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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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Opinion

Milena Shchenyatskaya showed the best result among Russian gymnasts among seniors at the Crystal Rose tournament.

Milena Shchenyatskaya shares her impressions of the Crystal Rose international tournament

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Kiki XuJing was the organizer of the competition in Shanghai.

"The Russian school of rhythmic gymnastics is recognized as the strongest in the world!" Kiki XuJing speaks about the participation of Sky Grace gymnasts at the Brilliant Cup 2025

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The gymnast became the absolute champion of the Crystal Rose tournament.

"Motivation is a great love for what you do!" Alina Harnasko speaks about her victory at the Crystal Rose

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The Brilliant Cup 2025 champion competed in Shanghai with Elizaveta Geraskina from Moscow and Miroslava Monina from Penza.

Cassidy Tan Jia Xin from Malaysia spoke about her impressions of the performances by the Sky Grace gymnasts

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Small steps to big victories

We have gathered advice from the BRICS Games bronze medalist in the cards.

Small steps to big victories. Daria Verenich

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The gymnast won a silver medal in the all-around at the Crystal Rose international tournament.

"I want to pass on my experience to the future generation." Anastasia Salos talks about life outside of sports

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He also noted the Sky Grace gymnasts' level.

Huang Haitao, General Manager of the organizing company of the Brilliant Cup 2025 tournament, talks about the competition

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The competition in Shanghai was held from 24 to 27 July.

How did the Sky Grace gymnasts perform at the Brilliant Cup 2025 tournament in Shanghai? Chief judge of the competition Liu Wen talks about this

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At the Crystal Rose, the gymnast from Moscow presented the Sky Grace team for the first time.

"Minsk greeted me with warmth!" Sofia Vorobyova talks about her debut for the Sky Grace team

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The specialist summed up the results and assessed the level of competition.

"This tournament was a success!" The chief judge of the Crystal Rose tournament Lyubov Cherkashina talks about the competition in Minsk

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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.