to be more successful throughout life. The study done by a parenting “think tank” says that a balance of warmth and discipline improves social skills more than a laissez-faire, authoritarian or disengaged upbringing. We’ve said it (and lived it) for years, but finally there…
Read MorePoking fun at the past
Here is a pretty funny spoof on (former) eastern block coaches who have immigrated to America and become gymnastics professionals. (WARNING: THE VIDEO DOES HAVE ONE BIT OF INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE) The video title mentions Marta Karolyi by name but there are more than just Marta out there. British comic Tracey Ullman is poking fun at coaches who, through neglect,…
Read MoreLook where we’ve been
Look where we have come from. I tell the kids I coach that when I was young in the sport that girls did “beats” on the bar, we tumbled on wrestling mats, the beam was made of wood and the vault was a horse not a table . They look at me with a confused look, the…
Read MoreA great perspective on competitive Gymnastics
I get many e mails from friends and colleagues regarding gymnastics, tumbling, fitness, circuses even still cheerleading. Some of the information is great, and some is just the current hub-bub in these activities. Recently a friend sent me the link to the video below. I have explained many times the legacy of gymnastics to our team…
Read MoreUphill…both ways.
When I was a kid my Mom was notorious for telling me how rough it was for her growing up. Apparently she walked to school uphill both ways in 5 feet of snow all year long. Hearing this, my comment was “you went to school in the summer?” Missing the point completely but honing my…
Read More“Make it or Break it” 99% wrong.
Recently, ABC Family television network added a show called “Make it or Break It“. It chronicles the soap opera lives of a team of gymnasts, their morally challenged coach and their bizarre and obsessive parents. There have only been 2 episodes to air (the third is tonight) but as you would expect, I have a few…
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