I feel like fear is taking over my gymnastics.
First came floor, where i freaked out about tumbling. That took a while to get over, and it was really frustrating, but i was able to do a roundoff back tuck.
Next came bars. My flyaway. Its a mix of being scared and also falling on almost every...
I feel like fear is taking over my gymnastics.
First came floor, where i freaked out about tumbling. That took a while to get over, and it was really frustrating, but i was able to do a roundoff back tuck.
Next came bars. My flyaway. Its a mix of being scared and also falling on almost every...
My DD has never really liked being spotted doing any skills on the balance beam but now this is carrying over to the bars. The girls were on the strap bar (channel bar) practicing long hang pullovers but Alex just would not go because the coach was there to spot her. She said she would have been...
Ok, so a while ago, I was practicing my backwards walkovers and I sort of fell over, but I didn't land on my head or injure myself or anything but it gave me a real scare. Anyway in real gymnast spirit I got back up and did my walkover again and I was fine. Anyway, a few weeks later the same...
Question for anyone:
We're new to competitive gymnastics (Level 3 and 4). My L4 struggles with beam routine - she's always afraid she's going to fall and smack her head even though she's never done that. She's fallen - but becasue she's lost balance during split jumps. How can I help her...
Please help. My sweet quiet L6 daughter has just recently started breaking down into tears whenever we pull into the parking lot of the gym.
5 years never a problem like this. She broke her foot last fall in a tumbling pass but worked back. Three weeks ago she twisted her ankle and miss
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i have a level 7 gymnast that is VERY afraid of going backwards. This is her second year at level 7 and last season went fine. Something happened at the beginning this summer and now she is afraid to tumble backwards, anything backwards on the beam and will not do a flyaway. Is there anything i...
Thanks to all of you again for your advice.
Cheyenne has been to 3 classes now and has shown amazing improvement each week, so much that she was moved up a level this week at her 3rd class. She loves gymnastics and I'm so happy that she is gaining confidence and overcoming her fears.
Can anyone give me advice on how to get over fear of a skill?
Some of you may know I've been having trouble with my back handspring for awhile. I started twisting it one day out of no where. One of the ones I twisted ended up with me landing on my forehead and with my arm pinned under me...
Hi everyone. I don't think I've posted on this board before :).
A little history... I used to be a gym owner/instructor, but I closed last April. My gym started out gymnastics and turned cheerleading as I lost all of my equipment in a move and there was a higher demand for all star cheer. I was...
Hi Coaches,
You may remember my earlier posts. My DD injured her wrist the first week of August. She just got back, and was really excited about being able to do her flick on beam when she broke her finger doing that skill. She has not been able to do much gym, other than conditioning for...
We have a tradition in our gym called Fear Factor Friday. We have traditionally done it near Halloween as our Halloween celebration. We invite the entire team on Friday (regardless of level) and we form teams with a well rounded mix of levels on each team, usually three different teams. We start...
i have the biggest fear of flyaway in the gym. im not even scared of hitting my toes on the bar. its just ...flipping i no its weird but when i was seven at my old gym i used to do flyaways on the low bar and i hit my toes.i always went over i was just alittle scared to let go ,so i heald on...
Hi,
My daughter has been in gymnastics for several years now. She is a very conservative and almost always the last in getting the skills requirements for each level because of fear. Physically she is strong. She made it to TOP Diamond level two years ago and Team A last year. However, she...
Hello, I am new on this forum, I'm 21 and about to take an adult gymnastics class. I used to be a cheerleader, now I am a dancer. I really want to go back to tumbling but I have always been afraid of going backwards. During my cheerleading years I learned to do a back handspring, but I only did...
How do you handle fear? Both as a gymnast and as a coach concerning the gymnast? What can a parent do to help their child overcome fear? Fear can be an impediment to learning. At the same time fear is also a safety mechanism that helps humans recognize and avoid peril. But what if we choose to...