The Gymnastics Life Podcast
By B.R. Tobler
The Gymnastics Life PodcastFeb 06, 2019
#30: Moving The Needle And Finding Your Edge
#29: Food For Thought, Forced Scarcity
#28: Low Hanging Fruit
#27: Motivation And Burnout
#26: Longevity In The Sport, Breaking Through Mental Blocks, And Make Blind Changes Great Again
#25: Clear Hips Are Dumb And Skills Are Contagious
#24: Shorter Practice Times, Timed Rest, And Athletes Choosing Their Skills
#23: The Best Marketing And How To Add New Customers Today!
#22: Four Event Warm Up, Vault Drills, and Investing In Your Athletes
#21: 30 hour workweek, PTO, Beam Fear, And Ask Your Athletes.
#20: Come back slow, Counting Turns, Play Gymnastics, and Do More Tramp!
#19: Leaders Eat Last and You Don’t Need FB Marketing
#17: What I’m Working On
#16: Food For Thought Friday, What Is Your Culture?
#15: Food For Thought Friday, don’t let your athletes do anything that makes you dislike them.
This Friday is a spin on Jordan Peterson's 12 rules for life, rule #5: Don't let your kids do anything that makes you dislike them.
#14: Getting The Most Out Of Practice, Motivating Athletes, And Minimalist Strength
In todays episode we talk about:
- Getting the most out of practice (specifically summer training) and the things I like to do.
- Motivating athletes and how success precedes motivation.
- Root skills for each event
- Minimalist approach to strength (if you only had 5 exercises to do, what would they be?)
#13: Seth Helland
Seth Helland is an Assistant Coach for the University of Wisconsin-Stout Gymnastics Team.
#12: What I’m Working On, Blind Changes, Staff Appreciation, Do You Own A Really Expensive Job?
Welcome back! It turns out 4 kids (two being newborn twins) is hard to ;p
In todays episode we discuss toe on/toe offs, blind change direction, staff bonding/appreciation, and we wrap it up with the important question... do you own a business or just a really expensive job?
Enjoy!
#11: Spotting
Today we discuss a little bit about the lost art of spotting. I recorded this episode on the way home from coaching so it's a bit random but hope you enjoy.
#10: Gym Culture Emails, Finding Staff, Flow Master, And Athlete Mobility
Today we discuss emailing your staff. How to find staff. The flow-master position, and when do move athletes up.
#9: Staff Training, Roles And Tasks, Staff Contracts, Bar Rotation Design Help
In todays episode we discuss training your staff, setting up your playbook, staff contracts, and getting efficient on bars.
#8: Routine Numbers, Level 7 Vault Update, and Positive Mindset
L7 Vault update. I'm loving this vault. Plain and simple.
Positive Mindset. Our Mantra this year is from the Navy SEALS, "Feeling Good. Looking Good. Ought to be in Hollywood". It sounds silly but it's all about feeding the positivity to yourself.
#7: New Level 7 Vault, Gym Identity In Light Of USAG, and Check Lists
#6: Working Ahead, Workout Flow, And Repeating Levels
#5: Gym Culture, Core Values, and Air Awareness
What are you core values.
How to know your core values.
How to build your culture.
Air awareness best practices.
#4: Injured Athletes And Professional Coaching
#3: Strength And Conditioning
Keeping it simple
Essential Exercises
Types of programs
#2: Training Level 7 and Learning To Stay The Longest
- removing the fear of giants by learning to miss them
- tuck giants for confidence and speed
- creating confident flippers
- developing air awareness
I also discuss a quote that I like "Whoever is willing to stay the longest will win regardless of skill"
There's athletes and coaches that are better and more talented but by simply being patient and staying at it longer you can find yourself and your athletes on top.
#0: The Beginnings And Flexible Coaching
A little about my background
Flexible coaching
- exhausting options
- teaching different ways
#1: Owen Field - Assistant Coach Florida Gators
Biggest influencers
Motivating athletes
Team building