marcb
Gymnast
- Apr 8, 2024
- 3
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I'm a bit stuck on learning new skills and bringing them to the floor. Trying new skills on the actual floor poses way too many risks - wrong technique, not getting enough height or landing wrongly with way higher risk of serious injury.
So, as most of us do, we learn new techniques on the tumble track or air track, onto a soft landing or into the pit.
This is where my problem comes in. Especially in back tumbling, I have a subconscious (but also a bit conscious) fear of the gap in between the tumble track and the mat or pit.
This results in 2 things:
- I subconsciously have a harder time making my ro/bhs longer/flatter (which generates more height), because I want to be sure to punch from a safe spot
- I am afraid to set my flip so that I go up first, because I'm afraid that I'll land on the tumbletrack or worse, in the gap between mat and tumble track or even worse, on the edge before the pit
This makes it so I tumble with way too much distance, and throw my head back which makes keeping tight more difficult, and results in not being able to get much height.
What should I do to overcome this fear, any tips on how to gain confidence that I'm punching from and landing in the correct spot? No matter how and where you put a mat down, there will always be spots you don't want to punch from and don't want to land in...
P.S. for some skills, like a back tuck, I'm so comfortable doing them and knowing I'll land safe on the floor, that I'm able to set it, and go up first, way better than anything I'll do on a track with 2 different surfaces.
So, as most of us do, we learn new techniques on the tumble track or air track, onto a soft landing or into the pit.
This is where my problem comes in. Especially in back tumbling, I have a subconscious (but also a bit conscious) fear of the gap in between the tumble track and the mat or pit.
This results in 2 things:
- I subconsciously have a harder time making my ro/bhs longer/flatter (which generates more height), because I want to be sure to punch from a safe spot
- I am afraid to set my flip so that I go up first, because I'm afraid that I'll land on the tumbletrack or worse, in the gap between mat and tumble track or even worse, on the edge before the pit
This makes it so I tumble with way too much distance, and throw my head back which makes keeping tight more difficult, and results in not being able to get much height.
What should I do to overcome this fear, any tips on how to gain confidence that I'm punching from and landing in the correct spot? No matter how and where you put a mat down, there will always be spots you don't want to punch from and don't want to land in...
P.S. for some skills, like a back tuck, I'm so comfortable doing them and knowing I'll land safe on the floor, that I'm able to set it, and go up first, way better than anything I'll do on a track with 2 different surfaces.