Trained 2 Succeed - Life After Sport

Advocating multi sports for youngsters ....

🏐 🚫 Stop Calling 9, 10, 11, 12-Year-Olds 'Elite' @wgcoaching ... an expert physiologist is saying. Because they’re not. ➡️ FOLLOW | @netballtragics He says ... They’re still learning, growing, fumbling, developing. They’re not elite. They’re kids ❤️🏐 Slapping the word ELITE on a primary schooler, doesn't build confidence, it builds pressure. It creates comparison. Division. Expectation. And for what? So we can fast-track a dream they’re still too young to even understand? Here’s what matters more at this age 👇 ✅ Do they love playing? ✅ Are they a good teammate? ✅ Are they having fun? ✅ Are they learning how to fail, grow and try again? Skills can be developed. Character can’t be rushed. The best athletes? They’re often the late bloomers. The ones who weren’t the best at 12, but kept showing up at 13, 15, 17. So let’s stop trying to sort, rank and crown 'the next big thing.' Let them fall in love with the game first. Let them play. Mess up. Be a kid. Because that’s how we build players who stay and stay in love with the sport 💖 As a new netball Mum I'm learning this quickly by the coaches who have been in this game a long time. My daughter is obsessed with netball now but will she be at 13?? Let's label our girls empowered, resilient, kind, persistent, courageous ... this will help them a lot more, than calling them 'elite' so early on 👊 Thanks @effortlessswimming for sharing! 📲 🔁 Share this with a mum who’s got a pair of netball shoes in the car and 2 netballs rolling around in the boot and Saturdays booked out till 2028.

Hi everyone!
I'm running a webinar tomorrow evening 8.30pm GMT for anyone interested in seeing how we want to help elite gymnasts when they retire.
I’ve interviewed over 100 Ex- Elite gymnasts and athletes. A common theme in these conversations is the feeling of being lost, lonely and unconfident after retirement, with little guidance.
I've also been through it myself as an ex GB gymnast and it took me years to get to grip with understanding it all.
But they really have Trained to Succeed and do have amazing skills to take forward
If this is of interest to you or for any gymnasts you know, please feel free to DM me with your email and I'll send you the link. Please feel free to share too.

The Brazilian Olympic Trials are on this evening including Rebbeca Andrade competing ... what a lucky thing for us to be able to watch on Youtube ...

TROFÉU BRASIL DE GINÁSTICA ARTÍSTICA | AO VIVO | TARDE | 21/06 Assista AO VIVO o Troféu Brasil de Ginástica Artística no Canal Olímpico do Brasil. As apresentações acontecem nos dias 21 e 23 de junho.====================...

From GB Acro gymnast to Physio ...

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Another lovely picture, from Lisa King (Elliot) from the Brits this weekend.
Rowena Buntrock, Paul Bowler, Lisa King, Karen Askworth (Hargate), Neil Thomas, Marvin Campbell and Jackie Brady.

Really good article here - gymnasts and all athletes, develop great skills for their future ....

LIFE LESSONS SPORTS TEACHES US Now more than ever, we are reminded how many life lessons can be taught by participating in sports. Coaches are teachers that can lead others in lessons such as how […]