mental

Have any of you that have spent hundreds of dollars for an online mental coach been disappointed when you met them in real life? At a recent meet a popular mental coach was wearing their “brand” on a jacket so I felt because they were advertising their service that they are approachable...

Hey all. I have a new L7 (about to turn 11 yo) dealing with backwards tumbling block for a while and is finally starting to see some forward progress over the last month, but still has been unable to fully compete her floor routine this year. I think with the added pressure (mostly from...

Hey guys I need to compete my backhandspring step out on beam this season and I’m just horrified of doing it! I just got home from practice and it’s always the same: I stand on the beam with my coach next to me but I just can’t do it! I tried everything, being positive thinking of success with...

hello everybody! I’m having a bit of trouble keeping my backhandspring. I tend to have it for a few hours consistently and then hours later I just can’t seem to do it and blank right before the skill. It’s getting very frustrating and causing loads of tears. I know I can do it and have done it...

I was wondering if my level 5 could try some type of meditation app that might exist to help with fears and mental blocks. She is hesitating and "refusing to do" backwards skills particularly on beam. Not out of defiance, just out of fear. No injury just scared. She tends to generally lack self...

My daughter is a high level tumbler who had an injury a few months back. Now that she's healed she still has a little of the phantom pain. In addition, because she's been away for a little while, she's tentative or scared to go back to doing whips and doubles and so forth. She has hit a real...

This video was very inspiring for me as a coach and I can imagine that it could give hope to gymnasts who are struggling with a mental block.

DS (11) is in elite trampolining and suffering from mental blocks for nearly a year now. Meanwhile he did manage to be successful in competition the year through strangely enough. In fact it was his best year ever, he almost won every competition he entered. We had weeks where he couldn't do a...

My 8 year old daughter has developed her 2nd mental block with her BHS. Her history goes back to getting it 3 years ago this month. She was doing Rec classes at a Turner’s program and expressed interest in competing. I was not comfortable with their program and we visited a USAG gym in our...

My DD is 10 and in level 5. This season, she has struggled in her first 2 meets to make her squat on, even though she is very consistent in practice. At the beginning of the month, her coach met with her and I to discuss how she wasn’t sure what to do with her since she should be making the...

I posted on here a few months ago about my daughters back tumbling mental block, she is 10 years old. It got better for about 2 months and unfortunately came back again . It has really affected her confidence in general and has affected all pieces. She can still do the tumble but couch has to be...

Hi, I was an acrobat/gymnast when I started having pain in my knee. I had my side aerial, front aerial, back handspring, round off back handspring, round off back tuck, round off back layout etc. I stopped gymnastics and dance to recover because of my knee and now i'm about to go back to...

Hi everyone, Hoping for some advice. DD is a 13yo repeat L9. State champ on bars last season, 5th aa. Went into regionals 2 weeks after state with a mental block and would not do bail. Recovered over the summer. Was doing fabulous bar routines in the gym. Come to first meet: bam. No bail in...

Ok my friends daughter in November had a bad meet where she fell on her back tuck on floor and bars. Then was out because of hairline fracture on ankle. She is at a loss and I feel bad I can't give advice. Any words of wisdom you guys can give. Thanks

How do I help my 10yo DD deal with a major mental block on her giant-flyway? She's been very frustrated and her mental state is getting worse after each practice. She competed cast- flyaway all season last year and then had giant-flyaway for about 3 months. She's lost everything now and won't...

I have a 9-year-old kid who has been at level 2 for around a year, year and a half, and has been on pre-team for several years. She has competed 2 seasons of level 2. Her best friend in the class moved up to level 3 this season which upset them both, and I kind of hoped that this would give the...

My poor dd age 10 is dealing with this at the moment (very recent issue) she can still do her bhs but apparently freezes when doing her back tuck. Although I did see her doing a double back (spotted) into the pit on Monday night. Also flick on beam seems to have gone. Im so upset for her. I...

I posted in the summer about my dd developing a mental block on vault. (That level 8 vault is apparently terrifying for some kids). I pointed her to doc Ali but otherwise resisted even talking about it. Then the fear spread to beam. I told her to not worry about it and it would come back...

So, so proud of my DD! She has been working on her blind change for about 6 months now and was convinced that she was never going to get it. A few weeks ago she got close and about face planted into the bar (one her her hands slipped) and that pushed her back, she was afraid to even try it. I...

Hello :) My son, 9 P1 had a mental block on HB and PB. He is afraid of heights. The coaches have been fantastic working with him. Every Tues and Thurs He fights coming to gym b/c of those 2 events. I have been giving the tough Love.. Telling him it's ok to have a fear and yo communicate with his...