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Mind blocks are the death of any gymnast, and it seems to happen to the best. Last year, one of our gymnasts won Level 5 AA at state, so it would seem smart to move her up to 6: strong gymnast, good basics. Then over summer, she just decided to give up on back tumbling: WILL NOT do Round off BHS Back tuck, but has done them before, and they were fine! She will sometimes do ROff BHS, usually with spot, rarely without. A lot of roundoff stopping.. and she likes to ROff BHS onto a thick mat, usually a dead one, maybe for comfort? This has happened for about a year now. When the other girls are doing warm up before practice for 10 min, she is drilling her ROff BHS, usually with a coach to lightly touch her back in her BHS, but we are trying to ween away from that. Mom is a crazy person, having her do them at home on COUCH CUSHIONS and putting a lot of pressure on her to do them. We know as coaches that this does NOT help, and have asked mom to stop. Mom now leaves the gym when her dd is doing/drilling her ROff BHS. We have tried mental choreography, we have tried positive mind training. WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO!!!!!?!?!?!? We'd love to move her to 7 and just push front tumble, because that is possible, but I think it is best to force yourself to back tumble for one year... Other girls have done it, why not her? Does anyone have a similar situation or a possible solution?! ANYTHING will help!