It’s Kyla Ross’s breakout year. In addition to being the 2009 U.S. junior national champion and 2009 U.S. Classic champion, she can now add the title of 2009 Junior Pan American Games champion as well. We’ve seen the same string of wins many times before – all the great ones seem to burst on the scene in a similar fashion.
Our first routines under Andy’s COP: Women’s Uneven Bars So who really won the 2008 Olympic uneven bars gold medal? Let’s see what my scoring system has to say about it!
I’ve gotten various types of feedback about my Code of Points (some very encouraging and some a bit harsh…), so I decided that the only way for me to prove whether a system like this could possibly work is to put it into action. So I did!
I’ve had it. I’ve given this code of points three years, and something’s still not right. We’ve complained long enough. We’ve made it abundantly clear that we miss the artistry, we miss the originality, and we miss the 10.
Andy’s Angle on the 2009 Worlds Part 2…
Well now that the dust has settled from the world championships, I wanted to give some of my random thoughts on the competition – both the good and the bad!
Yesterday, USA racked up 2 more medals in Day 1 of the World Championships Event Finals. Kayla Williams won Gold on Vault and Rebecca Bross won a Bronze on Uneven Bars - way to go USA!
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If you’re anything like me, there’s nothing better than cheering on the USA during a major international competition like the World Championships and Olympic Games!
What a shocker from Tim McNeill! Who would have ever guessed this guy who choked away his chances of making the Olympic team last year would be sitting as the third best all-around gymnast in the world???
Well I hope I didn’t curse Afanasyeva, since it was almost immediately after I posted my blog when I learned of her back injury! That must have been some serious back injury for her to pull out of a world championships she had an excellent chance of winning.
How much success do you want? Many athletes achieve some success without using formal goal setting, but virtually every great athlete who consistently wins, uses some form of goal setting. The USOC Sport Psychology program believes that using goal setting is as necessary as having a coach.
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