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#30 Conversations for Coaches | Why celebration is so important in reaching their goals.
Do you and your gymnasts lose motivation to keep at it? Or do you feel like you have to keep motivating your gymnasts all the time? You might need to add in some regular celebration.
When your gymnasts think the only time they should celebrate their success is at a meet or when they hit their goal, most of their training will become unenjoyable. And unmotivating.
Teaching your gymnasts to celebrate along the way will help them create the motivation, excitement and determination they need to get to their goal.
In this episode:
– Why celebrating along the way helps your gymnasts want to set goals and go after them.
-Ali’s favorite thing to do at the end of practice to celebrate
-Creating a culture of celebration.
-How to celebrate simply.
-Using this in your gym, your family, with your staff.
If you want your gymnasts to motivate themselves and each other and create a positive mindset environment, this episode is for you!
Want More?
We have courses and coaching programs for individual gymnasts and gymnastics teams that are based on proven behavioral science. And results that speak for themselves. Invest in the one thing that will have the greatest impact on your gym or your gymnasts success. Their mind.
Check us out at gymnasticsmindestacademy.com
#29 Lessons with Leah | Leah’s Top Mindset Tips and Tools for Success
Leah is heading into the busiest time of the year and the end of her season – and of her gymnastics career.
So we are wrapping up Lessons with Leah this week!
In this special podcast series, Florida Gator Leah Clapper takes you behind the scenes in her final season as she and the Gators go after a national title.
To reach her goals and to really enjoy her final season, she is doing mindset coaching with Gymnastics Mindset Academy. And she’s letting you sit in on her sessions.
In this episode, Stacie and Leah talk about what Leah has learned through the series and her advice to other gymnasts about mindset training.
-Leah’s top three takeaways from mindset coaching.
-How to feel and deal with your emotions and gain the tools to deal with anything that comes your way.
-Equal airtime in looking at the positive what if’s in dealing with negative thinking.
-Visualization and how to use it in making improvements in skills and competencies.
-Leah’s thoughts on the power of mindset coaching.
-Sometimes you just need to have a neutral party to talk to and get things out of your head where you can safely take a look at them.
-Why she was skeptical at first and why it ended up being so beneficial.
-How coaching has helped her each week to get just the right tool she needed.
-Leah’s advice for anyone starting mindset coaching.
If you are wondering what you might get out of mindset training even if you already have a fairly positive mindset, this episode is for you!
#28 Conversations for Coaches | Making changes with small doable challenges.
Have you struggled with trying to help your gymnasts make the corrections they need to gain those extra tenths to reach their goals? Trying different things to actually make a correction or a change in a skill is often hard for a gymnast. They want perfection right away and think that anything short of that is a problem.
This prohibits them from trying different things, learning and ultimately getting the skill correctly. They get caught up in the emotional drama of not getting it right instead of exploring what they need to do to make a change.
We teach gymnasts to use the scientific method instead – to be curious about the problem and experiment until they find what works. Join us as we share how. This tool works both in digging into details during competition season, and in learning new upgrades and skills throughout the year.
In this episode:
-The scientific method as applied to gymnastics.
-How this helps them be more open to trying different changes and corrections.
-Asking good questions to improve their skills.
-If/then statements.
-Run the experiment (drill, turn, etc)
-Make corrections and observations from a testing posture and how that helps take away the emotion.
-Using curiosity and interest to make corrections and take down the pressure.
-Success and failure.
-How to deal with failure and things not working.
-Redefining failure when trying to improve skills and routines.
If you want to take the drama out of practice and help your gymnasts learn make the corrections they need to score at their potential, this episode is for you!
Want More?
We have courses and coaching programs for individual gymnasts and gymnastics teams that are based on proven behavioral science. And results that speak for themselves. Invest in the one thing that will have the greatest impact on your gym or your gymnasts success. Their mind.
Check us out at gymnasticsmindestacademy.com
#27 Lessons with Leah | Control What You Can and Accept What You Can’t to Hit Your Season Goal
Leah is heading into post season and is so excited for the final meets of the season – and of her gymnastics career.
Yet the suspense of how it is going to turn out and if it will turn out well makes her want to skip to the end.
In this special podcast series, Florida Gator Leah Clapper takes you behind the scenes in her final season as she and the Gators go after a national title.
To reach her goals and to really enjoy her final season, she is doing mindset coaching with Gymnastics Mindset Academy. And she’s letting you sit in on her sessions.
In this episode, Stacie and Leah talk about dealing with the uncertainty of how things are going to go and how to control what you can and allow the uncomfortableness of what you can’t.
-Leah shares why the SEC Championship is such a fun and special meet.
– Leah talks about how it feels like the championships can define the whole season.
-How mindset coaching has helped prepare her for post-season.
-Wrapping up her final year and the tension between excitement and wanting to savor it all and counting down the days.
-Stacie coaches Leah through dealing with the impatience that comes from not wanting to be in the uncertainty of not knowing how the season will turn out.
-Leah talks about struggling with the fear of injury before the end and letting fear and anxiety rule the experience of competing.
-The positive What Ifs – envisioning a future we want and how it helps us create that result.
-Leah and Stacie talk about what parts of creating that outcome we do have control over.
-And fighting with reality. How to deal with the parts of reality that are uncomfortable.
If you are counting down the days to the end of your season, but want to make every moment count, this episode is for you!
#26 Conversations for Coaches | Help your gymnasts make the improvements to reach their goals.
It’s time to get fired up and do the work for the last half of meet season. Now that your gymnasts are in the groove for competing, they can finally focus on making the improvements they need to reach their season goals. To fix their form, hit those handstands and split requirements and stick those landings.
In this episode we talk about how we help the gymnast we work with go through the process of not only setting their goals, but figuring out every single thing they need to do to actually reach them.
Most people set goals and then just keep doing the same thing they were already doing. Goals without a plan of what needs to be done to get there rarely are achieved. Help your gymnasts break down their goals for the season with the drills, skills, corrections or mindset shifts they will need to make to achieve those goals.
You know, the things you’ve been telling them about all season. Lol. But the things they actually have the ability to concentrate on now that they are past their early meet season jitters.
In this episode
-The “Mt Everest” exercise.
-What Ali does to help the gymnasts she coaches – the “do goals” vs broad generalities.
-What Stacie does – big picture, working down to the details
-Why this is the time they will actually focus on doing the corrections you’ve been working on.
-Why you the coach need to help them set do goals and how to tie it in to the corrections you want them to make.
-How it is more effective when it comes from their brain.
-Getting to the thoughts and feelings that need changed instead of just the physical corrections.
If you want to help your gymnast actually make those corrections and score at her potential, this episode is for you!
Want More?
We have courses and coaching programs for individual gymnasts and gymnastics teams that are based on proven behavioral science. And results that speak for themselves. Invest in the one thing that will have the greatest impact on your gym or your gymnasts success. Their mind.
Check us out at gymnasticsmindestacademy.com
#25 Lessons with Leah | How to Dream Big and Achieve Your Goals
Are you sometimes afraid to dream big? To set big goals for the rest of the season?
Last week Leah hit her goal of getting back into the lineup! Listen in to hear all about it!
In this special podcast series, Florida Gator Leah Clapper takes you behind the scenes in her final season as she and the Gators go after a national title.
To reach her goals and to really enjoy her final season, she is doing mindset coaching with Gymnastics Mindset Academy. And she’s letting you sit in on her sessions.
In this episode, Stacie and Leah unpack her experience competing and setting big goals for the rest of the season.
-Leah tells the story of getting back out on the floor.
-Stacie and Leah coach talk through how Leah’s mindset has changed around competition and what is working for her.
-Leah climbs Mt Everest! Well, at least in her mind. Stacie takes Leah through a cool way to set season goals and figure out how to get there.
-Leah feels nervous to set big goals that seem a bit unbelievable.
-Stacie and Leah coach through why we set big goals and how to go about them in a positive way.
-Stacie gives Leah an exercise on how to work on increasing her belief in her ability to achieve her goals each day.
If you have ever been hesitant to set big goals, or want help in figuring out how to get to your goals and how to grow your belief, this episode is for you!
#23 Lessons with Leah | Dealing with distractions in a meet
Do you ever get distracted in a meet? It’s easy to do!
Last week was Leah’s last meet in the O’Dome and senior night to boot! What a night full of emotions. Leah also got to exhibition on beam and it was full of surprises and a few distractions.
In this special podcast series, Florida Gator Leah Clapper takes you behind the scenes in her final season as she and the Gators go after a national title.
To reach her goals and to really enjoy her final season, she is doing mindset coaching with Gymnastics Mindset Academy. And she’s letting you sit in on her sessions.
In this episode, Stacie and Leah unpack her last night in the O’Dome. And her first meet competing this season!
Leah tells the story of walking out for her final time in the O’Dome.
Leah got to an exhibition on beam. She nailed her series, but then had a few distractions.
Stacie and Leah talk through processing potentially heavy or emotional situations ahead of time when possible – how to do it and what it looks like.
How to nail a full turn.
Leah’s progress on a few skills.
Competing with almost no warm-up!
Strategies for dealing with distracting thoughts and situations.
Creating a meet mindset routine to come back to.
If you have ever been distracted during a meet or knew that you were going to potentially feel emotional at a meet, this episode is for you!
#21 Lessons with Leah | How to get motivated for your season goals when things aren’t going .
Have you ever had a time when things aren’t going the way you hoped? It can be easy during that time to lose motivation or hope towards achieving your bigger goals. This in turn affects your motivation towards your immediate goals.
In this special podcast series, Florida Gator Leah Clapper takes you behind the scenes in her final season as she and the Gators go after a national title.
To reach her goals and to really enjoy her final season, she is doing mindset coaching with Gymnastics Mindset Academy. And she’s letting you sit in on her sessions.
In this episode, Stacie coaches Leah on refocusing on her ultimate goals this season. While Leah’s current focus is getting back into the line-up of the #2 program in the nation, she also has goals of getting 10’s on beam and floor and being and All American.
Refocusing on those bigger picture goals has given Leah renewed motivation and pizzaz. Tune in to learn how to focus your brain in on the bigger picture so you can accomplish both your larger goals and your immediate ones.
In this episode
Stacie explains what a 4 panel mat goal is and why it is important.
Leah shares how this idea has remotivated her and how it is showing in practice.
Stacie and Leah work through everything Leah needs to do to work toward a 10 on beam.
Leah shares what thought and feeling will really motivate her (it’s so touching!)
Leah and Stacie talk about enjoying the journey and how important it is to savor every moment and how to help get through the grind part of season.
Leah updates us on progress on her floor pass – and what is working for her.
Leah and Stacie talk about comparison.
If you are a gymnast struggling with your current progress this season, this episode will help you refocus your efforts for ultimate success!
#19 How to make changes on a skill like a scientist and deal with a bad day in the gym.
Leah is nailing her beam routines consistently in practice and is reworking one of her floor passes to get back into the lineup. But making changes to a pass you have done one way for a long time can be difficult and frustrating.
In this special podcast series, Florida Gator Leah Clapper takes you behind the scenes in her final season as she and the Gators go after a national title.
To reach her goals and to really enjoy her final season, she is doing mindset coaching with Gymnastics Mindset Academy. And she’s letting you sit in on her sessions.
In this episode, Stacie takes Leah through the process we use day in and day out to get a skill or make improvements on a skill. Tune in to learn how to approach your gymnastics like a scientist, and to use the thought model to manage your brain through the process.
Struggling with a skill you need to compete can lead to a lot of frustration and some “bad” training days. Stacie and Leah talk through how to turn it around and still have a productive practice.
In this episode
Leah updates us on her current progress.
Leah tells us about a bad day on floor, with some kersplats!
How Leah turned around the bad day to nail 5 sets on beam.
How to use the scientific method to get a skill.
How to use the thought model to get a skill.
Common thoughts that lead to frustration – and why they don’t serve you.
Leah’s new thoughts she will take into the gym today!
If you are a gymnast who has struggled to get or improve a skill, or struggled to turn around a bad day, you need this episode!
Lessons with Leah #15 | Elevate Your Confidence Every Day
Leah is working on elevating her confidence every day and invites you to join her. We always talk about competing like you practice. But this means you need to practice like you want to compete! Leah is working on getting...