Comments for Mary Lee Tracy http://gymsmartscommunity.com/maryleetracy GymSmarts-Helping Educate the Gymnastics Community Sat, 19 May 2012 06:23:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Great Article on Coaching Male and Female Athletes by Blair Lowe http://gymsmartscommunity.com/maryleetracy/2009/06/19/great-article-on-coaching-male-and-female-athletes/#comment-6 Blair Lowe Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:05:30 +0000 http://gymsmartscommunity.com/maryleetracy/2009/06/19/great-article-on-coaching-male-and-female-athletes/#comment-6 Thankyou Mary for posting this article. I have only coached in the JO world of either gender but I have seen a lot of things ringing true in this article. I think younger guys bond more with their coach at a younger age but this sort of fades away past puberty until they are concerned more with themself. As a male athlete once upon a time, I've always had a difficult time understanding the "team" perspective as I did an individual sport in my HS years (not gymnastics) though we had team scores. Thankyou Mary for posting this article. I have only coached in the JO world of either gender but I have seen a lot of things ringing true in this article.

I think younger guys bond more with their coach at a younger age but this sort of fades away past puberty until they are concerned more with themself. As a male athlete once upon a time, I’ve always had a difficult time understanding the “team” perspective as I did an individual sport in my HS years (not gymnastics) though we had team scores.

]]> Comment on Welcome to my gymnastics blog by maryleetracy http://gymsmartscommunity.com/maryleetracy/2009/04/15/welcome-to-my-gymnastics-blog/#comment-5 maryleetracy Sat, 02 May 2009 21:09:15 +0000 http://gymsmartscommunity.com/maryleetracy/2009/04/15/welcome-to-my-gymnastics-blog/#comment-5 Thank you! I work really hard with the girls to help them understand the importance of the details beginning with warm ups and conditioning. Then it begins to transfer into their skills and then finally into the routines. It takes constant energy and effort on the coaches part to not let the small details slip both in and out of season! Good Luck! Mary Lee Thank you! I work really hard with the girls to help them understand the importance of the details beginning with warm ups and conditioning. Then it begins to transfer into their skills and then finally into the routines. It takes constant energy and effort on the coaches part to not let the small details slip both in and out of season!
Good Luck! Mary Lee

]]> Comment on Welcome to my gymnastics blog by Tamara http://gymsmartscommunity.com/maryleetracy/2009/04/15/welcome-to-my-gymnastics-blog/#comment-2 Tamara Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:37:24 +0000 http://gymsmartscommunity.com/maryleetracy/2009/04/15/welcome-to-my-gymnastics-blog/#comment-2 How do you make your gymnast look so good! How do you make your gymnast look so good!

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