by Coach Brittany | Jan 22, 2018 | Athletes, Coaches, Gymnastics, Motivational Blog, Parents
It’s tough to watch your athletes struggle. Whether that be mentally, physically or even emotionally, it is part of their natural development as an athlete. Not everything comes easily which means sometimes a struggle is necessary. I like to look at struggles like...
by Coach Brittany | Dec 25, 2017 | Athletes, Coaches, Gymnastics, Motivational Blog
5 Benefits of Daytime Training For Competitive Gymnasts (And Other Sports) Is it okay to miss school for training? If so, how much? When is the best time to incorporate that type of schedule? Should they be of a certain age or level? These are questions I hear all the...
by Coach Brittany | Nov 16, 2017 | Athletes, Brain Games, Motivational Blog
I would like to share this little brain game based on an activity that I did a few years ago in a university class. It will give you a bit of experience changing someone’s negative perceptions into positive thoughts that you can use to motivate yourself in your...
by Coach Brittany | Oct 10, 2017 | Coaches, Gymnastics
How many hours should a pre-competitive gymnast be training? This seems to be one of the most popular questions I get from coaches. What is reasonable at what age and level? Through trial, error and many years of experience teaching pre-comps, I have come up with a...
by Coach Brittany | Sep 21, 2017 | Athletes, Coaches, Gymnastics, Motivational Blog
Over my years of coaching I have come up with a few ways to help make stretching more exciting and worth-while for my younger aged athletes. Of course it is not something I do every practice because training flexibility has to be serious as well. It takes discipline...
by Coach Brittany | Sep 19, 2017 | Coaches, Gymnastics
Flexibility is such an important part of gymnastics that I find it is often overlooked because most athletes don’t enjoy it and would rather train skills. In the past couple years I have noticed that flexibility overall has decreased in gymnastics. Is that just...
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