mental block

Hey, so last competition season I was a level 5 and I was one of the strongest vaulters on my team. After I got moved up, we were only working pit vault with a mini tramp. Two coaches also made me change my run because my coach said my step-step-power hurdle and then starting to run was "wasting...

I've been working on my back tuck and front hand spring vault. I've had my back tuck for a year now, but I get terrified to do it. I guess I'm just afraid of landing wrong or something. As for vault, I run very slowly (to others' perspectives), but I have a very good vault. They're inconsistent...

I have a bad mental block on my cartwheel on beam. When I was about 9 or 10, I had a decent, but not too consistent, cartwheel on the high beam. There were about 3 times when I got my front foot back down on the beam, but it slipped, and I flew backwards off the beam. (These happened a few...

Hi, I have a mock meet coming up in early January and a real one soon after that. My only problem is on floor. I have this mental block against RO-BHS-BT! I can do it perfectly with a spot and even when she just stands there and doesn't spot, but when she doesn't stand here, I can't do it! It...

My daughter is a 9 yo L6 training L7 in the middle of her L6 season. She has had all of her skills for L6 for over a year and had a fantastic meet on Oct. 1. The following week, she fell during a ro bhs bt and now is scared to do the skill. The coach had been working with her for the past two...

Hi there, wondering how to help my 11yr old DD with a mental block she's having with her round-off flip-flop 2. She is a new level 6 gymnast but for some reason is having trouble with the above skill-something she's been able to do for 2 years. She was working on round-off flip flop back tuck...

My daughter seems to be going thorugh "blocks" lately and I am not sure how to approach the situation. She was doing her back walkover back handsprings on the high beams with no problems (or any falls to scare her) and all of a sudden she doesn't even want to attempt them. In the same week...

Since level 6 I've had an on and off fear of going backwards. I'm a level 8 now, and am tired of not being able to do skills i could do by myself 2 years ago. I'll do RO BHS Back Layouts and twists on the tumble track, but only on floor if my coach stands there or i have a four inch mat to land...

My DD 1yr Lvl 7 worked all summer on her BHS and I have seen her practice it beautifully. It took awhile for her to have confidence. The coach used panel mats stacked up and allowed her to drop it slowly until eventually she was doing them on high beam. I have seen her do her whole routine...

Hi everyone, ok I can do a front sommerault and land it on tramp and almost on floor, but the other night we were on tramp and I just couldnt do it and I know this may sound silly but I almost felt like I was going to forget which way to turn even though I know. If you have anything that can...

Hi. I am having trouble psyching myself up for backwards skills. I know what to do but when I try to do a backwards skill on the beam I freeze. The more I stress over it the worse it seems to get. Does anyone have any tips to help me push past this? I want to do it and am wasting too much time...

Okay so, I can't get my cartwheel on beam by myself. I can do it fine with spot and my coaches tell me that i can do it on my own but i always psyche myself out and can't even get one foot on the beam. I know its all in my head but i don't know what to do to stop psyching myself out, i try to...

Hi At our gym we have been focusing on getting our backhandsprings but I just cant seem to get mine, any thing that could help me????? Thanks

Okay, so I used to have my front handspring 20% of the time on any floor about 5 years ago... The 80% of the time I didn't land it, I ended up flat on my back in dear pain. Thanks to that, I am now PETRIFIED to do a front handspring without spot. It's so bad that if my coach asks me to do one...

So tuesday I am leaving for high school gymnastics nationals in Florida. This wednesday, I had developed a mental block. I was working on punch fulls (round off style entrance) off a trampoline. After I was done working on them I tried doing front tucks and I couldnt go forward anymore, I wanted...

We have had and I think made it through our first mental block. I was told by our coachs to not worry about it. "Everybody goes through it", "she's going to be fine". Honestly it was tough to watch. Sam has progressed very well through the years. Never really having trouble with much at...

i've just started learning backhandsprings in a covered pit and iv'e got a really bad mental block of them. i'll get ready and instead of jumping back and looking for the floor, i end up falling backwards or landing on my head. i don't know how to get over it! HELP!

Hi, at the moment I am learning front walkovers on the beam, I really want to learn back walkovers too though. I used to be able to do back walkover on the high beam but then they started to get really dangerous, I was twisting as I was going back and had to bail out of every one. And the...

Another good article from About.com: Gymnastics Mental Blocks -- How Can I Get Rid of a Gymnastics Mental Block?

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...