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Hi friends,
I’m in a bit of a pickle. It’s kind of a two parter. I have a lovely strong and flexible athlete who has some mental blocks. She knows how to do a roundoff back handspring and has been able to do it for a while. But, she’s always had fear. Every day we go through a ‘cycle’ of her being scared to do it on the floor alone, she warms it up on tumbltrack with a spot, she does a few there, and then on floor she does it with a spot, then she can do it sometimes.
We’ve done tons of drills for the roundoff and connecting the back handspring. She’ll do them all and then panic on the floor. When I spot her, she’ll do it. Then she realizes it’s okay and then she’ll do it alone several times. But that only lasts a day.
She and I are both tired of this cycle and I want her to just be able to do the skill without the fear. I’ve tried giving her pep talks and extra drill time and teaching her the mechanics of back handspring. And she’ll do all of that and then get scared all over again each day. I’ve worked through many mental blocks but none that have done this daily cycle.
Two, she has trouble being spotted by coaches who aren’t me. She is very attached to me and though I adore her, I need her to be able to work with other coaches. At one point, she’d even be rude to coaches who weren’t me, so I had to talk to her about kindness and respect. Because of her fear and apprehension (the respect issue has improved immensely), she makes little progress on the days I don’t teach.
So tldr: #1 athlete has a cycle of a mental block that repeats each day and #2 she has trouble trusting other coaches to the point where she makes less progress on days where she’s without me
Thanks
I’m in a bit of a pickle. It’s kind of a two parter. I have a lovely strong and flexible athlete who has some mental blocks. She knows how to do a roundoff back handspring and has been able to do it for a while. But, she’s always had fear. Every day we go through a ‘cycle’ of her being scared to do it on the floor alone, she warms it up on tumbltrack with a spot, she does a few there, and then on floor she does it with a spot, then she can do it sometimes.
We’ve done tons of drills for the roundoff and connecting the back handspring. She’ll do them all and then panic on the floor. When I spot her, she’ll do it. Then she realizes it’s okay and then she’ll do it alone several times. But that only lasts a day.
She and I are both tired of this cycle and I want her to just be able to do the skill without the fear. I’ve tried giving her pep talks and extra drill time and teaching her the mechanics of back handspring. And she’ll do all of that and then get scared all over again each day. I’ve worked through many mental blocks but none that have done this daily cycle.
Two, she has trouble being spotted by coaches who aren’t me. She is very attached to me and though I adore her, I need her to be able to work with other coaches. At one point, she’d even be rude to coaches who weren’t me, so I had to talk to her about kindness and respect. Because of her fear and apprehension (the respect issue has improved immensely), she makes little progress on the days I don’t teach.
So tldr: #1 athlete has a cycle of a mental block that repeats each day and #2 she has trouble trusting other coaches to the point where she makes less progress on days where she’s without me
Thanks