Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2009 No Comments »
At this point, it is time to get into auto-pilot so the pressure cannot break you. I like to do what the college teams do and have at least 2 verifications per week to increase mental and emotional toughness. The physical preparation is primarily complete except for continuing to clean the routines. […]
Posted in Gymnastic Education on Jul 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Very interesting weekend in Des Moines!! The juniors were hot and there were lots of them! Not quite the same with the seniors, but it is always like this the year after the Olympics. Lots of Senior athletes taking their time to come up for Championships with high hopes of being healthy […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2009 No Comments »
So so many things to think about!!! Keep them safe and do the repetitions needed to be confident and consistent is the toughest balance of all!!! That is where your relationship with your athlete and the mutual communication will make you or break you…. and them. I am at that time of […]