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…
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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
Athlete Behavior in Practice
Following is “Ask PCA” question and PCA’s response from the July 27, 2010 Positive Coaching Alliance Connector Newsletter: How Can I Better Manage Player Behavior in Practices? “I coach an unruly but likeable group of 4th-grade girls in soccer. We’ve had problems with behavior in practice, including fistfights and players disappearing for 15 minutes with no adult…
Natural
Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work hard to get better. Paul Coffey
Pressure
No pressure, no diamonds. Mary Case
Self Discipline
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment. H. Ross Perot
Are You Satisfied?
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. Oscar Wilde
Keep Going
I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, “Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?” George S. Patton
Ups and Downs
I didn’t just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn’t let the lows get to me. Lance Armstrong
Phil Jackson on Group Therapy
Phil Jackson talks about his love for “Group Therapy”. Jackson coaches the (come from behind in Game 7) 2010 NBA Champion Lakers.
It’s Really not than Hard
Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. Dag Hammarskjold