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Today we escape (a little) from the gymnastics world to talk about delivering a quality, memorable toast at a Holiday Party. We just had our Holiday Party last night and as the owner of the gyms I felt it important to get up and say a few words. My goal was for my staff to know that I really appreciate all their hard work and that I look forward to working with them each and every day.
The actual point of ANY toast is to get your audience to like themselves (and you) a little bit more than before you started speaking. Think about the toast beforehand. Maybe make some notes-BUT, when you are standing up in front of everyone. NO NOTES. I think that if you have notes, it seems less sincere.
When delivering the message itself- think about what you would say about your employees to a group of other club owners. Leave out the negative- AND THERE IS YOUR TOAST.
Key Technical Matters
Thanks to Mary Lee Tracy from Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy for sharing This drill.
Mary Lee has some great drills up on her YOU TUBE Channel
I DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS, I DO NOT CONDONE THIS. IF YOU DO THIS YOU WILL PROBABLY DIE. But- I had to share this.
Thanks to Samantha Sendel from Canada for letting me post this.
Thanks for another posting from Yin Alvarez.
Charles Tamayo preparing for 2011 Valerie Liukin Invitational
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Secrets To Better Brainstorming
We have all been called into those meetings where we are asked to brainstorm on-
Some times these session get way off track and lost in the woods. Sometimes they do not even create a BRAIN BREEZE let alone a Brain Storm.
Let’s start at the beginning- HOW DO YOU LEAD A BRAINSTORM MEETING?
The Invitation-
How To Begin The Meeting
Bad Ideas
Silence
To the person leading the meeting, silence suggests time is being wasted by people who don’t know what they are doing.
Getting Out
KEY TECHNICAL MATTERS
He will solicit votes from the 130 national affiliated federations for a fifth mandate.
Bruno Grandi was first elected in August 1996 at the 70th Congress in Atlanta (USA). He succeeded Yuri Titov of Russia after a twenty-year reign.
When asked about his reasons for running, Prof. Grandi casts back to his age of seventy-seven, hoping to leverage his experience in sports to bring numerous projects to fruition. “This will be my last mandate!” announced the President, with a nod to the international gymnastics community. “But before I take my leave, there are several issues that need my attention, and I am committed to finishing what I started.”
According to statute, candidates for the 2012 elections must file for office at the FIG Secretariat by May 21, 2012 midnight, at the latest.
LETTER FROM BRUNO GRANDI
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, December 2, 2011:
Friends,
I have decided to run for re-election at the FIG General Assembly in Cancun (MEX), October 25 – 27, 2012. I will solicit the votes of the 130 national affiliated federation delegates for a fifth mandate.
My decision is the product of long consideration. A fifth term is the logical continuation of a mandate that the Atlanta Congress first issued to me in 1996 when I succeeded Yuri Titov after a twenty-year reign. Historians will remember that he and I ran against one another in the memorable elections of 1992 in Salou (ESP), in which my friend Titov reclaimed office by a single vote!
It is no mystery that I am getting along in years. At the age of seventy-seven, I hope to leverage my experience in sports to bring numerous projects to fruition. This will be my last mandate. But before I take my leave, there are several issues that need my attention, and I am committed to finishing what I started. I am both pugnacious and consistent.
Among the issues at hand is the debate surrounding eligibility to be part of the technical authorities; members must be in possession of a category I or II judge and level III coach brevet as of 2013. It is my responsibility to provide our sport and our gymnasts with individuals who are both trained and competent. It is a credibility issue. Other topics include development, solidarity and promotion of gymnasts in underprivileged countries. Gymnastics cannot fall into the trap of catering to wealthy countries. We must reach higher, we must strive for universality. Such is the Olympic ideal, and the justice I hold dear.
But the most ambitious project by far is that of competition reform within the Marketing project. Our product needs to be streamlined; and to keep our competitions attractive for sponsors and the public, it has been found imperative to review our Codes of Points.
Since the day I first took office I have laboured toward attracting more attention to our sport. Gymnastics needs to simplify the rules, give a face lift to its formats and speak in terms that Generation Y can understand. This is imperative. My experience has taught me that success is a passing thing and that what we achieve today must be pursued tomorrow; fundamental truth!
With these things completed, I will be able to hand the keys of the FIG over to my successor knowing that I have finished the job.
With my warmest wishes for an excellent New Year 2012,
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE GYMNASTIQUE
Prof Bruno Grandi, President
Edward Mesa Pommel Routine. Submitted by the ever enthusiastic Yin Alvarez.
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“When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt” Industrialist, Henry J Kaiser
“I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty is only skin deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?” Author, Jean Kerr.
“Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something” Author, Robert Heinlein
“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be discharged and used up in order to exist at all” William Faulkner
“God may have had fun at creation, but he didn’t really think things through.” Filmmaker, Lars von Trier
“You can’t pepper spray an idea any more than you can punch a dream” Lee Camp
“98% of the kids are good, How come we only hear about the bad 2%?” My son
“When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game you have to learn.” Tom Landry
“Pepper spray is not a seasoning” Tony Retrosi
Just something fun for today! Thanks to Greg Marsden at the University of Utah for sharing this on youtube.
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