Motivational Blog
"You are your own most powerful motivator and critic. Which will you be?" -Coach Britttany-
A Positive Moment To Cherish
Today I want to share a positive moment that happened while I was coaching. One of my developmental athletes did her routine on the floor exercise for the first time. We had been practicing it in pieces to help perfect the smaller parts of the routine. She was finally...
How To Handle Negative Perception And Change It Into Something Positive
As a competitive athlete you always have people watching you. Spectators always have something to say whether that be positive or negative. How do you handle the negative comments or thoughts of others? How do you feel when you are exposed to that kind of negativity?...
6 Steps to Helping A Struggling Athlete Come Through Successfully
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...
5 Benefits of Daytime Training For Competitive Gymnasts
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...
Brain Game #9 – Every Negative Has A Positive
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...
5 Ways To Make Flexibility Training More Fun
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...
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