You could NOT tell that it is spring here in New Hampshire. It’s snowed and iced off and on for the last 2 days. This is CRAZY.
Level 9/10 Regionals in USA and Provincials in Canada were this last weekend. I hope you had a successful weekend. It is a long, stressful weekend and anything can happen. So much is out of your control.
I read a quote this weekend- “Hope is a vampire. Really Hard to kill.” They were specifically talking about the outcome of the Cubs / Braves baseball game. The Cubs couldn’t do ANYTHING right going into the 8th inning. The Cubs trailed by eight runs early but chipped away to a 10-5 deficit entering the eighth. As the wind-chill factor dipped to 25 degrees the Braves imploded and the Cubs Exploded for 9 Runs to win the game.
There is ALWAYS HOPE.
The last time the Boston Bruins Played Toronto in the playoff’s the Bruins were behind 3-1 in their final game. It was not looking good. Until it did. The Bruins scored 4 goals is 11 minutes to win and go onto the next round.
There is ALWAYS HOPE.
At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Paul Hamm fell on Vault (nearly landing on the judges). At that point most people would have just mailed in their last 2 events. He fought through P. Bars and in one of the best olympic moments NAILED his High Bar routine to win Olympic Gold. The first AA Gold medal for a US man in a century (Julius Lenhart 1904 Olympics in St Louis.).
There us ALWAYS HOPE
As coaches we are faced with seemingly impossible odds on a daily basis. You have to be a rock with steady emotions. You have to hold on to hope. How can you expect a gymnast to hold out hope when you don’t?
You put in the time in the gym. You go to all the right competitions. You go to your championship and feel confident and prepared- BUT- Sometimes things are not going to go as you want them to. Don’t give up the fight. There is ALWAYS HOPE. You just never know.
As always I am excited to see my GYM MOMENTUM family. I always pick up so many great ideas from the coaches at camp. My goal is still to learn something every day. Many of the Gym Momentum Training Camp Coaches will be presenting at National Congress and Regional Congresses. Camp may be a great opportunity for you to ask them questions and have then expand on their presentations.
