Growing Champions For Life Newsletter – From David Benzel – Restore Calm To The Family Storm



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Winning Connections
February
2015
In This Issue:A Message from David – ArticleA Resource to Tap GCFL Promotion

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“Three Steps
for Getting Your
Athletic Family on the Same Page

Date: Thursday
February 19, 2015,

Time: 9:00
PM Eastern Time,

45-minute live webinar plus Q & A

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Restore Calm to the Family Storm

Guest Contributor: Wendy Bruce Martin
Help your child thrive

Does your day involve picking up your
children from school by 3:00, driving your
son to soccer practice at 5:00 and
then your daughter to dance by 5:30? Then
you drive to the grocery store to
pick up food for the week, only to drive
back to soccer to pick your son up and
then hurry back over to pick up your
daughter from dance. You get home at 8:30
to make dinner for your family while your
children are doing homework. Then
they eat, take showers, lay their clothes
out for school, finally you get to
bed by 11:30, only to repeat this schedule
every day for years and years. But
have you ever sat back and asked if this is
what’s best for your kids or even
your family?

Sometimes we get stuck in the hustle and
bustle of the everyday crunch and we become
consumed by making sure that we
become the best. We rarely take a step back
and ask “Why?” or to
consider if this life is what everyone in
the family wants.

Sport is a huge commitment and has numerous
benefits. But let us not go into this
commitment blindly. Be certain the entire
family is on board. For instance, have you
ever sat down as a family and openly
discussed the family’s sporting future?
Have you asked what level of commitment
the family is willing to dedicate to sport?
Making sure the family is on the
same page regarding goals, level of
competition, and amount of time invested
are important topics that need to be
discussed.

Has your family talked about a shared
vision for the next year? Do your children
want to try different sports?
Would your children rather spend less time
driving around and more time with
you? You may feel that your child is
participating in a sport that she loves,
but she really is only doing it because
that is all she knows. You may have
dreams of your child making the Olympics,
but your child may not have the same
dream.

These are important conversations to have.
Set up a family meeting in which each
member of the family can share their
dreams, goals, and even their
apprehensions. Make sure that you give your
children the opportunity to discuss their
future in a non-judgmental
environment. Make it safe to share by
giving each member of the family center
stage to answer these questions:

  1. What’s your idea of what this family
    will do together this year to make us
    close?
  2. (Children) Describe an excellent year in
    school and sports, if you could
    have it your way.
  3. (Parents) Describe an excellent year at
    work, if you could have it your way.
  4. (Children) What will be your greatest
    challenge in school, in sports, or
    with friends this year?
  5. (Parents) What will be your greatest
    challenge at work this year?

Of course it’s our job as parents to guide
our children, but we need good information
about what’s important to them in
order to understand their pressure points
and
their reactions to life’s
circumstances. Being a successful
sport-family takes more than time, money,
and
commitment; it requires a close family unit.
Taking time to ask good questions,
and listening carefully to the answers, can
help your family grow closer and
become unstoppable.



Wendy Bruce Martin is a Growing Champions
for Life Associate and Olympic Bronze
Medalist in Women’s Gymnastics, 1992
Barcelona. If you are interested in
learning about Mental Toughness Coaching
with Wendy, please contact her at
407.310.4515


A Resource to Tap:


The Five Love Languages of
Teenagers
by Gary Chapman

Socially,
mentally, and
spiritually, teenagers face a variety of
pressures and stresses each day.
Despite these peer pressures; it is
still
parents who can influence teens the
most. Get equipped to be a better
parent as
The Five Love Languages of
Teenagers explores the
world in which
teenagers live, explains the
developmental changes, and give tools
to help
you identify and appropriately
communicate in your teen’s love
language.

Get practical tips on loving your teen
effectively and explore key issues
in your
teen’s life including anger and
independence. Finally, learn how to
set
boundaries that are enforced with
discipline and consequences, and
discover
useful ways for the difficult task
of
loving when your teen fails. Get
ready to
discover how the principles of the
five love languages can really work
in the
lives of your teens and family.


GCFL Promotion:

Coaching
Revolution

 


Coaches, it’s time for a
Revolution!

Take your first step towards
bridging the gap
between good coaching and GREAT
coaching…

A coach’s credibility is
judged on the
environment created, the
emotions
managed, and skills taught –
for sport and
for life.

Through our Coaching Revolution
program you
will learn how to:

  • Create unity between all
    coaches using a
    philosophical approach that
    works
  • Present a credible plan to
    parents designed
    to gain support and loyalty
  • Earn the commitment of your
    athletes –
    beginning with the first day of
    practice
  • Create team chemistry
  • Develop athlete
    self-confidence

The Coaching Revolution program
is a
step-by-step system for coaches
who want to create a healthy and
productive
learning environment with their
coaching staff, parents and athletes. This
comprehensive manual combines
on-the-field
strategies with learning
environment
concepts to create a
one-of-a-kind model aimed
at improving performance, team
chemistry and effective
coaching. CLICK HERE to read more about the Coaching
Revolution!


Highlights:

Meet a GCFL
True
Hero
Track
Partner:

Legacy Gymnastics
Center

 

 

Help your child thrive

Legacy Gymnastics Center (LGC )in Maitland,
Florida opened their
facility in 2008 and has over 12,000 square
feet of air conditioned space. They
feature a tumble track, foam pit, bars,
beams, an Olympic sized floor, rock
climbing wall and Ninja Warrior obstacles.
LGC provides gymnastics classes that
stimulate the whole child physically,
mentally and emotionally with the goal to
create champions not just in gymnastics, but
also in life. In addition to
providing training both recreationally and
competitively for children ages 10
months to 18 years, they have recently
introduced an aerial arts program.

Legacy is different from other gyms, believing
that gymnastics classes are an opportunity
for children to grow, learn and have
fun! “Our job is to provide a
nurturing, encouraging, compassionate and
uplifting environment for our gymnasts,
aerial artists and families”
states Lisa Winstead, manager. “At
Legacy Gymnastics Center, we create
champions!”


Quote of the Day


finding dreams“Not
until the pain of the same
is greater than
the pain of change will you
embrace change.
“

– Dave
Ramsay Financial
author, radio host
and motivational speaker

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