This resonates a lot. Unfortunately I can't really tell if they believe that they are better than they are, or if the goals that they give me are the goals they think I want to hear. For example, we asked them to set an intention for strength at the beginning of practice. They proceeded to do...
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We do not let the girls sit down - no one sits in the gym, not coaches or kids. Focusing on the positive is definitely a good idea, I have been doing my best with that. Unfortunately there are a few kids with terrible attitudes who drain my energy and make it hard to be positive for...
The gym I coach at has recently decided to try the NGA competitive program as opposed to USAG. I have a group of NGA level 3 girls who mostly competed silver last year. They are older kids (avg. age is 11) and not your typical JO level 3 group. All they really want to do is learn new "cool"...