Archive for Inspiration
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
Redefine
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.
Lance Armstrong
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
You on You
Posted by: | CommentsThe principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
Steve Young
Achieve Greatly
Posted by: | CommentsOnly those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.
Robert F. Kennedy
Athlete Behavior in Practice
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For this question, we turn directly to The Power of Double-Goal Coaching for that book’s Case Study #4 “Disruptive Kids.”
behavior you don’t want. As strange as it may seem, yelling at a kid can reinforce inappropriate behavior. Give attention to kids when they do what you want. Thank those who respond right away: “Artemio, Jalmer, Nico, thanks for hustling in!” Tie their cooperation to the team’s success. “With limited practice time, it really helps when you come right away!”
Sometimes you can’t ignore behavior — a player may put herself in danger or disrupt your practice — so intervene in a “least-attention manner.” “Tina, I need you to sit here until you can follow my directions. When you’re ready to do what I ask, you can rejoin the team.” If this doesn’t work, add a check-in. “Tina, sit here. I’ll be back shortly to see if you are ready to rejoin the team.” This is a great time for a fun activity that Tina will miss. Before she can rejoin the team, have her acknowledge what she needs to do. “Tina, can you follow my direction now?” She has to agree before you let her rejoin the team,
even if it’s just a head nod.
season. Get their agreement, including the consequences for violating them. Then when there is a violation, you can remind them of their commitment to obey the rules and the consequences that you established together.
Natural
Posted by: | CommentsNobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work hard to get better.
Paul Coffey
Bross on Floor
Posted by: | CommentsRebecca Bross/USA on Floor Exercise at the 2010 Tyson American Cup
Bross on Beam
Posted by: | CommentsRebecca Bross/USA on Balance Beam at the 2010 Tyson American Cup
