- Aug 31, 2021
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Any advice for handling fears around learning a ROBHBT?
My DD(7) is a more cautious gymnast who only attempts skills when she feels very ready and has sufficiently mulled it over in her mind. She doesn’t have major fears but has had to work through some anxieties with jumping to high bar (had a bad fall once and that effected her for months), back walkovers on beam, and some hesitation with fly aways (still working on that one).
These hesitations/fears do seem to be popping up more as the skills grow but so far they’ve all been things she works through on her own time.
Her group recently started working ROBHBT and she will not even try any of the back tuck drills or progressions besides over a barrel or with a very heavy coach spot. She won’t try one off beam or off a tramp board onto a big mat or anything.
I feel pretty certain she’s physically capable at this point but for some reason she really thinks she will land on her head (she hasn’t had any accidents with this skill that I’m aware of nor witnessed any teammates have one). She had zero fears learning back handsprings and will do a dozen in a row when given a chance. Is there something fundamentally scarier about a back tuck vs a back handspring? Any tips for moving through it or is this just another sit back and wait and say nothing type of thing? Her teammates who often have more hesitations than she does seem to be fearlessly going for this one so it has me wondering. Trying not to compare but trying to understand where she’s coming from as someone who has never tumbled in her life…
My DD(7) is a more cautious gymnast who only attempts skills when she feels very ready and has sufficiently mulled it over in her mind. She doesn’t have major fears but has had to work through some anxieties with jumping to high bar (had a bad fall once and that effected her for months), back walkovers on beam, and some hesitation with fly aways (still working on that one).
These hesitations/fears do seem to be popping up more as the skills grow but so far they’ve all been things she works through on her own time.
Her group recently started working ROBHBT and she will not even try any of the back tuck drills or progressions besides over a barrel or with a very heavy coach spot. She won’t try one off beam or off a tramp board onto a big mat or anything.
I feel pretty certain she’s physically capable at this point but for some reason she really thinks she will land on her head (she hasn’t had any accidents with this skill that I’m aware of nor witnessed any teammates have one). She had zero fears learning back handsprings and will do a dozen in a row when given a chance. Is there something fundamentally scarier about a back tuck vs a back handspring? Any tips for moving through it or is this just another sit back and wait and say nothing type of thing? Her teammates who often have more hesitations than she does seem to be fearlessly going for this one so it has me wondering. Trying not to compare but trying to understand where she’s coming from as someone who has never tumbled in her life…