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Effort Goals
Posted by: | CommentsCoaching idea from the Positive Coaching Alliance Connector Newsletter of September 8, 2010
“Effort Goals” are key for coaches who are striving to keep their athletes focused on improvement. In the framework of PCA’s “ELM Tree of Mastery” (where ELM stands for Effort, Learning and Mistakes are OK), youth athletes who expend maximum effort can consider themselves “winners” no matter what the scoreboard says. That is because the habit of maximum effort will pay off in many ways, in sports and beyond, throughout their lives.
Coaches who help their athletes set and achieve effort goals give them something to strive toward that is completely within their control, such as how often and how hard they chase every loose ball. Free of attachments to scoreboard results — which are subject to much the athlete can’t control, such as the quality of competition, officiating, weather, injuries and other bad breaks — athletes can focus on maximum effort. Often, that approach will lead to improved scoreboard results, too!
USAG NJ Meet Entry Form Added
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USAG NJ Meet Entry Form has been added to the Forms section of this site.
Click HERE to download the form.
High Performance Clinic Itinerary
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Region 7
The 2010 Region 7 High Performance Clinic Itinerary can be viewed HERE.
Worlds Soon!
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2010 World Championships
16-25 October 2010
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Attitude
Posted by: | CommentsThe ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
Arthur Ashe
USAG New Jersey Annual Award Winners Announced for 2010
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The 2010 USAG New Jersey Annual Award Winners have been announced. Congratulations to this year’s selectees.
Life Time Achievement: Wes Martutani
Optional Coach of the Year: ENA Paramus Coaching Staff
Compulsory Athlete of the Year: Olivia Dunne
Optional Athlete of the Year: Sammi Musto & Mikayla Waddell
Judge of the Year: Leslie McPeek
Volunteer of the Year: Dave Rettig
Meet Director/Host of the Year: Dawn Doherty
Club of the Year: Arena
Educator of the Year: Brant Luska
State Board Meeting Minutes – 4 August 2010
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Minutes from the 4 August 2010 USAG New Jersey State Board Meeting are available.
View HERE.
Opening Team Rituals
Posted by: | CommentsOpening Team Ritual concept from Positive Coaching Alliance and Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports library.
USAG NJ Sectional & State Sites Posted for 2010/2011
Posted by: | CommentsRedefine
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.
Lance Armstrong
National Gymnastics Day – 18 September 2010
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It’s a Wall
Posted by: | CommentsObstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordan
Coaching Tip: Teaching Players to Respect Officials
Posted by: | CommentsArticle reprinted from the Positive Coaching Alliance Newsletter – 22 July 2010
More information at www.positivecoach.org
Teaching Players to Respect Officials
An important life lesson that can come from sports is the need to respect people. Youth athletes who learn to respect officials, even when disagreeing with them, can apply that learning throughout their lives in relationships with friends, family, teachers and employers.
A great way for coaches to teach players to respect officials is to have players officiate during practice games and scrimmages. Players who experience the difficulty of officiating are much more likely to maintain their composure when faced with a “bad call.” They incur fewer technical or misconduct calls and are better able to focus on what they can control – and what is most important in the game – the next play.
Click the video screen to visit the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Program Powered by PCA and watch players officiating in practice under Kris Weems, basketball coach at longtime PCA partner Menlo School and a former player on Stanford University’s Final Four team in 1998.
An Olympian’s View of Gymnastics
Posted by: | CommentsSamantha Peszek’s Top Ten Reasons to Get Involved in Gymnastics
