Helping Parents & Coaches Navigate Competitive Gymnastics Together

Today on the podcast is my good friend and crowd favorite Eva Shute Director of Gymnastics Operations who provides awesome information to help parents wrap their heads around competitive gymnastics. We share ideas and things we have done in our gym that have been extremely successful to help build better parent communication relationships and when someone's really having a tough time or there may be a nightmare parent or coach, we explain what have we done practically to successfully fix these things. I really believe that this parent episode is super important to get better long-term outcomes for everyone's happiness the coaches, the parents, and most importantly the gymnasts. We DISCUSS; 06:03 How to navigate the culture and the craziness that is competitive gymnastics. 13:31 How to develop a parent support structure. 31:34 My daughter is 5 years old why does she need to compete? 41:25 The time commitment, what can parents expect? 51:56 Why moving up gymnastics levels is not like moving up a grade in school. 1:06:57 Goals can change. 1:11:20 Three do's and don'ts of meet etiquette. 1:33:16 The difference between optional and compulsory levels. 1:48:37 How puberty affects gymnasts in their optional years of training and competing and what parents can do to help support. 1:57:11 Advice for parents, gymnasts, or coaches who are not in a good environment? In case you missed it, I am ridiculously excited to finally share that The 2022 SHIFT Symposium Registration Page is LIVE. https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022... The SHIFT Symposium is a 3 day, world-class virtual gymnastics education event hosted by SHIFT. It has always been my dream to create an incredible, affordable, never-before-seen educational event for gymnastics professionals that provides insane amounts of value from high-caliber speakers. Finally, after years of work and hundreds of hours of planning, it is here. It will take place from Friday, June 10th, 2022 - Sunday, June 12th, 2022 We have not one, not two, but THREE jam-packed days of gymnastics content. Day 1 focuses on Gymnastics Medical Care & Rehabilitation, with 10 speakers giving 9 lectures on treating low back pain, shoulder/hip injuries, mental health, and more. Day 2 focuses on Gymnastics Coaching (two separate tracks for Men's & Women's) with 13 speakers giving 14 lectures on gymnastics specific technical development on things like floor twisting, bar releases, beam series, advanced pommel horse work, in bar work, and more. Day 3 focuses on Gymnastics Strength & Conditioning, with 9 speakers giving 9 lectures on developing lower body strength, building speed & power, core conditioning, creating hybrid programs, and more. You can view each individual day, the lecture topics, and speakers for those lectures below or on the SHIFT Symposium website! https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022... Thank you for watching! Please subscribe and click the like button to support SHIFT’s channel:    / shiftmovementscienceandgymnasticseducation   → Visit our website: https://shiftmovementscience.com/ → Check out our podcast: https://shiftmovementscience.com/thes... → Join SHIFT’s email newsletter: https://shiftmovementscience.com/ → Join our online gymnastics education and networking platform, The Hero Lab: https://shiftmovementscience.com/theh... → Browse SHIFT’S free resource library: https://shiftmovementscience.com/free... → Visit the SHIFT store: https://shiftmovementscience.com/thes... _________________________________________________________________ → Social Media: Instagram:   / shift_movementscience   Twitter:   / shift_mvmtsci   YouTube:    / @shiftmovement   Facebook:   / hybridperspective   → About SHIFT: Hey, my name is Dave Tilley. I was a collegiate gymnast and have been coaching gymnastics for 15 years. I work as a Sports Physical Therapist, Strength and Conditioning coach, and optional gymnastics coach in Boston MA. I’m also really fortunate that I get to travel the world and teach about performance and sports medicine concepts. I started SHIFT in 2013 with one goal. Help people change the lives of athletes they work with. _________________________________________________________________ #gymnast #gymnastics