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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...

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...

(Note: I could not find any results on search, but I know this has been discussed at length. Please feel free to tag me in the correct post if anyone has it.) My daughter is 14 years old, currently training level 8. She has never had a mental block before, but she is typically one of the...

Hi my DD is having trouble with her round off backhand spring. The crazy thing is she can do a standing back handspring and a fast cartwheel backhand spring but as soon as she does a round off she freezers. Any suggestions!

Hi, I know there are probably a million different topics already on this but, I fell like I am really stuck here. Whenever I first started competitive gymnastics I had mental blocks on pretty much everything (standing back handsprings/back tucks, round off back handsprings, front handspring...

So, I need help from experienced parents. My DD continues to have a fairly significant Beam BWO block. I stopped at the end of practice and watched her spend more time sitting and staring into the abyss that doing her drills. I was irate! First, I am not upset that she isn't getting the...

Hi everyone- I am new to Chalk Bucket and saw this as a great way to find advice. I am a passionate gymnast that really takes it seriously and wants perfection. About 6 months ago...I was doing giant layouts fine. Then one Saturday practice, I fit my toes on the bar so I went up and did it again...