mental

I am pretty sure I am having a mental block with my back tumbling!!! I have always been iffy-iffy with it, but now its competition season and i can't afford to have it.....so I was wondering if any of you{gymnasts} have overcomed a mental block....{or you have kids that have etc..} and what you...

Our gym has been talking alot about mental preparation. We would like to do some actual training seminar with our athletes and are wondering if any of you have done this before and with who? We would like to have someone come to the gym and train coaches as well as athletes. Our Head coach...

Hi everyone! How do you tell the difference between a legitimate injury and a complete mental freak out? My son is 9 years old and competing his first year as a level 6. He had a mediocre level 5 year last year, but improved greatly over the summer and we decided to move him up (I posted...

Before i started gym i was doing front layouts, front saults, back tuck, back layout, back layout half twist and a whole lot more easily on my home trampoline but now after starting gym i am having issues with backwards flipping on tramp (apart from layouts. This is rather odd as i am quite...

I really have no idea what to do right now. I guess I am just kinda freaking out. My first USAG level 4 meet is this week Saturday and I am having a mental block with the ROBHS. I have had this skill for a year and I was just starting to add another BHS to it. Then one day at the end of practice...

HI. :) I'm trying to go into level 8 by next year, and I thought I had all my skills. I used to be able to do yurchenko tucks with spot and now I can't even do a handspring. Every time I go up to the vault I somehow stop myself and crash. Does anyone have any tips to help me to just go??

ok so i'v been having this mental block type thing on vault. its with my steps. they were fine before i left for thanksgiving break. but now my steps are all messed up. its so bad that by the time i get to the vault table im pretty much walking. its really annoying becuase im trying to perfect...

I am a highschool gymnast and have been involved with gymnastics off and on since I was preschool age. At 9 years of age I gained the skill of an illusive backhandspring and at 10 I was doing roundoff backhandsprings. For the next 4 years I did gymnastics off and on. I came offically back to...

My DD was doing beautiful multiple back-handsprings all summer until she landed wrong (on her neck-scared her and me!). Now she can't seem to do them in her routine unless a coach is spotting her. She is level 5 and must do this skill or she scratches the floor. She leaves practice in tears...

I am having a mental block on my BHS on beam and backflip and floor. On beam I will do my backhandspring on the floor beam with a sting mat but I can't do it on the floor beam without the sting mat even with a spot! I used to be able to do it on the big beam that had a mat on it all the time by...

hey. im working my backhandsprings on beam. i need to get it on high beam for level 7. it is fairly good, with a few things that need a little work(straight legs, stiff arms...) however it is square and i stick almost every one. i have unstacked to one 8-incher. however as soon as i take that...

Hello, I have a question for anyone that has any advice. My daughter is a 7 yo level 5. She has had all of her skills for a while and is now learning her routines for the upcoming season. Two weeks ago, she began balking on the squat on, jump to high bar. The frustrating part is that she has...

someone help! i can do a backhandspring on the beam, and an areil! buuuut i cant do a backwalkover. i freak! someone help me, without the advice " just tell urself u can do it..." because that doesnt work.

Hey every body. I have this stupid mental block on my wana be front tumbling pass. I am practicing it on tumble track while my hand is hurt. The pass is gna be front handspring front layout front tuck. But becuase of my hand I'm just doing front layout front tuck and doing the front tuck onto...

Hi everyone, I need some serious help. Here's the story. Last season was my first year on the team(I am in recreational optional) and they were trying to get me to jump to the high bar. I could do it when the bars were really close together, but I couldn't compete it that season because after a...

A couple weeks ago I was working roundoff backhandspring back tucks. Then I suprisingly lost my roundoff backhandspring. Then when I was doing standing backhandsprings in the backyard, I became hesistant and eventually lost my backhandspring. Sometimes I am even hesistant when doing back...

Help please! I have a 15 yr old tumbler that has only been tumbling for 2 school seasons. She actually just finished her second season last week. She's so naturally gifted w/the sport which is soooo exciting....just so determined & such a hard worker. Last season she managed to get her standing...

Help me, please! I have a mental block on my backhandspring on beam! I just can't go for it, although I know I will nail it if i could just throw it. How do i break my fear? (I have had it for about a year now) Thanks.

okay...so yestarday i did my back layout full on the trampoline at my house for the first time...well, cleanly i guess you could say... and i figured out how easy they were!! well, a few hours later i went outside and did a few more good ones...and one or two bad ones. Then i did one that scared...

I have this random fear of back extension rolls. And it's not purely mental either. I hurt my shoulder a while ago doing a back extension roll, and now every time I try it, I either hesitate or go over sideways. I'm scared I'm going to hurt my shoulder again. What can I do so that I don't hurt...