Tag Archives: Sport Psychology

Developing Complete Gymnast Support Systems

Young gymnasts are psychologically fragile and can benefit from gymnast support systems to deal with high pressure gymnastics competitions. Continue reading

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What Coaches Should Expect From Their Expectations

The effects of the positive and negative expectations of gymnastics coaches can dominate everything about a gymnast’s prospects and career. Continue reading

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In the Zone – The Gymnastics Zone

Athletes in every sport at least have heard the concept of competing in the zone, but there are some differences to competing in the gymnastics zone. Continue reading

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Every Coach Knows Gymnastics is 90% Mental, But Most Do Nothing

Coaches know better, or should, than to ignore or do minimal mental training and to not utilize what are the most effective mental training techniques. Continue reading

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The Awesome Responsibilities and Opportunities of Coaching

Words matter & even a single positive or negative statement spoken by a coach can have incredible power & effect on a gymnast’s entire life. Choose wisely! Continue reading

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Juggling for Survival in a War Zone and Juggling for Gymnastics

Juggling is not just for fun & entertainment. There are serious benefits from learning to juggle that can apply both to gymnasts & soldiers in a war zone . Continue reading

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The Positive Reinforcement Power of Ringing a Bell

Many gyms and coaches are unaware of the tremendous power of positive coaching and the positive effect it can have on learning, work habits and motivation. Continue reading

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Motivating 14 and 17 Year Old Gymnasts

Talking about how to motivate older optional gymnasts gives great insight into what motivational techniques really work. Continue reading

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Salvage Relationship with Coach?

Making decisions about the future of a gymnast’s gymnastics career can be difficult and complicated. Here is some advice for one gymnast on how to do hat. Continue reading

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Learning to Control Self Talk for Gymnasts

Self-talk has a definite effect on gymnasts’ practice/competition performance. Controlling self-talk determines whether that effect is positive or negative. Continue reading

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