Archive for Coaching
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
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: | CommentsCoaching 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
Several New Invitationals Added to Schedule
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Several new Invitational Meets have been added to the USAG New Jersey Schedule.
NEW RULES FOR ENTERING SECTIONAL AND STATE COMPETITIONS
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL CLUB OWNERS AND COACHES from the NJ USAG SACC
NEW RULES FOR ENTERING SECTIONAL AND STATE COMPETITIONS
Due to new rules from the USA Gymnastics National office we are changing the way sectional and State meet entry FEES are being handled.
All entry FORMS are to be e-mailed to Patty Strickland ( this is the same as in the past). Patty must receive your entry FORM for Sectionals 17 days prior to the competition. As soon as Patty receives the entry FORM she will then place your team at a sectional site. Patty will notify all clubs where they will be competing via e-mail on the Monday after entry FORMS are due. At that time she will also notify you where you will send the payment and who you will make the check payable to. Your check to the hosting clubs must be post marked no later than 10 days prior to the competition or you will be responsible for a late fee. It is the responsibility of the hosting club to make sure that they receive all payments for the gymnasts entered into the Sectional they are hosting. It will be up to the discretion of the meet host to allow any unpaid gymnasts to compete. All old rules regarding scratches and refunds will remain in effect. Any applicable refunds will come from the meet host.
Patty must receive your STATE meet entry FORM no later than 2 days after the last Sectional or Qualifying date for that level.
All State meet entry FEES will be mailed and made payable to the State meet host. The check must be postmarked no later than 2 days after the last Sectional or Qualifying date for that level.
DO NOT MAKE ANY CHECKS FOR SECTIONAL OR STATE MEET ENTRY FEES PAYABLE TO USAG NJ.
DO NOT SEND ANY CHECKS FOR SECTIONAL OR STATE MEET ENTRY FEES TO PATTY.
ALL PAYMENTS WILL GO TO THE HOSTING CLUBS.
Good Luck to everyone this coming season.
Dave Rettig
NJ USAG SACC
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.
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
USAG NJ Micro Congress 2010
Posted by: | CommentsThe 2010 USAG-NJ Micro Congress will be held on Saturday, August 28th, from 9am-5pm at Bishop AHR High School, Edison, NJ.
Cost is $85 (includes lunch)
Top NJ Clinicians as well as nationally renown lecturers Neil Resnick/Idaho and Linda Thorberg/Texas.
Download the Micro Congress Flyer HERE
High Performance Training Camp Details
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Region 7 High Performance Training Camp
(2010 Eastern, JOP National & NIT Qualifiers eligible)
10-12 September 2010
Camp Woodward
Click below for Details:
Fact Sheet
Invitation
Registration Form
Waiver Form
Medical Form
Equipment Sales Flyer
