What motivates you?

[GymnastRaeRae87]

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Originally Posted by gracefulone I meant that I thought she wasn't watching me, but she saw what I was doing and noticed it was good.

O gotcha! Thanks for clarifying!! I just got a little confused lol, but I get it now!

[cccam]

the head coach at my gym sometimes coaches the level 6's and i usually practice at the same time they do.
when he is totally focused in the level 6's and i grab his attention with something i do, that inspires me

[gymnasticsbabie]

if your a coach PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not try to motivate a gymnast with things like "your too scared to do this" or "why are you being such a baby" and "do it our get out" ect. you get the point. but those type of things DO NOT motivate. all they make you want to do is crawl up in a ball and cry. most of your gymnast are working really hard to try to make your corrections. they are not being a baby.

what really helps me get motivated is watching people who are better than me. i think, if they can do it... then why can't i? and i just work that much harder.

gymnast love it when they get compliments. its such a relief to know that you just did something right. and they are so eager to get that magical "that was much better" from the coaches. compliments

me and my teamates also get pumped up from listening to really loud music while we are warming up, specifically on floor. it just gets your energy going.

[KBT]

I agree, gymnasticsbabie. Positive motivation works much, much better than negative.

This isn't something my coach told me, but I live by "No regrets". If I don't want to do one more, I remind myself that I'll never regret trying one more time, but I may regret not trying one more time. I'll never have any regrets if I put in 100% effort, but I may have regrets if I don't.

[tumbler807]

i always love going on youtube and watching videos and montages of gymnastics. it always gets me motivated because i realize how hard they must have worked to get that good.

[blondegymnastxo]

I try to think of something that will get me under pressure because i do soooo much better then when i'm not.(well thats just my opinion)

[gymgymgymnast08]

ha i think like when im totally messin up a skill if i see someone else do it then im like i cant let them do it and me not be able to!