mental block

My daughter is a 10 year old level 7. She had a gym switch this year due to gym being sold. She was doing great until about a month ago. First she stopped vaulting, then stopped doing BWO-BHS series on beam, then she stopped doing front tumbling on floor and now won't do any type of flyaway. It...

HI all-- Need some real advice (or someone to smack me upside the head)...long story made short as possible... DD has always had mental blocks and always struggled to do skills. However, she has always pulled through and gotten the skills eventually, and last year instead of being stressed out...

This may be kind of long, so heads up. I'm 19 and male too, just FYI. So lately I've been having a lot of trouble with my tumbling. My little group of friends goes to our local gym all the time, we are on the acro team there, on which I am a base. I just tumble casually, I'm not a tumbler on the...

Any advice would be appreciated. DD has had trouble with her BHS-BHS on beam. I have not really payed much attention to it, other than the occasional, 'don't worry, you'll get it' or 'keep trying, and don't give up'.... At what point do you think some intervention is needed? I have seen these...

Hey everyone! Long time no talk ;) So I have a question mainly for coaches, but parents are welcome to answer as well if any of their gymnasts have gone through something similar. I was tempted to put this thread in the coaches forum but decided against it as this open forum gets a lot more...

Hi everybody! My name is Leia and I am 13 years old and I am currently a level 8 gymnast. Currently my series on beam is a walkover- handspring. I have been under so much stress it's not even funny, by parents, by coaches and by regionals. My problem is that I have problems standing there for...

My DD ( just turned 11 Level 7 ) struggled last year with a mental block on her backwards tumbling. After doing her Rao BHS BLO in competition for several months, she couldn't do it. She said it just didn't feel " right". This lasted 7 months. Through a hypnotherapist, Doc Ali tapes, her...

How do your coaches deal with these? Almost every gymnast has them, and I happen to be suffering from some now. A few of my coaches will tell us to man up and go-but that only works on some people. Others will talk us through it, do drills, etc. I'm interested into how you or your dd overcomes...

I have recently had a mental block over a handstand on high beam. I need this skill before season starts in march, which is rapidly approaching! If anyone can give advice on how to get over mental blocks, it would be greatly appreciated. :) Thank you.

Yes, I know this topic has been discussed a lot, but please bear with me. I've done a lot of research and mostly just thinking out loud here. :) First, a little background. DD is a level 4, she was diagnosed with low back stress fracture last June and spent 12 week in a back brace. Of course...

Hi there! First time post, so bear with me! My daughter is P1 Argo (Canadian) at the very beginning of her competitive "career". She watched a teammate break her elbow badly a month ago after jumping from low to high and landing badly after she swung off the high bar. Since then, my DD has...

Dd turned 7 at the end of August, so she's still a young 7. About a month ago, at practice, she saw her best friend break her arm (it was really broken, bent in the wrong direction). Since then she has had several bouts of balking on her back handspring (what her friend was doing when she broke...

Hi. I've read a lot of threads, but still wanted to post. My daughter is almost 10 and has been battling a mental block for 6 months. She had her ROBHS for 2 years and then lost the ability to connect it, which led to further fears of going backward on the floor. She almost overcame it and...

I feel like this is a major milestone in being a gym parent. The first mental block! Should I take a picture and put it in my CGM scrapbook? So Dd is almost 6. She is level 2. Amazing on bars, way ahead of her training group, even has a muscled up Kip. She's doing just as well on vault, and...

My DD started a brand new school today. She discovered on the playground that there were two girls in her class that also go to her new gym! And, *GASP* they could both do BHS! So, my daughter busts in the house after school, throws down her backpack, goes to her room, comes back out in a leo...

My DD is having trouble with her ROBHBLO. She will do it on the tumble track, onto the resi (same height as floor, and really soft and squishy), but not on the floor. She can do ROBH, ROBT, and standing back tucks. Is it dealt with differently if it is a fear vs. a block? Also, her...

Hi Everyone! So, I have this big problem with mental blocks and fears! Does anyone have any advice on what you can do to overcome these things? I have many, but a few include... Cartwheels and going all the way up to handstand on high beam (I'm scared of tipping over on them or not landing...

I DD is a training level 4-5. She competed at level 3 last year and do wonderful (36.2 was her lowest meet score). She started working on the two RBFS and doing great and all of a sudden she is scared. She went to a different gym when she was younger and landed on her face one time when she was...

I have an athlete who is a Level 3 that struggles with her round off back handspring. She went through a period last year where she lost in completely. I researched the issue, understood the vestibular nature of it, and was VERY patient for about four months. We took it back to step one and...

DD has had her flyaway since last summer, but has "lost it" on and off after a fall. She "regained" it in the fall, and has been doing well with it over the past few months, and has competed it successfully several times. Since states, the girls have been focusing on cast-to-handstands...