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Ask a psychologist

Finding out the causes of lack of the desire together with Irina Kozyr in a new episode of the Ask a Psychologist column. The professional also shares her recommendations on how the parents can drive training motivation of children.


Ask a Psychologist: what to do if your child does not want to go to training?

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 Irina Kozyr shares her recommendations in the new Ask a Psychologist episode.


Ask a Psychologist: how to help a child get used to an unfamiliar environment faster?

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How should parents respond to such outbursts properly? And what can you offer a child in such a situation? Irina Kozyr answers these questions in a new episode of the Ask a Psychologist column.

Ask a Psychologist: children's manifestation of anger

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MA Academy

The holiday is celebrated on October 28 all over the world.

Happy Judo Day!

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Competitions

At the Grand Prix Alem tournament in Astana, the gymnasts won 32 medals.


Academy gymnasts returned from international competitions in Kazakhstan

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Opinion

International tournament participant Anastasia Li from Astana assessed her competitors from Sky Grace and named her favorite athlete.



"I saw a completely different kind of gymnastics!" Young athlete Anastasia Li on her participation in the Grand Prix Alem

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The competition took place in Astana from October 23-25.


"This is a wonderful experience for the kids!" Elizaveta Chernova on the international Grand Prix Alem tournament

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The director of the Alem International Gymnastics Academy and organizer of the Grand Prix Alem tournament in Astana spoke about how the Sky Grace International Association helps develop rhythmic gymnastics worldwide.

"They're very attractive as strong competitors." Astana tournament organizer Asem Akhmetzhanova on the Sky Grace gymnasts

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Academy Life

The program includes activities with entertainers and a cryoshow.

A celebration dedicated to the All-Russian Gymnastics Day was held at the Academy

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2025 World Judo Championship bronze medalists Eva Ognivova and Kristina Konovalova shared their plans for their upcoming competition preparations.

Participants in the training camp discuss their plans and training conditions at the Martial Arts Academy

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She shared what made the athletes memorable.

"The Sky Grace gymnasts really stole the show!" Head Judge Gaini Bekbosynova on the Grand Prix Alem competition

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Athletes under the age of 23 take part in the training.

The Martial Arts Academy has launched a training camp, led by national judo team coach Vyacheslav Shishkin

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Happy All-Russian Gymnastics Day!

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Irina Kozyr speaks in the new episode of the Ask A Psychologist section about causes of anger in children and shares advice how to cope with such crisis.


Ask a Psychologist: how to help your child to cope with negative emotions in case of failure?

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How can сonscious breathing be used in sports? And what techniques should be used? Irina Kozyr answers these questions in a new episode of the Ask a Psychologist column.

Ask a Psychologist: сonscious breathing

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What should be praise, what should be criticism? Irina Kozyr answers this question in the new episode of the Ask a Psychologist column.

Ask a Psychologist: how can the parents maintain a healthy self-esteem of a young athlete?

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What is the psychology of winning? And how does it help athletes? These topics are discussed in detail by Irina Kozyr in a new episode of the Ask a Psychologist column.

Ask a Psychologist: what is the psychology of winning?

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If you get into the habit of keeping it regularly, you can learn to manage your emotional state. Irina Kozyr will tell you more about the benefits of this diary in the new Ask a Psychologist episode.

Ask a Psychologist: emotions diary

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Irina Kozyr will help to find out the causes of fear and give tips how to overcome this barrier in the new Ask a Psychologist episode.

Ask a Psychologist: what to do if you fear telling a psychologist about your problems?

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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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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.