The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. Arthur Ashe
Month: August 2010
USAG New Jersey Annual Award Winners Announced for 2010
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…
State Board Meeting Minutes – 4 August 2010
Minutes from the 4 August 2010 USAG New Jersey State Board Meeting are available. View HERE.
Opening Team Rituals
Opening Team Ritual concept from Positive Coaching Alliance and Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports library.
Redefine
One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible. Lance Armstrong
It’s a Wall
Obstacles 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
Article 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…
An Olympian’s View of Gymnastics
Samantha Peszek’s Top Ten Reasons to Get Involved in Gymnastics
You on You
The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before. Steve Young
Achieve Greatly
Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy