I wanted to throw some hope your way. The “is this for me” feeling is very real and normal. There are two things you need to separate, the tasks and duties of teaching gymnastics and the environment in which you are teaching. My experience is the environment often lacks support and resources to elevate the instructor and make their job easier. For me, I placed 7 years of my energy is developing a curriculum that made coaching more streamlined and results driven so that my employees didn’t have to “think” so much and could enjoy being part of the process. There is this double edge sword in coaching, one aspect is how do I stay present in real time and enjoy the process, the other side is how do I prioritize what problems to solve and find solutions that work right now. It’s like splitting your brain in half and it can often feel lose lose in the moment. One thing I say to all my coaches is you are always in a lose lose situation. There is never a “best” or “right” answer because every solution has a compromise. If you teach to the highest athlete the lowest performers lose out on what they need. If you teach to the lowest performers the top performers are not pushed forwards but held back. If you coach with high energy the timid and shy will struggle to connect. If you coach with low energy the obnoxious kids will run all over you. There is always always a problems. The key measurement I chase and have my employees chase is: “can the result or outcome you created be reinvested back into the process?” If you get kids to listen does listening reinvest back into the process of getting skills? Yes. If you are silly and play games, does silliness and games reinvest back into the process of getting skills? Maybe, not necessarily. So now this becomes more grey area. If I ask kids “what do you want to do” and I only do what they want to do, will that reinvest back into the process of getting skills? No. The will plateau. If you ever want to brainstorm, or talk more about it let me know. My mission is to help others overcome those obstacles in front of them. Feel free to reach out anytime.
@thegymnasticsexperience1131 thank you for your reply , I am currently changing my environment.... Turned down 2 contracts, hoping the next place I visit aligns 🙏🏻 great advice, I appreciate it !
This is not a safe sport issue. This is what parents like to think, they have destroyed Safe Sports purpose. They use it as a form of “retaliation” when they can’t have their way at a gym or with coaches. Thank goodness Safe Sports is aware of it.
I appreciate your recognition of the truth. There are so many athletes and coaches trapped in a feedback loop of negativity that my hope is if they can understand how real gymnastics is trained they would realize “I am good enough” and then run with their potential instead of having to be dragged into the unknown.
This is soooooo true!! The amount of gyms I go to and the gymnasts I see are super strong and can whip their body around relatively well... but they aren't "real" skills. GYMNASTICS TAKES TIME. THERE IS NO RUSHING THIS SPORT 😂. I can say so much more on this but it would last for ever. I'm 16yo gymnastics coach recreationally and competitively and have a similar story to you. Keep on keeping on 👍
I agree ! Theres so much going on that is just happening for 'the numbers' ...iv been questioning if this is for me anymore.
I wanted to throw some hope your way. The “is this for me” feeling is very real and normal. There are two things you need to separate, the tasks and duties of teaching gymnastics and the environment in which you are teaching. My experience is the environment often lacks support and resources to elevate the instructor and make their job easier. For me, I placed 7 years of my energy is developing a curriculum that made coaching more streamlined and results driven so that my employees didn’t have to “think” so much and could enjoy being part of the process. There is this double edge sword in coaching, one aspect is how do I stay present in real time and enjoy the process, the other side is how do I prioritize what problems to solve and find solutions that work right now. It’s like splitting your brain in half and it can often feel lose lose in the moment.
One thing I say to all my coaches is you are always in a lose lose situation. There is never a “best” or “right” answer because every solution has a compromise. If you teach to the highest athlete the lowest performers lose out on what they need. If you teach to the lowest performers the top performers are not pushed forwards but held back. If you coach with high energy the timid and shy will struggle to connect. If you coach with low energy the obnoxious kids will run all over you.
There is always always a problems. The key measurement I chase and have my employees chase is: “can the result or outcome you created be reinvested back into the process?”
If you get kids to listen does listening reinvest back into the process of getting skills? Yes.
If you are silly and play games, does silliness and games reinvest back into the process of getting skills? Maybe, not necessarily. So now this becomes more grey area.
If I ask kids “what do you want to do” and I only do what they want to do, will that reinvest back into the process of getting skills? No. The will plateau.
If you ever want to brainstorm, or talk more about it let me know. My mission is to help others overcome those obstacles in front of them. Feel free to reach out anytime.
@thegymnasticsexperience1131 thank you for your reply , I am currently changing my environment.... Turned down 2 contracts, hoping the next place I visit aligns 🙏🏻 great advice, I appreciate it !
lol they gon safe sport ya ass looool
Haha… best comment ever 😂 I guess we’re gonna find out if America still has freedom of speech 😂
This is not a safe sport issue. This is what parents like to think, they have destroyed Safe Sports purpose. They use it as a form of “retaliation” when they can’t have their way at a gym or with coaches. Thank goodness Safe Sports is aware of it.
@@Chancexoxo its clearly a joke..i dont care about your two cents
@@lejo89-v9jdon’t care about yours!!!!
So true! So true! Love it!! I have been coaching over 20’s very true! Glad someone has the balls to speak up and say this!
I appreciate your recognition of the truth. There are so many athletes and coaches trapped in a feedback loop of negativity that my hope is if they can understand how real gymnastics is trained they would realize “I am good enough” and then run with their potential instead of having to be dragged into the unknown.
😅😅😅 oh I’m weak! The more I listen to this the more I can relate 😂😂😂
This is soooooo true!! The amount of gyms I go to and the gymnasts I see are super strong and can whip their body around relatively well... but they aren't "real" skills. GYMNASTICS TAKES TIME. THERE IS NO RUSHING THIS SPORT 😂. I can say so much more on this but it would last for ever. I'm 16yo gymnastics coach recreationally and competitively and have a similar story to you. Keep on keeping on 👍
I appreciate it, thanks.