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Ask a psychologist

What is the sports triangle of interaction? How to correctly distribute roles between parents and coach so as not to harm the young athlete? Irina Kozyr shares recommendations in the new episode Ask a Psychologist column.

Ask a psychologist: the proper relationship between a child, parents and a coach

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Sports psychologist Irina Kozyr explains the reasons why a child may want to refuse to participate in sports and what to do if it happens.

Ask a Psychologist: What to do if a child wants to quit sports?

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Sports psychologist Irina Kozyr talks about the causes of anxiety, its differences from fear and ways to deal with it.

Ask a psychologist: how to overcome anxiety at competitions?

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Opinion

The gymnast shared her future plans and told how she liked the new rules.

Ekaterina Sazonova speaks about the images in her exercises at the Russia’s Youth Summer Spartakiad

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The specialist told whether she is currently following the gymnast and what progress she sees in her performances.

"She’s grown up as an athlete!" Karolina Tarasova's first coach Firyuza Tutova talks about the gymnast's progress

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Small steps to big victories

Selection of advice from the winner of the second stage of the Cup of the Strongest.

Small steps to big victories. Daria Tkacheva

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The specialist explained what this start means for gymnasts and how the tournament leaders stand out.

"A gymnast must be versatile and love this sport madly."  Head judge Marina Drozd talks about the participants of the Russia’s Youth VI Summer Spartakiad — 2025

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The recovery camps of the gymnasts of the Russian national team are held at the Academy from June 20 to July 4.

Gymnast Malika Timurshina and teacher Dmitry Stepanchikov talked about dancing classes during training camps at the Academy

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They explained why participation in such competitions is especially important for female athletes.

Coaches Evgenia Eliseeva and Elizaveta Chernova assessed the performance of Sky Grace International Clubs Association gymnasts at the tournament in Mexico

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The specialist explained how participation in international competitions is useful for gymnasts.

Judge Olesya Kovaleva speaks about the performance of the Academy gymnasts at the International Rhythmic Interclub tournament in Mexico

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She shared her impressions of the gymnasts' performances at the Merida tournament.

"They are amazing!" Fan Teresa Andrade talks about the performance of Karolina Tarasova and Yana Zaikina in Mexico

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Competitions

The first stage took place in Moscow, and the second in Sirius.

The Russian Gymnastics Federation has published the results of two stages of the Cup of the Strongest Cup

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At the tournament, the International Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Association athlete won two gold and three silver medals.

Yana Zaikina shared her impressions from International Rhythmic Interclub tournament in Mexico

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Sports psychologist Irina Kozyr tells how to properly reward a child for success in sports and what mistakes parents sometimes make.

Ask a Psychologist: How to Reward a Child for Success in Sports?

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Sports psychologist Irina Kozyr explains what athletes need to do when it is difficult to focus due to stress, external noise and other factors.

Ask a Psychologist: How to Maintain Concentration?

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In the new episode of the Ask a Psychologist column, Irina Kozyr gives recommendations for successfully combining education and sports.

Ask a Psychologist: How to find a balance between education and sports?

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Irina Kozyr explains in the new episode of the section how to help a young athlete to believe in herself, why she can lose this belief and how to support her at such moment.

Ask a Psychologist: How to help a child to believe in herself?

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Irina Kozyr explains in a new episode of the section when it is better to start approaching a specialist and how to prepare a young athlete properly for that.

"Ask a Psychologist": From what age should an athlete start working with a sports psychologist?

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Irina Kozyr explains in a new episode of the column how injuries affect the psychological state of athletes and shares pieces of advices that will help to go properly through the rehabilitation period.

Ask a Psychologist: How to support a child if she picks up an injury?

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Sports psychologist Irina Kozyr talks in detail about the problem of emotional burnout and gives recommendations that will help not only gymnasts.

Ask a Psychologist: How to overcome emotional burnout?

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In the new episode, sports psychologist Irina Kozyr explains how competition affects an athlete and what its advantages and disadvantages are.

Ask a Psychologist: What’s the right way for an athlete to treat competition?

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In the new Ask a Psychologist episode Irina Kozyr talks about the basic principles of developing discipline, and also shares advice that will help parents teach their child self-discipline.

Ask a Psychologist: How to learn discipline?

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Academy sports psychologist Irina Kozyr explains what this problem is like and how to deal with it.

Ask a Psychologist: How to prevent a child from getting a big head about athletic achievements?

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Sports psychologist Irina Kozyr gives several pieces of advice that would help gymnasts in difficult moments at workouts.

Ask a Psychologist: How to handle criticism from the coach?

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Academy sports psychologist Irina Kozyr talks in detail about ideomotor training for athletes and how to do it correctly at home and elsewhere.

Ask a psychologist: What is ideomotor training and how can gymnasts use it?

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Academy sports psychologist Irina Kozyr shares and gives recommendations to athletes on how to properly respond to unpleasant emotions and prepare for new starts.

Ask a psychologist: how to cope with negative emotions after a failure at a competition

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...Sports psychologist Irina Kozyr tells what to do when young gymnasts have no desire to go to training because of accumulated fatigue or improper recovery.  Всем привет! ☀️ ...

Ask a Psychologist: What is the right way of dealing with fatigue?

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Academy psychologist Irina Kozyr talks about autogenic training in more detail and gives advice on how to do it.

Ask a psychologist: what is autogenic training and how is it done?

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Academy psychologist Irina Kozyr talks about the importance of this method and gives specific techniques on how to bring meditation into everyday life.

“Ask a Psychologist”: how to use meditation in sports and what are its benefits?

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Sports psychologist of the Academy Irina Kozyr explains the reason of insomnia with gymnasts before competitions and performances and also gives several pieces of advice how to cope with it.

Ask a Psychologist: What to do if you cannot fall asleep at night before the performance?

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Even in the warmest relationships between parents, children and coaches, there are difficult moments. Academy sports psychologist Irina Kozyr explains why it is important to trust your child’s coach and remain calm in tense situations.

Ask a Psychologist: How can parents build a relationship with their child’s coach?

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Sports psychologist of the Academy Irina Kozyr speaks about working with breath, which will help to cope with pre-start excitement during competitions.